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Surgery Day!

Posted in Musings and Epiphanies, tagged , on September 15, 2014| Leave a Comment »

I have promised not to change my nose on the outside.  (Truly, that was never the plan).  I do hope this helps my left maxillary sinus and I won’t have to worry about which side for pictures anymore.

I will confess that I am somewhat concerned because the doc will be entering for the surgery the same way one would enter to do a lobotomy.  Now, I know, totally different surgery, but damn, it won’t leave my head.

I am officially fasting at this point, so it is time to go to sleep.

And in case you hadn’t heard, two more kittens,Rose and Charlie,  joined our family.   They are getting braver and should try the stairs to the great unknown any day now!

Prayers are welcome for the surgery.  Should I post a picture of my post-surgery face?  Does anyone really like looking at bruised, swollen faces?  I don’t really do selfies, but I suppose people may feel better seeing something like that to be able to say, “Glad that’s not me!”

 

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Sniffle, Sniffle, Cough, Cough 2

Posted in Musings and Epiphanies, tagged , , , on August 12, 2014| Leave a Comment »

I find MRI and CT scan images hysterical.  And according to the MRI from 2010 and the CT scan from this morning, I have had a snot sack in my left sinus for four freakin’ years.  The septum is clearly deviated and it looks like some object is really strong and healthy on the right side of the septum and all withered on the left.  It looks like the mer-people that Ursula has in The Little Mermaid.  All withered and shriveled.  Don’t know what it is, but it looks silly.

Several shots make it look like I was a star of Mars Attacks.

Hopefully, the allergy test goes well this afternoon and the follow up appointment with the ENT on Thursday involves some decisions to make this snotty situation go away.

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Cough, Cough, Sniffle, Sneeze

Posted in Musings and Epiphanies, tagged , , , on July 28, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Since November I have been dealing with highly annoying sinus issues.  Initially I thought it was a botched root canal (the roots went into the sinus).  The drainage has not been what it should be and the post nasal drip is driving me crazy.  Sore throats…lost my voice over Christmas, though the boys loved the fact that I couldn’t yell at them the entire Christmas break.  Continued following the tooth theory all the way through pulling the damn thing.  Then I patiently waited for it to fully heal thinking then my head would clear out.  Nope, only got worse.

Then I remembered that a few years ago, seven years, actually, seven years ago, my neurologist mentioned my deviated septum.  First time anyone commented on it from my MRI of my head.  And I noticed how much more crooked my stupid nose is now.  So the new and improved theory is that it is the deviated septum that is the culprit.  It recently gave me labyrinthitis and vertigo.  And I’m so damn tired of antibiotics, you know, in case there is an infection.  I’ve been on seven rounds of amoxicillin since November.  That’s more antibiotics than I’ve been on in my life.

Tomorrow I go to the lovely ENT doc and I really hope he has a sinus and ear vacuum and will drain my head while I’m there.  I can’t sleep well, my timing is off, I’m awake late at night, exhausted at during the middle of the day, but can’t fall asleep easily, nor can I stay asleep for long times because my mucous filled head wakes me up.  Either is too stuffed to breathe properly or it decides to disgustingly drain so it can refill immediately, causing the inability to breathe again.  I can go through a box of tissues trying to keep up with this snot filled head.

I am glad the boys are at camp when it comes to this simply because they have been worrying about me.  They are rather cute when they come up to me, a little misty eyed, wondering when I will feel better.  And the “it’s-not” funny jokes do get a little old at times.  (It’s-not funny Mom is sick…it’s-not funny that Mom doesn’t feel well…)

ENT Doc better have an answer.  And I am more than happy to have the deviated septum undeviated.  As long as I can breathe.

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