#I think it's cause I'm STILL on antibiotics for the sinus infection (which HAS been getting better thankfully) but they

[dootznbootz]

It's wild how every time my birthday lands on a Friday some shit goes down >:(

First time it landed on a Friday when I was young, my hair caught on fire when I leaned over to blow out my candles.

Another time when I turned 13, I broke my glasses.

The last time this happened, got rained on during a hike.

Now this time I got really fucking carsick and couldn't go to an event. >:( aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[ozma914]

A CAT Scan Is Nothing To Sneeze At

I'd planned reruns and pre-written blogs until the Haunted History project was finished, but I popped in to tell everyone the source of my constant head pain and sinus infections has finally been isolated.

It was in my sinuses.

Maybe I should be more specific. Various allergy/sinus/head doctors have poked and prodded me for years. A sleep study revealed I do, in fact, sleep. My allergy tests showed I was, indeed, allergic. To everything. I even had surgery to unclog a lower part of my sinuses that seemed to be causing the trouble. Still, in recent months the pain became sometimes debilitating, although I think I did a pretty good job of hiding it. Witnesses may disagree.

While typing this I realized I should have taken a medical leave from the fire department, for all the good I've done the last couple of years.

What a headache.

"You expect me to sleep with this thing on?"

I found out after we got Beowulf that I was allergic to dogs, but refused to give him up. Now that he's passed you'd think maybe it would get a little better, but instead my sinus infections kept on coming and the headaches got worse and worse. The truth is, many days in recent months the headaches were so bad I was incapable of doing much of anything ... but I could still write, so I told myself it was all good.

It wasn't.

So the allergy doctor suggested a CAT scan. I patiently (because I'm the patient) explained to him that would be bad, as one of my worst allergies was to cats. I hugged Beowulf every day, but if I came within a block of a cat I ended up looking like patient zero in a zombie outbreak.

A brave photographer caught this assassination attempt.

Turns out I got my dander up for nothing: CAT is an acronym, which stands for ... um ... something medical. Not only that, but it took all of five minutes, and the doctor would be waiting to show me the results right after.

Only the doctor was called away to unplanned surgery, and I had to wait a week and a half. Just to let the imagination simmer a bit.

When I finally saw him, Doctor Herr, who's a he, didn't even bother poking and prodding much. "Your two uppermost sinuses," he explained, "are completely blocked. Nothing can get out, and that's where your sinus infections have been hiding."

My sinuses were constipated.

Dr. Herr (who's a he) didn't explain to me how the infection itself got out, but maybe it has a special pass. In any case, we could try another course of the same antibiotics that didn't work last time, or he could go down to Doc's Hardware, rent a roto-rooter, and dig that sucker out.

That's not exactly the way he described it.

"Dude, I may be a doggie angel now, but I can't protect you from a mad doctor with a post hole digger."

So at the end of September I'm going under the knife, and also under the needle and the drill, and possibly the hammer and chisel. It's more major than my other sinus surgery, but Dr. Herr (who may be a her, I didn't ask) told me if he drills through to my brain, he'll just switch to reverse. Maybe I'll come out of surgery able to speak Latin, or play the violin. Or play Latin violin music.

Hope to see you at my first concert.

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[theboardwalkbody]

Time to play:Is it Taltz causing my immune system to fail or is it Normal?

Two weeks ago I had sinusitis symptoms. Took antibiotics and it helped.

That same weekend I ended up in the hospital with what turned out to be a bladder infection (which I had 0 symptoms of prior to the extreme pain it ended up causing) and, according to the scan at the hospital I also have a cyst of "significant size" on my ovary which between that and the swollen bladder have been working together to cause chaos.

Plus I got a cold sore. My paternal grandmother got them all the time and passed them to my sister and I as babies and sometimes if I've been sick enough they come out. It's had me in a bad place mentally because of my own personal feelings about it.

Still battling some issues with that despite the antibiotics but now I'm not sure if it's infection or just the cyst.

Now last Friday I woke up with a sore throat and mild congestion. Over the weekend both things have been getting worse.

I couldn't sleep At All last night. I tried going to bed around midnight but my throat was so dry and my sinuses hurt I was too uncomfortable and just kept tossing and turning until about 230. At that point I remembered the window was open and thought maybe the dry air coming in was causing it so I shut it. It helped a little. I wanted to drink something but I've been hesitant since the bladder issues are worse at night and it makes me not want to drink anything.

I tried to do some day dreaming hoping it would lead to real dreaming and it did but only for about 40 minutes.

From 315 to 415 I once again struggled with the intense dry throat and pain.

Now from 415 to 6 I couldn't shut my brain up. Intense racing thoughts and anxiety related to work.

I missed work last Monday because of the bladder stuff. I was in so much pain and had added nausea from the antibiotics.

I was supposed to start a new case today, a new patient's first day with our company. I really wanted this case for a few different reasons and I think it would be a really good fit.

But I've been awake all night, I feel run down, I feel hot, my throat is hurting, my sinuses are burning, I feel so tired.

They said it's OK and to feel better when I called (finally made the decision at like 615 because I was supposed to be up and getting ready to leave for 730) but I feel so guilty. I feel like it reflects bad on me and the company and it's day one and I really wanted this case and I hope they don't take me off it for good because of this and idk.

I spent hours beating myself up over it before I called and now I'm still beating myself up over it. Despite knowing I'd be suffering during a full 8hr hands on shift with the night I had and how I feel in general because of whatever is going on.

So I'm kinda miserable all around.

I keep trying to convince myself it's just allergies. Because the pollen and the blooming trees, and the change of weather, etc. But I took allergy meds and they didn't do anything. I took the 24hr pseudoephedrine and still nothing. I think it's either the sinus infection has come back or maybe it's a new one, or possibly tonsillitis because on Saturday I did have some spots on my tonsils (I get tonsil stones though and because of my cold sore I didn't poke around at them to see if it was stones or not) and they are swollen (which for me is normal anymore but they look extra swollen and red now).

So idk.

Part of me wants to be like que cera, cera

But the bigger part of me (where the anxiety and mental health issues live) is going to beat myself up over today.

My Lola knows I'm not feeling great and I'm upset because, despite the fan being on which she doesn't enjoy, she jumped down from her loop/perch and is laying on the bed with me (she did use the opportunity to scratch the curtain, though). She's going to snuggle with me and then get zoomies. It is prime for zoomies.

[roguemonsterfucker]

update again

i've been feeling a lot better

the main issue has not resolved but it was causing a lot of side issues that i feel i now have under control

my migraines and strange headaches may have been a sinus infection, so i'm taking antibiotics for it. i barely get any pain in my head at all lately so that's great. i even was able to play theHunter for a bit, though it did give me some eye strain so I didn't play long.

my primary heart issues may actually have been from gas/pressure from my digestive system making my normal heart issues (I have an un-diagnosed heart condition that acts up sometimes anyways) worse. Adjusting my diet helped with that for a while, but cutting out so many foods made my low blood sugar be an issue again, so I added those foods back in and low and behold... the heart problems started again. but I've actually found that simply taking gas-x seems to really help with that. sorry i know that's all TMI lol. My heart is still acting up, but that's to be expected since I am ill and already have heart problems. But at least i'm not just constantly having chest pain and heart palpitations.

The main issue, which is my digestive system/intestinal tract, remains unresolved and unimproved. I still have a month and a half to wait to see a GI specialist. For a while, I wasn't thinking I'd survive that but with all the changes I've made, maybe I can.

i'd love to know why i constantly feel like i'm dying 🙃

[lilbit-of-kizzy]

⚠️ Warning ⚠️ this is gross af

(no I'm not kidding you've been warned lol, I just had to share in case anyone wonders why I've been hit and miss on here lately, or in case this can tip anyone else off about what can happen)

*holds up the tissue I just blew my nose in* Yup that's a noodle....I bet you're wondering how I got in this situation. Well, let me tell you my tale of woe...

It all started with the pollen wave, it knocked out just about everyone but me especially. I got a sinus infection so bad it threw off my equilibrium to the point of severe nausea. Upon realizing it WAS a sinus infection I was hastily put on antibiotics and prednisone.

Being on antibiotics means a trip to the store for yogurt (any other vagina havers out there will understand why) and yogurt means cereal to go in it cause I'm weird that way.

My cereal of choice is Cinnamon Toast Crunch, which would be fine except I'm technically allergic to cinnamon. But I've had my food allergy symptoms under control for a long time so I don't even think about it anymore.

So finally I'm mostly better, though still tapering off the prednisone (a drug you shouldn't cold turkey for fear of rebound symptoms) annnnd I manage to find the only hole in the yard and twist my ankle. So I stay on the prednisone a little longer to help with the swelling that caused. And I decide as a little treat for myself I'll buy another box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch to snack on.

So prednisone done and ankle on the mend I decide to finish off said cereal as my night time meal, I don't quite do that and we have to get up early for a grand opening celebration the next day so perfect! I have cereal once again for breakfast....and guess what's at the grand opening? Snicker doodles!!! I never get to have snicker doodles anymore! (I think y'all can see my failures)

So I come home to go back to bed and...well my tummy hurts a little. "Weird my tummy never hurts, well I can sleep it off" I think to myself. So I get up....and yeah I'm a little nauseated, but it's probably because I'm hungry and that time of month probably has my iron tanked! I'll fix something rich in protein! Some Teriyaki chicken and noodles! (Failure numero dos....I am also allergic to ginger....and wheat....)

Now for a few precious minutes I'm feeling great! Yup just hungry......annnnd then suddenly very very nauseated, I go lay down and beg my mom to tell me I'm not sick, I can't be sick AGAIN

She says she's afraid the prednisone has completely reset all the hard work I put into getting my allergies in check (this indeed turns out to be the case) and I'm probably just gonna have to be careful for a few weeks

So I take some Tums and some Nexium and try to get some sleep....doesn't happen and the nausea takes it's natural course....and ofc nothing has digested because your stomach just doesn't do that when it's that upset.....

So yeah

I've been blowing noodles out of my nose since last night....

Kill me 🙃