4:12 p.m. - 2007-01-15
Can we say S-I-C-K???
Monday, January 15, 2007
Currently Reading
There's Nothing in This Book That I Meant to Say
By Paula Poundstone
..........and the diagnosis is..........................."drum roll, please"......
Yes, friends....Let me present the little bacterial infec-ta-tion known as Sinusitis that is currently residing in my body....and the diagnosis is that ALL the possible locations are infected areas too! Right now, my sinus(s) are so plugged up that my upper teeth hurt....bad enough that I could easily consider grabbing a rusty old set of pliers and pulling my teeth out......!
I soon hope to be on the road to recovery......
I would prefer a road leading to a Carribean paradise but whatever....
In the meantime, I am now taking Cefuroxime 2 x a day for 10 days and Fluticasone (2 nose squirts once a day.) However, I hope to be feeling much better in a few days....
At least I have a diagnosis and am more hopeful now. I have a history of sinusitis and have had it so bad as to have every sinus cavitity in my head so packed that I couldn't put my head on a pillow. That was the worst and probably the sickest I have been been.
When I saw the doctor today, I had not taken any medication for 11 hrs, I didn't put on any makeup or try to mask my symptoms at all. He looked in my ears and said..."That's not good."
...but he could have been responding to my recitation of my symptoms for the past week. He pressed on all the sinus cavities as I pointed out where it hurt the most.
By the way, I did take the Tylenol Cold Syrup last night and it worked so well. I nearly fell asleep about 7 P.M. watching TV and when I took a second dose at 11 PM, I slept almost all night. However, my doctor said it caused blood pressure to go up quickly. Fortunately for me, my pressure is very low so it didn't do much to me.
And......if there is anything good out of all this misery...I lost a whole entire pound! Yes, 16 ounces, friends...(even though I know once I get back on real food, it will all come back with some buddies it picked up along the way.)
I do hope I lost my craving for sweets while I am ill so it will be easier to stop eating them.
I am getting really bored with soup and crackers. I even bought myself some Diet Dr. Pepper Berries and Creme pop today. I was hoping for something I can taste and I am sick of the cola flavor. I have a feeling that this is NOT going to be a winner but I don't like Sprite, Mountain Dew or 7-Up much either.
Ok, enough about me.
Here's a very cute e-mail I got from my sister...
Makes me proud to be a Woman!
The following are all replies that Dallas TX women have written on Child Support Agency forms in the section for listing "father's details". Or putting it another way...
Who's yo Baby Daddy?
These are genuine excerpts from the forms.
Number 11 takes 1st prize and #3 is runner up. Number 5 gives new meaning to people from Virginia
1. Regarding. The identity of the father of my twins, child A was fathered by Jim Munson. I am unsure as to the identity of the father of child B, but I believe that he was conceived on the same night.
2. I am unsure, as to the identity of the father of my child as I was being sick out of a window when taken unexpectedly from behind. I can provide you with a list of names of men that I think were at the party if this helps.
3. I do not know the name of the father of my little girl. She was conceived at a party at 3600 Grand Avenue where I had unprotected sex with a man I met that night. I do remember that the sex was so good that I fainted. If you do manage to track down the father, can you send me his phone number? Thanks.
4. I don't know the identity of the father of my daughter. He drives a BMW that now has a hole made by my stiletto in one of the door panels. Perhaps you can contact BMW service stations in this area and see if he's had it replaced.
5. I have never had sex with a man. I am still a Virginian. I am waiting a letter from the Pope confirming that my son's conception was ejaculate and that he is the Saver risen again.
6. I cannot tell you the name of child A's dad as he informs me that to do so would blow his cover and that would have cataclysmic implications for the economy. I am torn between doing right by you and right by the country. Please advise.
7. I do not know who the father of my child was as all blacks look the same to me.
8. Peter Smith Is the father of child A. If you do catch up with him, can you ask him what he did with my AC/DC CDs? Child B who was also borned at the same time .. Well, I don't have clue.
9. From the dates it seems that my daughter was conceived at Disney World; maybe it really is the Magic Kingdom.
10. So much about that night is a blur. The only thing that I remember for sure is Delia Smith did a program about eggs earlier in the evening. If I had stayed in and watched more TV rather than going to the party at 46 Miller Drive, mine might have remained unfertilized.
11. I am unsure as to the identity of the father of my baby, after all, like when you eat a can of beans you can't be sure which one made you fart.
Yep, you guessed it right - you are all paying taxes to support these intelligent souls!
Yet, on the opposite side, here is a very inspiring and beautiful story.
http://tinyurl.com/yxewot
More later as health permits.
