Thursday, March 10, 2011

Dark Mother made me go to the doctor

As I suspected, it's allergies, but the membranes are badly swollen so I got some Claritin and steroid spray to reduce the swelling.  I was going to say if I started growing a beard, I was going to quit taking them, but since I do have to pluck weekly, how would I know?

And apparently I have a deviated septum and that is why I have frequent sinus infections on the right.  She thought the neti pot was a good idea so when I'm out of saline spray, I'll invest in one.

However, as much as I love my dr, she's nuts on sending people to specialists.  Nearly every time I go to see her she wants me to make an appointment with a specialist.  I don't know if this is a CYA thing or what, but I don't do it.  Her reason for wanting me to go see an ENT is because I've had breast cancer and any bone pain (my jaw is sore...just where the sphenoid sinus is) is suspect so she wants me to see an ENT to determine if I need an MRI.  Well, I'm going to wait and see if the medicine clears up the pain first before I go spending money I don't have with a dr and an expensive test.  She's used to me saying no at this stage so she doesn't go ape-crap anymore.

If the pain doesn't go away, then I'll see the ENT guy but not before.  I suspect it will as it's already not as painful as it was a couple of weeks ago and the pain in my cheek bone is gone permanently now.

Plus, I found out it's not antihistimines I can't take...it's decongestants.  Which I've been eating like candy for about a month.  My pulse was 125 so I had to have an EKG to make sure my heart wasn't damaged.  From now on, only the good stuff  for me.

Hopefully, soon, I'll be back to bitching about being too tired to do anything instead of hurting too bad to do anything.  Well, I see the distinction.

I'm having a hard time deciding what to knit next.  I tried the shawl but I'm not steady enough with my hands right now to deal with lace-weight yarn.  I need a small project so I can finish something soon.  But I don't need anything and I don't know anyone who does need something so I'm at a loss right now.  I'll spend some time drooling over patterns on Ravelry later and see if anything makes my eyes light up.

It's sunny today and the snow is melting.  If I felt better and had started earlier, I would be hanging a load of clothes outdoors but that's not going to happen today.  I'll check the weather for tomorrow and if it's nice, I might hang a load out tonight.  I love it when the morning dew softens them.  Of course, here, the morning dew will make them rock solid until the sun comes up but...whatever.  I'm anxious to get my seedlings started, too.  Maybe tomorrow I can get that done.  And I need to take a picture of the Greek afghan I finished.

And clean the kitchen and the bathroom and work on the basement and the living room.  That's wearing me out.  I think I'll go back to bed now.  I woke up at 4 a.m. so I'd be up long enough to see if I still felt bad at 8 a.m.  My problem has been that I wake up feeling okay and miss the window to call the dr for a same-day appointment.  By 8 I was feeling really crummy so I called in.  Now I'm just tired and sleepy.  And a bit sore in the jaw.

Off to nap a bit.

TTFN

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

So now I have to bother you about the specialist? Ok, I'll put it on my calendar so I remember to keep on top of you.

Kathy said...

No, believe me I'll go see the specialist if the pain doesn't go away. I don't mess with the cancer stuff. But I also can't let myself obsess about it. I did the first 5 years to the degree I was hyperventilating every time I had a bump or bruise. Sometimes you just have to let it go, though.

But if I'm still in pain in a week (her timetable) I will most definitely schedule an appointment. Especially since I don't want you coming up here to kick my butt. LOL