sinus hell...

I have been suffering with allergies all autumn long and now with winter upon us, my sinuses have attacked and are trying to kill me.  I thought for the last week or so, that my allergies had just gotten worse and so I was so stuffy that I couldn't breathe and I couldn't sleep.   My teeth have been aching and I thought that I had been grinding them at night or something.  I had headaches and I thought that maybe it was just caffeine withdrawal (though I seem to be drinking the same amount of caffeine as usual).  I am totally exhausted by doing just about anything.

But now, I have added it all up and I am pretty sure I am in the midst of a full-blown bacterial assault.  A sinus infection.  I have finally started to attack back, though my weapons are more meager.  I have saline spray (with eucalyptus and menthol).  I have essential oils to drop into boiling water and breathe in with my head under a towel.  I have an ever-full Nalgene water bottle. I have rest...laying on my bed watching marathon-amounts of Gilmore Girls videos, with the companionship of my daughter. 

This may not be enough.  I may need antibiotics.

We are going to a Pink Martini concert tonight, and then to my friend Heidi's NY Eve party (if I last till midnight, it will be a miracle).  Tomorrow is a holiday, so doctors are scarce.  I am thinking of more bedrest, more Gilmore Girls, more hydration, more saline solution. 

Hopefully, things will look up for me, healthwise, next year...I mean, tomorrow.

Comments

[Loretta]

I feel so badly for you! I know how awful you can feel with a sinus infection. And even with antibiotics, it doesn't go away quickly.

Hope you were able to enjoy the New Year.

Here't to a healthier time!!

[tinker]

Ouch! Take care - sinus infections are certainly not a fun way to start off the New Year. Glad you have Bonnie and the Gilmore Girls to keep you company and nurse you back to health.
Wishing you and yours, a happy and healthy New Year! xo

[Wende]

Hi! I'm here from Margaret's... :D

I hope you feel better soon. May 2007 be filled with HEALTH!

(and I'm digging your cartoon picture at the top of your page! She's GREAT! Wherever did you find her? Or did you design her? Either way... super cool.)

[isay]

I hope you are well now. Happy New Year!

[Barbara W. Klaser]

Oh, I hope that gets better soon. Happy New Year, and I hope you're up to enjoying your celebration.

[Leslie]

You have my sympathy...I do hope your weapons do the job. I watched my mom struggle with sinus infections many times and can only imagine how miserable you are. And don't worry about staying up until midnight...even tho it's a new year, it is only another day.

Oh, and I did make it...^-^ Even got up at 6 to see the sunrise, a Japanese tradition.

Get well soon!

[Margaret]

I have tried to resist sinus infections, but antibiotics are sometimes the only way. And they are MISERABLE! Hope you feel better soon.