My grandma once told me that we all have a thorn in the flesh that is like a trial we have to deal with. It's not easy and sometimes there may not be a solution. For the most part it's something that you have to deal with on a constant basis. Mine are my sinuses.
About 11 days ago, I woke up early on a Saturday morning, with my mind going a thousand different directions, so I decided to get up and get some work done. This was early in the morning and as I was sitting at the computer, I started sneezing. Not just once or twice, but constantly. About mid morning I had run through at least 20 tissues and I kept thinking "I can't get sick, I can't get sick." It felt like I had a cold; I don't get colds very often and wouldn't you believe it that about a couple of days before that, I thought that I should probably start taking my Vitamin C tablets again because Ohio for some reason attracts snow. I got worse throughout the day, using more tissues and my poor family had to suffer through hearing me sniffle, blow, blow-shreek, honk and whimper because I wasn't feeling well at all.
For next 4 days that followed, I spent the day in bed. I could tell my sinuses were the culprit, so I started taking Tylenol Sinus and Vitamin C. I was totally amazed that my sinuses would wipe me out throughout the day - I would nap, and I was only coherent for a few minutes before I felt like I had to go back into hibernation. By Thursday, I had had it, so I dragged myself to the doctor and had pretty much diagnosed myself. When I told him that I really didn't want a prescription because I'm allergic to 3 different antibiotics, he agreed. So he told me a 2 OTC formula that would hopefully knock the congestion out of my body. We are on 4. It's been a slow process especially since I'm not on "real" medicine.
As for work (and thank God that last week we had 3 snow days in a row; and a 2 hour delay) I only missed 1.8 days of work although I did do work during my "sick" days. I built a website. Hey I had to find something in between my "snotting" around (thanks Grandma for the terminology).
Throughout this 11 day journey of self medicating my sinuses, I have found the following:
1. I don't like it when people start having my same symptoms - they may want to start taking my medicine.
2. When you tell people that you have sinus problems, everyone has a story.
3. I can milk it pretty good with my husband. I honestly try not to, but if he is so willing to pamper me, I take him up on it...sometimes?
4. I have blown enough snot out of my nose to equal the weight of a 1 month old baby. No wonder my rings felt loose when I put them back on...
5. I'm the only one to announce that I'm on a Level 3 Tissue Emergency.
6. I panic when someone starts using the tissues for other things.
7. I have grown to hate cold weather.
8. I'm beginning to consider the stay at home job that has been vacant since it had been unfilled once I decided to go back to work several years ago.
9. I had blown into so many tissues by day 7 that I could fill 2 empty tissue boxes with all the used tissues that were laying around my side of the bed.
10. Kleenex tissues that read "Antiviral" are not soft.
11. There is not enough makeup or chap stick to take away or hide the new blush color that appears under my nose from all the wiping that I've done.
12. Not being able to smell does have it's advantages...especially when certain loved ones who like to leave "odors" behind them.
13. I hate it when my ears are plugged. My right ear has not been the same since I've been sick.
14. When I went to the doctor, I was thrilled that he said that my left sinus was swollen really bad. I only say this because to let him know that it isn't just my imagination that I'm feeling like this, it was...can I say "legit?"
2.15.2010
After a somewhat long hiatus
Sorry for those of you who faithfully read my blogs {I know there are sooo many of you}, I have been suffering through this thing called LIFE...maybe you've heard of it?
Anyways, I have been drowning myself in technology business. I hopefully will be doing this on a more full time basis someday and in about 4 months, I will be venturing out into new realms of who knows what.
After spending several days preparing myself to launch the new email system for my employer, I have found that it was extremely easy - minus the old web host not being able to recognize the difference between a l (el) and a one and having service down for 2 and half days. I enjoyed doing it. It was a feeling of knowing that through God's help, I could do it. Then after spending 2 weeks looking at 22 different templates, trying them out and getting a feel of what I wanted, I redesigned my employer's website. After all said and done, it took me 3 days to get the website completed and it was a lot easier to launch the new IP address to read the new site than I could ever imagine. I called the old web host just to be safe, cancelled their service after I switched everything over.
I have been looking for more possible jobs to help fill the gap of our what seems to be declining income. Not a full time job, I already have one of those, but more on a freelance term. Today, after launching the new site for my employer, I had a friend mention to me that there is a church looking for a website designer. After a long talk, it sounds like a good possibility. Money? Well, since I'm not a professional at this, I really want the reference and if they feel so inclined to pay me something, then I will leave that in the Lord's hands.
Well needless to say after all this technology, I have decided to create a new blog (someday in the near future) called WIMP - Work in Marvel Progress where I will post my technology ideas and what has or hasn't worked in the past. Hopefully you'll be able to get some help from it because I'm finding that quite a few people ask me the same questions for the same situations. It''ll be a catch all for those who need help and I can't get to them right away. Watch for it to come very soon!
Anyways, I have been drowning myself in technology business. I hopefully will be doing this on a more full time basis someday and in about 4 months, I will be venturing out into new realms of who knows what.
After spending several days preparing myself to launch the new email system for my employer, I have found that it was extremely easy - minus the old web host not being able to recognize the difference between a l (el) and a one and having service down for 2 and half days. I enjoyed doing it. It was a feeling of knowing that through God's help, I could do it. Then after spending 2 weeks looking at 22 different templates, trying them out and getting a feel of what I wanted, I redesigned my employer's website. After all said and done, it took me 3 days to get the website completed and it was a lot easier to launch the new IP address to read the new site than I could ever imagine. I called the old web host just to be safe, cancelled their service after I switched everything over.
I have been looking for more possible jobs to help fill the gap of our what seems to be declining income. Not a full time job, I already have one of those, but more on a freelance term. Today, after launching the new site for my employer, I had a friend mention to me that there is a church looking for a website designer. After a long talk, it sounds like a good possibility. Money? Well, since I'm not a professional at this, I really want the reference and if they feel so inclined to pay me something, then I will leave that in the Lord's hands.
Well needless to say after all this technology, I have decided to create a new blog (someday in the near future) called WIMP - Work in Marvel Progress where I will post my technology ideas and what has or hasn't worked in the past. Hopefully you'll be able to get some help from it because I'm finding that quite a few people ask me the same questions for the same situations. It''ll be a catch all for those who need help and I can't get to them right away. Watch for it to come very soon!
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