Friday was another doctor appointment. I know I've mentioned I've been enduring some evil sinus crap. It started Nov. 11 and got really bad on the 14th with me hearing a pulsating/whooshing sound in my right ear. I went to Urgent Care and they said I had a bad sinus infection and prescribed 10 days of a decongestant pill and sinus spray. There was a lot of sinus draining but my ear whooshing got worse. So bad. I thought I was going crazy. It was sometimes a whoosh, sometimes a squeak, sometimes a honking noise. Sometimes so loud I thought my head was going to split open. I was not sleeping well. I tried using a white noise machine to mask the noise, but then I heard SP's snoring, so I'd put my ear plugs in to block his snoring but then I'd hear the horrendous noise in my ear. I was barely sleeping and I had a constant headache.
The 10 day plan of attack failed so the day before Thanksgiving my PCP put me on a week of antibiotics. We went ahead & hosted Thanksgiving because I was not contagious, but I had a tough time and I was exhausted and short tempered. The antibiotic plan failed. OK, to be fair, there was a wee, wee bit of improvement, but still so much pulsing and whooshing. I was carrying the white noise machine around the house.
The latest failure meant an urgent same day trip to my PCP. I had to see another doctor at the office. New plan: I had swimmers ear and needed a week of special prescription ear drops. OK. Sadly, I couldn't get the drops in myself because the bottle was super stiff so SP did it in the morning & evening and my mom came over every day in the afternoon to do it. Result: minimal improvement.
By now we're up to last Thursday, the 25th day of ear crap. My PCP said no wax, no swimmers ear, time to see an ENT. So I did, on Friday. I had a hearing test (and hear better in the sick ear than non-sick ear!). Diagnosis: A Really Bad Sinus Infection/Eustachian Tube Dysfunction. Sigh. That's been the diagnosis since Day 1, it just won't get better. New plan: a week of a steroid prescription and 2 weeks of Flonase twice a day, if not better in 2 weeks, go in again.
I'm decongesting. Still waiting on the ear pulsing/whooshing.
So that's life here. I'm a giant sinus infected blob about ready to enter the loony bin from the constant pulsating noise in my ear.
What We ate Last Week:
- Pasta with Asparagus, Smoked Mozzarella, and Prosciutto
- Meatloaf with Roasted Cauliflower
- Dessert: Raspberry Shortbread Bars
What We Watched Last Week:
The usual. I really don't remember because of my ear.
What I Read Last Week:
My magazine pile more than doubled. Some new issues arrived plus MIL brought over a bunch of magazines she'd finished reading. I'm slowly working my way through the pile.
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