The Best is Yet to Come

Completely. No way do I want to be awake when the doc is poking around my head with an endoscope on Wednesday.

Only I would be having my head surgified on April Fool’s Day. It’s so appropriate, although the man I adore teases me and says the I’m not really having anything done and the doc is just playing a prank on me.

People have frequently commented on my progress, or lack thereof, since last Fall. Trust me, I’m not happy about it either, but hopefully I shall be feeling healthy again and can really get back to a disciplined nutrition and workout plan once again.

What sucks is that just when I start feeling healthy for a little while from the antibiotics, as soon as I stop taking them I get stuck with another sinus infection and go right back to feeling shitty again.

I’ve seen more freaking doctors since July than I have in the last ten years. But I was underdosed on my thyroid meds from August of 07 through spring of last year and it took a toll on me physically and mentally.

Even though my thyroid meds were adjusted correctly I’ve still been fatigued and not feeling well, along with having ongoing chronic sinusitis and allergic rhinitis which I’ve had for a long time.

- Went to my General Practicioner for initial visit since she was my first doc down here in Chicago and she adjusted my thyroid meds back up to where they should be

- saw the gyno for the usual stuff

- chiropractor for my back and hip (one leg is shorter than the other by 1/4" and it causes problems for me

- endocrinologist to make SURE that my thyroid meds were right on and to make sure there were no other issues that needed to be addressed. Turns out I’m Vitamin D deficient.

- allergist to fix my allergies, I’m now not only allergic to dust and dust mites, but also to grass. Taking 4 different allergy meds right now to prevent the allergic rhinitis which leads to the major sinus problems.

- saw the Otolaryngologist (ENT) for my ongoing sinus problems - I’ve been on and off of antibiotics since October for a sinus infection that won’t go away. CT scan showed a blockage in my left maxillary sinuses (behind my left cheek) with a blocked drainage tube as well as a slightly deviated septum. My last CT scan 5 years ago didn’t show any problems.

Hopefully, after having the corrective endoscopic sinus surgery on Wednesday I will be finally back to full health and with the new allergy meds, I should be able to stay that way.

/medical novel

OK, so there won’t be a knife, but rather an endoscope used, in this instance. And eventually, yes, I will finally feel right again. Hallelujah.

Most who know me are aware that I’ve had chronic sinusitis and allergic rhinitis for quite some time. Had a CT scan done of my head about 5 years ago but there were no blockages at the time - my allergies tend to cause occasional sinus infections, as does the common cold, I don’t get colds, they always turn into sinus infections for me.

Anyway, it’s been much worse recently, I’ve basically had a neverending sinus infection since around October and have been on and off of antibiotics but it never goes completely away.

The newest CT scan shows a buildup of crap that won’t drain on its own because the passageways are blocked behind my left cheek and I also now have a partially deviated septum and am going to need endoscopic roto-rooter surgery to fix it all. I am not looking forward to having an endoscope shoved up my nose and messing around with the inside of my face, but if it fixes it it’s worth it.

The big problem is that I have serious anxiety about any surgical procedures on my head. When my wisdom teeth were removed it was sheer hell - and I ended up in the emergency room days later as a result of a terrible reaction to the anti-nausea drug that I was given. Ended up with four dry sockets on top of that.

I get VERY sick from anesthesia, but can’t tolerate just a local for something like this so it’s going to really suck. Thankfully I now know that they cannot give me Compazine, but I also know that the other crap available doesn’t do much good for me.

The headaches are very debilitating, the rest of it I can generally manage fine with - but the headaches keep me from doing a lot of things, including working out like I want to. It’s also causing me to get terrible sleep at night leaving me feeling chronically fatigued - and at first I just thought that was my thyroid being screwy again, but it’s not.

Anyway, yeah, it sucks.

Uh oh….

After sewing up the rather unsightly and highly unprofessional tear in my pants that somehow manifested itself between leaving my place this morning and getting off the train and then fixing my broken internet I am now happily here to say hello.

Thankfully I wore a long coat today, as well as a decent t-shirt and sweater. I took my sweater and tied it around my waist when I got in to the office to tell my boss what had happened.

What’s funny is that a coworker had a huge split right up the ass in his pants a while back, so it war pretty damn humorous. The tear in my pants was a couple inches below my asscheek on the back of the right leg. Went from the back of my leg all the way to the inseam - around 8 inches or so, not exactly a small rip. It sucks because I love these pants but apparently they’ve been worn and washed one too many times.

Good thing I keep a needle and thread in my desk.

Diet going well today after an odd weekend. Didn’t eat a lot of junk, but didn’t eat a lot of anything at all. My allergy meds have a tendency to kill my appetite.

Chest and tris tonight. Woohoo!