I have had a general malaise about me for months. My sinus symptoms started in late July. At first I thought it was allergies, we've had lots of rain and I thought maybe the mold was getting to me. I let it go for about a month before I visited my doctor. I went to see her in late August. She said my head was "full" and it looked like a sinus infection and gave me antibiotics. After a few days my symptoms seemed to be clearing up, I felt better and could almost breathe again. But a few days after I stopped the antibiotics, the symptoms came back with a vengeance. Right side completely plugged up, no sniffling, breathing or blowing, just stuck. Pressure in my sinus cavity and behind my eyes, headache, feeling blah. I waited a few days and called my doc, who decided I needed another round of good old antibiotics. This time they did nothing. I knew I had a physical coming up, so instead of paying another co-pay and going in to my doctor, I decided to suffer for the last 2 weeks whilst waiting for today's appt. Not really a smart move on my part.
So today I go for my physical. Yes, I still have a raging sinus infection. Not good seeing as I already had 2 rounds of antibiotics. Yes, any kind of infection raging in ones system can make one weak and fatigued ALL THE TIME! Yes, it made perfect sense that I complained of feeling like crap ALL THE TIME. No, I should not have waited another 2 weeks before coming in and getting stronger meds, ooops.
So now I have a really strong, really expensive antibiotic and a steroid. 5 days of steroids and 5 days of antibiotics. Both will stay in my system for 10 days, after which if I am not 100% better I was told to call my doctor ASAP for further evaluation. I am really hoping this does the trick. I have never had sinus issues like this before. I feel like I could sleep until Christmas.
And I miss my blog. As I lay in bed each night gasping for air through my mouth, I have all these wonderful ideas of things to blog about. But alas, morning comes and I am exhausted before I leave my bed and it just goes downhill from there. The only reason I have been able to blog this right now was because of an injection of Reese's Peanut butter cups and iced tea ; ) Sugar and caffeine, it does a body good.
When the head aches, all the body is the worse.
~English Proverb~
~English Proverb~
4 comments:
A large percentage of sinus infections are caused by fungus rather than bacteria so antibiotics are worthless. This is what worked for me: Grapefruit Seed Extract Nasal Spray. Make sure it's the nasal spray, not just a squirt bottle of GSE. Follow the directions and use it consistently. It took about 2 weeks for me but after a couple of years of absolutely NO sense of smell and the threat of sinus surgery, this is what finally cleared it up. I now keep it on hand and at the first sign of sinus congestion, I use it. I absolutely swear by it. If you try it and it works, let me know. It's part of my ongoing amateur research project. ;)
Ewww, fungus! Where would I get it, health food store?
And you ran out and got a Neti Pot? I swear it will help give you some relief.
Your sinuses, my hormones..
We need to get together and party :)
Seriously, my family has used the spray Deanna recommends. I have tried the neti pot but it gets in my ear...Don't ask...
Also take Oil of Oregano.
Hope you feel better!
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