I am ready to set my sinuses on fire
Dec. 8th, 2014 07:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
miss_lucy21I finished the antibiotics for the wretchedly bad 8 week sinus infection last Tuesday. I still felt somewhat lousy, but on the mend. Things were draining in uncomfortable ways, but I wasn't in pain. And I was almost starting to have some energy. This is somewhat par for the course- I'm almost never completely recovered by the time I'm done with the antibiotics- so I didn't think much of it, and figured I'd be feeling better this weekend.
Um. No. By Friday, the sinus pain was back, the ear pain was back, things were still draining (good) but my throat was horribly irritated and there was all manner of fluid back in my ears (and unspeakable things coming out of my nose). And I was edging towards exhausted again. No fever, so I guess that's an improvement over before. And it just got worse this weekend. So I called the doctor this morning and got a refill on the antibiotics. Because this is apparently a 28 days of antibiotics sinus infection (the doctor told me to Lysol stuff so I didn't "reinfect myself again". I was never actually better so I'm pretty sure Round 1 just didn't knock it all the way out. I will change out my toothbrush again, though).
I also have almost zero interest in food, which isn't helpful, either, because my body needs the calories to heal. So I'm just eating whatever sounds good, whether it's really maybe the best food choice (dinner tonight is garlic bread and nachos, for example). I'll worry about nutrition when I have some actual appetite again (right now, I'm eating mostly because I know I have to or we're courting low blood sugar, less because I'm actually feeling hungry).
Oh, and my brain can quit throwing anxiety dreams at me Any Time Now. And this is with the lorazapam, so, uh, we've hit some button Real Good. No idea which button. Don't really have the energy or wherewithal to figure it out.
What I really need is a week off to just rest, but that's not happening, so I guess we do this the hard way.
Um. No. By Friday, the sinus pain was back, the ear pain was back, things were still draining (good) but my throat was horribly irritated and there was all manner of fluid back in my ears (and unspeakable things coming out of my nose). And I was edging towards exhausted again. No fever, so I guess that's an improvement over before. And it just got worse this weekend. So I called the doctor this morning and got a refill on the antibiotics. Because this is apparently a 28 days of antibiotics sinus infection (the doctor told me to Lysol stuff so I didn't "reinfect myself again". I was never actually better so I'm pretty sure Round 1 just didn't knock it all the way out. I will change out my toothbrush again, though).
I also have almost zero interest in food, which isn't helpful, either, because my body needs the calories to heal. So I'm just eating whatever sounds good, whether it's really maybe the best food choice (dinner tonight is garlic bread and nachos, for example). I'll worry about nutrition when I have some actual appetite again (right now, I'm eating mostly because I know I have to or we're courting low blood sugar, less because I'm actually feeling hungry).
Oh, and my brain can quit throwing anxiety dreams at me Any Time Now. And this is with the lorazapam, so, uh, we've hit some button Real Good. No idea which button. Don't really have the energy or wherewithal to figure it out.
What I really need is a week off to just rest, but that's not happening, so I guess we do this the hard way.