Bored Meanderings(delirious rantings) From The Sick(death) Bed

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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So, as some of you are aware, I’ve been fighting an illness that started as a chest cold and over the course of time morphed into a sinus infection. its a lie, the infection is a face burster

As I lay here, time on my hands, misery in my face, oh keptin, it was, it was, Ricardo Montalban
it occurred to me to wonder how you all reference Dopers, individually and as a group or groups, he said THIS was tau x-ray prime
in your mental landscape.

For me, we have fools, pirates, sassy lassies and super heroes true, oh capteen, he did things to us, put creatures in our bodies to control us
along with the associated killer cats and murderous mutts to control the rodents (oh and one pet mosquito too)but we were Strong, we Resisted, and then he gave us to the chest huggers who infected us with the face bursters

Now the problem is, of course, for the new folks who occasionally come around Keptan! he plans to start a war with the cylons don’t let him keptin
(perhaps through a google search) who have never seen or heard of The Dope, how do you tell who is what and which is who? Cause even though the clapper falls and rings the bell with a note AAAIIIEEEEEE don’t let the face burster escape Captain, kill me, please kill me now
clear and pure and true and the songs the same but the melody changed and the band is different too

Ruddy Fools Rapacious Pirates which is which and OH the Sassy Lassies and Super Heros True all are Great but who the hell is who (and that Saucy Wench? Don’t let her fool ya no mere fish sauce monger;) is she)

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Someone is into the good meds…

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I’ll have what she’s having. /Sleepless in Seattle quotes.

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Turn the TV off while you’re dictating a post.

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No meds
You don’t want what I got
Pain aspirin won’t go near
Half my face looks like a balloon caricature
Fever
Can’t get in to see the damn doc till after noon.
Hope I live that long
Or maybe not if it would end the pain

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When Harry Met Sally, not Sleepless… I know all those Meg Ryan movies look alike. :smiley:

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Dork-you poor, pitiful thing. Tell the doc to shoot up some steroids.
You’ve let this go on too long.
Get well soon, Charlie!

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Last time they put me on steroids I came close to DKA, with a blood sugar somewhere above the space station…

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Dork, it’s alarming that you sound so deranged without meds. I mean, beyond your usual derangement. Please let us know what happened at the doc. Take care.

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He does seem excessively ill. I’ve had a few note-worthy sinus infections. None ever made my face swell. It felt fat and stuffed but never looked swollen. Sounds horrible.

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I just got a pm from Dork. He’s on antibiotics and off work a few days. Sinus infection. I mommy-ed him and gave him advice on how to feel better.

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I’ve got a plan for guaranteed relief for mongo sinus infections. It relieves the pressure, lets the crap start draining, and you are set up for the antibiotics to do their magic.

Is Dork coherent enough to be interested?
~VOW

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Steam in the shower is my best advice.

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Steam in the shower is always good!

My remedy goes further. It will break up the logjam of snot and temporarily open the sinuses so they can drain. It eases the “splodey-head.”

It IS temporary, though. And it is only for occasional use. However, when you are completely gorked out like our poor Dork, a respite is necessary!
~VOW

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I can’t speak for Dork, but I want to know VOW! I hate sinus issues. :mad:

Feel better Dork!

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I hope you feel better, Dork. I’m surprised you haven’t gone to the ER or Doc-in-a-Box. Sinus infections are no joke; nothing that close to your brain is.

I will say that if they drain your maxillary sinus with a needle, that no matter how disconcerting it may be during the procedure, you will feel a lot better afterwards.

Get well.

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For those that gotta know:

Go to the drugstore, and buy Sudafed. Generic is fine. Don’t mess with that PE stuff, get the kind where you have to show your driver’s license and sign for it. Also buy saline nose spray. Again, generic is fine. Then buy a bottle of Neo-Synepherine, 1%.

After you get home, take 2 Sudafed, and your pain reliever of choice. Drink the full glass of water. Then, find five or six of the biggest, thickest washcloths you own. Wet the washcloths, and wring them out well. Put them in a freezer gallon size Ziploc bag, and zap the bag in the microwave for five minutes.

Take the bottle of saline nasal spray and pop off the spray top. Pour a little of the saline out. Then using the dropper with the Neo-Synepherine, put one dropperful into the saline bottle. Recap the saline with the spray nozzle, and shake gently to mix.

Find a piece of furniture where you can lie on your back with your shoulders on the edge and your head dangling over the side. Stick your head back so your chin points to the ceiling. Then give each nostril a squirt with the spiked saline spray. Sniff it up your nose as much as you can. You will probably have to do this a few times before you can feel it penetrate.

The washcloths in the microwave will be steaming hot by now. Get one or two bath towels and carry the Ziploc bag to a comfortable place. I prefer my recliner, but you may prefer the couch or bed. Your head should be somewhat elevated. Taking one washcloth out of the bag with your fingertips (ow ow ow), fold it in half and gently lay it over your eyes and forehead.

When it cools off, throw it on the floor, and get another washcloth out of the bag and repeat. Five or six washcloths should buy you enough time for the Sudafed and painkiller to kick in.

You’ll probably feel stuff running down the back of your throat. And when you finally get up, stuff will be loosened so you can blow all of that crap out of your nose.

The treatment with the Neo-synepherine is for rare occasional use only. Your most effective treatment is the Sudafed and hot washcloths. If your head keeps hurting, shove the cold washcloths back into the Ziploc bag and reheat.

If the gunk you spit out or blow out is green, see your doctor. You’ve got an infection.
~ VOW

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Wow! I’m saving this info. Thanks ~VOW

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I have to admit, since I started daily neti pot use, I have not had a single sinus infection of any note. I have barely gotten the sniffles, even with my thrashed immune system [though as of my last CBC, other than a minor touch of anemia, I am back to normal - for blood, still a bit silly otherwise =) ]

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Temporarily out of what seems like a coma of sleep.

Thanks everybody.

VOW, I’m looking at your treatment plan with an eye to adapting it to my specifics, but I will say I took a sudafed (they have otc sudafed you gotta flash a card for there?) anyway, I took one sunday and I don’t think this stuff even noticed it. That or it DID notice and the sudafed just made it angry. And then it hulked out, inside my face, which would explain some of the swelling.

I have been having some drainage, I won’t describe it just in case you’re trying to eat or drink something when you read this.

And finally, closer to the mark of needing my next pill at this time, the antibios seem to be doing something. It could be placebo effect in part but the swelling is down noticeably, enough so that my ear tubes once again are able to be plugged and unplugged by blowing, I can once more hear the tinnitus loud and clear, or something like that, with tinnitus … I dunno I don’t unnerstanit and the pain, oh sweet blessed relief the pain is less.

The NP at the clinic asked me to rate the pain 1 to 10…all I could tell her was appetite killing pain.