By far one of the worst sinus infections is a Maxillary one. Your face hurts and you feel like you want to rip all of your teeth out with a pair of pliers or so that’s how I have felt. I had this a couple other times in my life so I am no stranger to it but I would just as well skip it if given an option.
Not sure what went wrong but on Tuesday I got sick and powered through the work day. Tuesday night I came home and wanted to crawl in a hole and die. I felt horrible. We had tornado watches out and serious storms in the area. Not exactly prime conditions for trying to sleep. The weather radio was going off several times and eventually the storm passed. No damage here, thankfully.
Wednesday morning I just knew there was no way I was going to work. I felt bad but it why I have time off. I also called in on Thursday. Since things were getting worse instead of better I called my doc and they were all booked up and told me to hit up an urgent care clinic. I didn’t need to go except for the fact that if you miss 3 days of work you need a doctors note to return. So I got around that by working from home on Friday. I treated it as a normal work day, got up super early, head breakfast, got a shower (that felt so good) and dressed in my sweats. Then hit the basement and logged in. I started an hour early because I knew I had crap waiting for me to deal with. Not to mention 2 new hires that start on Tuesday. Unless I call it out that work waits for me and no one will even make an attempt at it. That’s good and bad but I just plowed through it like the master I am.
Friday night I relaxed in front of the TV like I spent all day Wednesday & Thursday doing. I woke up on Saturday and that’s when it felt like it was time to break out the pliers. As I sat up and stayed up everything drained from my head and the pressure went away. Plus I took my meds. I got a call from a friend to go out to dinner. I wanted to go to the buffet but I opted instead to spend time with my pal. He was seriously concerned about me. If it wasn’t so late when we parted ways I was going to run by the hospital ER to get checked out. Instead I was tired and just opted to go home.
Woke up this morning and grabbed breakfast out. Then hit up the ER where they wasted my time. I went to the dog & cat hospital for what will be the last time ever for a sinus related issue. Blood work or short of an ambulance ride as God is my witness I will never fucking go back there. I got the same play doctor that I got when I had Bronchitis last. He did the same fucking thing he did last time, called in medicine that I am already taking and sent me on my way. Only this time I was hip to it and called him out on it. I asked for an antibiotic and he refused, saying I didn’t need it. Uh, I’ve been trapped in this body since birth and I know what I need. So I went home and fired up my iPhone and saw a doctor via video chat. Cost me $75 but worth it because I got what I needed. Just took my first dose a couple hours ago. I am hoping by Tuesday when it’s time to go back to work that I am much better. I probably over did things yesterday. I had such plans for today but ah well.
Grocery shopping on Monday and cleaning the house then. It will feel more like a Sunday. I have leftovers from last night plus whatever else is in my freezer. Running out of soda. Really wish I had some ice cream. If you can get the roof of your mouth cold and keep it that way it will help decongest you. I learned that from a doc in the box visit a couple years back.
Cats are doing okay, they know I don’t feel well but they are playing me like a fiddle for food. I got their food shopping done yesterday on schedule. I need to get Marv & Mom back on their meds. I got a cute snapshot of Marv asleep at the water fountain. He’s such a lazy oof but I love him so much and he is way cuter than I will ever be.
Oh I almost forgot. I saw my new eye doctor yesterday. Fantastic operation. He runs an all Apple Shop which was kind of different. Has all state of the art equipment. We did the #1 and #2 thing with the lens’ but instead he color coded them so you would say red or green instead of 1 or 2, kind of different. My vision has changed and actually improved. He proved that I could benefit from computer glasses but I don’t have coverage for them this year, so I didn’t buy anything. Plus my present glasses aren’t a year old just yet but were a couple months away from that. I do like what I have but next year I will switch insurance to get materials coverage and get new everyday glasses plus I will try a pair of computer glasses. It will be a small investment but sounds like something that will pay off with less neck and shoulder pain from what I am told. Regardless if you realize it or not your body is constantly adjusting to stay in focus with the monitor and that can cause should and neck pain so I am told. I liked this guy so much that I already booked my appointment for next year. So glad I switched, best thing ever! It’s a little bit of a drive but worth it. They did a photo fundis of my eye but with a computer and then he took time to go over it in great detail with me. He made quite the impression and I learned that my eyes are in great shape, despite my higher than normal sugars.
Well time to get more laundry going and watch some TV. Relaxing is exhausting because I really want to be doing other things. I guess it’s more frustration than anything. Here’s hoping that next week is much better, despite the fact that I am on-call as of Tuesday.
Hope all is well in your world. Good old summer is around the corner. We have already had temperatures in the 80’s and 90s’ A/C has been officially powered on here.
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