Sinus infection
In the history of medical science, has anybody ever invented a tiny double-barreled vacuum? Because I would really like to use such an appliance to end my suffering. Starting early Thursday morning, I alternately slept and felt miserable for two days. (I don't think I've been bed-sick for that long since at least college.) What's the point of sinuses anyway? Why do I need snot up around my eyebrows? Don't my lungs provide enough storage space for germy crud?
I'm not aching anymore, and the headache is mostly gone, but I still harbor a whole lot of compressed mucus, that won't evacuate even when I suck Halls or drink hot tea. Hence the vacuum idea. After I got out of bed, my throat started hurting something awful, and it's coated with some sort of sludge, and as of Sunday night my voice is gone. Also I'm still sleeping a whole lot.
As you can imagine, I haven't done much of anything useful since my previous post, least of all the taxes. (Except take care of Sweetie & Tiny, which is lotsa fun right now.) I also have a bunch of other money-related work to do, that should have been done last month. At least I got the house clean, and kept it mostly so, providentially because we had a surprise visit this morning from Sweetie's guardian-ad-litem. (That's the lawyer who ostensibly represents her in the custody mess, but who really doesn't seem to know much about her needs.)
So hopefully I'll feel somewhat human again tomorrow or the next day, and I can start doing the job I've set out to do. Or if not, maybe I'll just blog.
I'm not aching anymore, and the headache is mostly gone, but I still harbor a whole lot of compressed mucus, that won't evacuate even when I suck Halls or drink hot tea. Hence the vacuum idea. After I got out of bed, my throat started hurting something awful, and it's coated with some sort of sludge, and as of Sunday night my voice is gone. Also I'm still sleeping a whole lot.
As you can imagine, I haven't done much of anything useful since my previous post, least of all the taxes. (Except take care of Sweetie & Tiny, which is lotsa fun right now.) I also have a bunch of other money-related work to do, that should have been done last month. At least I got the house clean, and kept it mostly so, providentially because we had a surprise visit this morning from Sweetie's guardian-ad-litem. (That's the lawyer who ostensibly represents her in the custody mess, but who really doesn't seem to know much about her needs.)
So hopefully I'll feel somewhat human again tomorrow or the next day, and I can start doing the job I've set out to do. Or if not, maybe I'll just blog.
posted by Kiwi the Geek at 3:00 AM
5 Comments:
Ah, but what must be done before vacuuming? You must dust! How do you dust your dust your brain cabinet you might ask, and a good question that might be. Add a healthy dose of powdered cayenne pepper to, say, chicken soup. (one of my exes mixed a multi-fruit (citrus based, 8 oz. glass of) juice with stronger cayenne (200k btu type, a table-spoon). There may have been more to it, but that is what I remember. Dust those sinuses! I just sniff a little fine freshly ground cracked pepper, but I'm a little on the raw side.
Unfortunately, I can't stand strong spices. Pepper is the worst. Burn my tongue right off!
The best thing I ever got for sinuses is a tip that you have to get at the health foods store that you put on a water pic or similar brand. You put a teaspoon of salt in a pint of tepid water and you run it through your nose with said device. It cleans out the nasties and it really helps to get rid of the infection in a hurry. It is strange to begin with but now whenever I feel like I'm getting something, I get mine out. I think the brand for the nasal irrigator tip is Grossam. You might be able to do a search on it.
Love and shalom,
Serena
The other thing you can do is put some Vicks in very hot water and breathe the steam.
A quicker but far more uncomfortable way though is to get your hands on a little tear gas. That stuff will clean you out so fast it's not even funny. I don't think I will ever forget the smell of that stuff; not so much because it stinks but because of the effect it has. It will make snot run down to your toes.
Um, thanks Dif, but I think I'll stop at Vicks.
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