Wake up feeling kind of sleepy but get out of bed and get ready. Put on your favorite mango body butter. Go down to the laundry room and get the biggest, warmest pair of socks you can find. Grab the sweater that will keep you warm and cozy all day in your cold office. Realize you forgot to program your coffee maker to brew your morning coffee. Look at your shoe options, you select running shoes for maximum comfort. It hasn't been snowing that much you don't need to bust out the waterproof boots.
Get in your car and rock out to some Lonely Island. Sit in traffic for 45 minutes annoyed and expecting to see a huge wreck or something. Eventually you realize that nothing is happening to cause the slow down, people are just opting not to drive their cars. Ignore the annoying commute and go get yourself a huge americano made just the way you like it. Get to work and step out of your car. While reaching for your laptop you drop your enormous coffee and it dumps all over you and the inside of your car. Decide the day can't get worse. You realize that you don't have to come back out to your car for that giant box of supplies now that you aren't carrying a coffee. Grab the box and head inside the building.
Walk in the lower level and wait for the elevator. It never comes. The elevator is out of order so you must carry your soggy self, the giant box of stuff, and your laptop up to your office on the top floor. Realize that the waterproof shoes would have been a better choice for today as the coffee creeps down through your warm socks to your feet. Shiver as you take of your cozy sweater because the sleeves are soaked with coffee. Sit down and start working and planning your day when you realize that your purse has also been filled with coffee. Your wallet, camera, passport and all the random things inside have been soaked in coffee. You think this is awesome and start drying and cleaning each item. You realize your phone is not in your purse, you are happy it isn't ruined by the coffee nightmare but sad because now you are without your phone for the day. Take a deep breath and think coffee and mango is not the best combination of smells.
Realize that you are lucky because the day can only get better.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Monday, February 9, 2009
Ninja Moneky vs Sinus Infections
I saw my ENT doctor today who has been treating me off and on for ear nose and throat issues for the last five years. He saw me a couple weeks ago and looked in my nose and said well it looks pretty open and clear but you say there are signs of infection so lets try an antibiotic and get a CT scan so I can see the actual sinuses. I was forced to delay my follow up appointment by almost two weeks because of the snow storm. I finished my most recent course of antibiotics (I have been on several over the last seven months) and went in for my scan.
I sat in the room waiting and my doctor comes in to see me and says "well have the symptoms changed at all after the antibiotics?" I say, well some have improved but overall I still feel like I have a lot of congestion and an infection. We walk over to his office to view the CD that contains my scans and he tells me how excited he is to see what is on the disk. Whenever he sees me he says things like "oh this is interesting" or "I am excited to see this" or "wow that is intriguing". I would prefer to be less interesting as a patient but that is just not how I roll.
We sit down and he starts showing my the images of the inside of my head. Then he looks at it and says "Yes there is an infection. You were right, look at that". My right lower sinus cavity is full of infected tissue. I begin thinking about what happened the last time my sinuses were constantly infected. I remembered the various failed attempts to treat me. They tried allergy tests and medicines, pumping me full of antibiotics and the famous 6 month steroid treatment (none of these were the decision of my current ENT) I decided to see him after 23 years of being misdiagnosed and mistreated by my other doctors and after extensive research on the ENT doctors in my area. He tried a few more treatments but the state of my sinuses really only left one option. I had to have three sinus procedures preformed. Once I recovered from the surgery I had no recurrence for almost four years.
I asked what we were going to do this time. For now, we are trying a back to back course of antibiotics and steroids for the next six weeks. I also got a new gadget, Sinus Rinse. I get to use this bad boy twice a day for the rest of my life. We shall see how it all shakes out, I am hoping that I do not require another surgery. I would also like to avoid the over treatment approach that some of my past doctors have taken. There was a two year period when I was 19-20 that I was so sick that I could not get out of bed most of the time. I had to quit school, work, and having a social life. It was the absolute worst time of my life and I will do anything to keep it from happening again.
So for now I am hopeful that my doctor will help me and keep my wacky sinuses under control. I trust him to make the right decisions regarding my sinus care.
If anyone has any sinus tips please send them my way.
I sat in the room waiting and my doctor comes in to see me and says "well have the symptoms changed at all after the antibiotics?" I say, well some have improved but overall I still feel like I have a lot of congestion and an infection. We walk over to his office to view the CD that contains my scans and he tells me how excited he is to see what is on the disk. Whenever he sees me he says things like "oh this is interesting" or "I am excited to see this" or "wow that is intriguing". I would prefer to be less interesting as a patient but that is just not how I roll.
We sit down and he starts showing my the images of the inside of my head. Then he looks at it and says "Yes there is an infection. You were right, look at that". My right lower sinus cavity is full of infected tissue. I begin thinking about what happened the last time my sinuses were constantly infected. I remembered the various failed attempts to treat me. They tried allergy tests and medicines, pumping me full of antibiotics and the famous 6 month steroid treatment (none of these were the decision of my current ENT) I decided to see him after 23 years of being misdiagnosed and mistreated by my other doctors and after extensive research on the ENT doctors in my area. He tried a few more treatments but the state of my sinuses really only left one option. I had to have three sinus procedures preformed. Once I recovered from the surgery I had no recurrence for almost four years.
I asked what we were going to do this time. For now, we are trying a back to back course of antibiotics and steroids for the next six weeks. I also got a new gadget, Sinus Rinse. I get to use this bad boy twice a day for the rest of my life. We shall see how it all shakes out, I am hoping that I do not require another surgery. I would also like to avoid the over treatment approach that some of my past doctors have taken. There was a two year period when I was 19-20 that I was so sick that I could not get out of bed most of the time. I had to quit school, work, and having a social life. It was the absolute worst time of my life and I will do anything to keep it from happening again.
So for now I am hopeful that my doctor will help me and keep my wacky sinuses under control. I trust him to make the right decisions regarding my sinus care.
If anyone has any sinus tips please send them my way.
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