I am feeling pretty bad these days. My simple tooth ache has spread to the point where I want to pull out all of my teeth. It sounds and feels very much like I have a Maxillary Sinus infection. I have had a few of them in my lifetime and they aren’t easy for my body to kick. Since I have done nothing, nothing has changed and things have in fact gotten worse. I rinsed out my sinuses last night and it burned but was refreshing for a short time. I have taken Benadryl to ensure a sound nights sleep and when I wake up, I really don’t want to get out of bed but I push myself.
Yesterday I did what I had to do in the morning and spend the rest of the day upstairs for the most part and took a nap. I wasn’t bothered but with a few emails here and there, so I actually got in an hours nap, which was good. I’ve been pushing the fluids because I know that is important and I eat despite not really wanting to.
This morning I called my doctors office and have already gotten a call back from a nurse. I am waiting now for either someone to call me back or a script to be called in to my local pharmacy. I really need Steroids because they provide the greatest relief, but they are bad for my blood sugar and will throw all of my numbers off but conversely it will be another 3 months before my blood is drawn so there is sufficient time for things to normalize. I know there are also other side effects and in general steroids provide good and bad, you just have to weigh the risks against the benefit and make an informed decision.
When I was younger it was as simple as getting me on an antibiotic as this would likely be a simple sinus infection and would not be at the level it is today. However, because my family doctor as a child treated everything with Penicillin, I am allergic to it and a whole bunch of other antibiotics. There are still a couple of pills that actually work for my body but I know that time is probably limited.
What I anticipate is to be placed on an antibiotic at a minimum and if that doesn’t do the trick then they will likely introduce steroids. It’s a lengthy process to kick this but if I get what I ask for then that tends to shorten things. It’s dangerous for me to wait to treat this because it goes from this to Bronchitis and if that isn’t treated then were at Pneumonia. I had a bad case of Bronchitis a couple years ago and I could really have used someone to be by myside but was all alone and it was scary stuff, but like all of the other trials and tribulations I survived.
I am sure I will make it through this but it won’t be any fun. This infection is like no other I have had in the past and it was difficult to figure out what exactly was going on with my body. Now that I know for sure I am reacting accordingly and hopefully my body will respond to the treatment and this can soon be a thing of the past.
In other news my JBL ear buds arrived yesterday. I had problems right out of the gate where the left ear bud wasn’t working at all. I noticed when the right one was in the case a light would emit from it but not on the left ear. I eventually gave up and just placed them in the charging case and decided to wait. That did the trick. I tested them for music and phone calls, they are perfect. The only bad thing is that you can’t use them both independently. Your limited to the right ear for phone calls and music, if you try to work with just the left ear then you won’t hear anything. I kind of wish I would have paid the extra $10 and waited to get the upgraded model so I could use either ear bud. However, I have what I have and it works. There is some audio clipping with calls which is minorly irritating but I am told that I sound great. Music is just like having headphones on and while your supposed to hear ambient sound my ears at the moment block everything out. That could be related to the sinus issues so I will have to reevaluate that after this sinus crap is gone.
We have an all staff meeting in a bit and I don’t anticipate good or bad news, just a hey were all still alive kind of check point. I mean anything can happen but I don’t look for anything major. Boss man is out on vacation for a couple days and that means we can all relax for a couple days as well.
My plans are to attend the meeting and after that coast for the rest of the day by trying to nap and rest upstairs. I will work if called upon but otherwise it’s coast city.
Saw a good movie last night called The Babysitter with Jonah Hill in it. It’s on demand via HBO. I didn’t think I would like it but it turned out to be really terrific. I like a pleasant surprise like that, if only I could continue to stumble on winner shows and movies like that!
Of course, today is Patriot Day as we in the US remember the fallen from the WTC. I remember being at home and woken up by my late spouse asking me if I was paging him. We had 2-way text pagers back then and he thought the WTC news headline that came across his pager was me playing a joke. He had just gotten home from surgery a couple days before. I of course had no idea what he was talking about. I looked at my pager and quickly determined something was majorly wrong in America. I had the day off because he was due at his surgeons for a follow up visit. I remember going to lay in bed with him and we turned on the TV and that is when we learned of what was going on. Lots of rumors started about potential other attacks but they were quickly discredited. Neither one of us wanted to leave the house that day but he did make it to see his surgeon and as you might have guessed the events of the day were mentioned in his visit. It was a horrifying scene and something that thankfully doesn’t happen often. We can get political and place blame but at the end of the day it won’t bring anyone back to life and it does no good to play the blame game. America has recovered, we are all changed by the events of that day and once a year we get a reminder as we remember that fateful day.
We also will be looking back in years to come on the COVID pandemic and remembering the fallen from this tragedy as well. Although the two events are radically different. One was a terrorist attack and the other a pandemic.
Take care of yourselves, be well and I will do my very best to kick this sinus bug that I seem to have contracted. It’s kind of odd that I have this because I am really not around anyone. The nurse that I spoke with told me that they have had an influx of Sinus calls in the past few days, so I am not alone. I will talk with you all again soon.
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