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So, my doctor has decided I have sinusitis. She came to that conclusion after putting her thumbs on my cheekbones (right over my maxillary sinuses) and watching me recoil *three* times.
As a result, I have a ridiculously strong antibiotic to take for the next ten days (875 milligram dose, the things look like horse-pills) as well as an anti-inflammatory nasal spray. If I'm not noticeably improved by Friday, I have to go back.
This is not the first time I've had sinusitis, though it's one of the worst -- I spent a good hour last night trying to sleep while only succeeding in feeling nauseous and coughing every third breath. Piling up the pillows and sleeping half-sitting up was the only solution.
Walking to the pharmacy made me think -- I've gotten sinusitis every three to five years since I was a teenager. If I lived before antibiotics and modern medicine, I'd probably dead already.
Lois McMasters Bujold really is right -- modern technology really is a woman's best friend.
As a result, I have a ridiculously strong antibiotic to take for the next ten days (875 milligram dose, the things look like horse-pills) as well as an anti-inflammatory nasal spray. If I'm not noticeably improved by Friday, I have to go back.
This is not the first time I've had sinusitis, though it's one of the worst -- I spent a good hour last night trying to sleep while only succeeding in feeling nauseous and coughing every third breath. Piling up the pillows and sleeping half-sitting up was the only solution.
Walking to the pharmacy made me think -- I've gotten sinusitis every three to five years since I was a teenager. If I lived before antibiotics and modern medicine, I'd probably dead already.
Lois McMasters Bujold really is right -- modern technology really is a woman's best friend.
