Sick and Tired of Sick and Tired.

Ok, it’s official.  Today, I woke up with a swollen left side of my face and my eye looked like it had been smacked.  I couldn’t breathe and my sinus’ just hurt.  I had a sinus headache (which I’ve had for 3 friggin days now).  I snapped at the electrician and made him feel bad.  (Sorry babe).

I got dressed and went to the store and got some sinus medicine.  I came home and took 2 pills and promptly took a 2 hour nap.  When I woke up, the swelling had gone down and I could breathe again.  WHEW.

The Electrician had to run to the store for a few things and I asked him ever so politely “Can you please get a box of those tissues that have lotion in them?”  He loves me, because he brought me home a box.  Plus, my nose is raw and peeling and a little unsightly.

The Electrician told me I looked better while we were eating dinner (green chili cheeseburgers and french fries).  I hate to tell him but I was muttering to myself the whole time I was cooking.

After dinner, I took my shower and tried to let the steam help my sinus crap.    I got out of the shower and 20 minutes later, my WHOLE friggin face is swollen and I sound like crap.  I quickly took 2 more pills, and while I can breathe now, I just feel YUCK.

It suddenly dawned on me and I remarked to the Electrician, “If that stupid Doctor would have told me BEFORE I had my nose cauterised, that I would be susceptible to sinus infections, I never would have had it done.”

You see about 2 years ago, I had a series of nosebleeds.  They progressively got worse, and one scared me to death, because it would not stop and I was loosing tons of blood, along with large “clots”.  I went to the Emergency room , and they sent me to a Specialist, that same afternoon.  Apparently I had a blood vessel that broke in my nose and the only way to solve the problem was to cauterised it.  That in itself was a scary experience, and it also hurt like hell, and I could not blow my nose for 24 hours.

So, I have figured out that in the past 5 months, I’ve had about 4 sinus infections, and they are driving me crazy.  If they would just get infected and my face didn’t swell up like a balloon, I think I could handle it, but the pressure affects my head, eyes, ears and EVERYTHING.

I told the Electrician today that my face hurt, he told me it hurt him too, what a smarta$$. But he has been extremely helpful. 

So, for the next day or 2 I will drug myself up with over the counter drugs and go visit the Urgent Care Doctor on Monday morning and create yet another bill we don’t need, but I have to do it.  I might just ask the Doctor this time for meds x 2, so I don’t have to go see him when this happens AGAIN in about another month or so.

I’m sure when I go into the Urgent Care they look at me and smile.  “Yep, she’s back with another sinus infection.”  What the hell.