Damn Sinusitis
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Last week I made perhaps what was one of the dumbest choices ever. After a grueling Sunday double-shift, I come out to discover that neither of my parents were able to come pick me up and drive me home. For those who were in NY last sunday you would know that it snowed quite bad. Well, I was too uncomfortable to take-up my bosses ride (don't know why now); so I chose to walk -- exhausted and somewhat sweaty -- home.
Needless to say it wasnt the most comfortable experience ever.
Anyway, come last Tuesday(although I felt the repercussions as early as Monday morning), I was sitting in my only class of the day when I feel a pounding headache near my temple and around my right frontal sinus area, right over my eye, stretching down into my jaw(there was some discomfort there, nothing heavy). When class was over and I went outside, the air managed to provide some comfort (it was quite warm that day). I got in my car and start to drive off home in sort of panic...
To skip a bit:
This irregular and constantly changing weather here in NY has not helped me much either: one day its unbearably cold and windy, the next its warm and full of sunshine.
Today marks the one week anniversary of my sinusitis(YIPPEE!!!!), thankfully I have a doctors appointment ready for tomorrow. Nevetheless the pain has put a great damp on all my plans. Lethargic and stressed, I have barely been able to get through any of the numerous readings here in my room; nor have I been able to concentrate on anything for too long. I wrote a paper for my lit. class on Sunday which I think could have been much much better, but frankly, I dont quite give a crap, I was just happy to get through it.
A big problem is that the weather this week reverted to cold, and especially windy. My walk between classes Monday was such a pain due to the irritation. Today was even colder, but thankfully I was ready with he right clothes and protection. Nevertheless, I did experience significant discomfort.
Another big problem is the fact that I have never really suffered from Sinusitis before so the fact that it did not stop in a couple of days really started to scare me. The inflammation around my sinus also worried me, I had never seen it before either. Worse yet: I started going around various websites reading and reading; and although the symptoms to a common Sinusitis matched, I could not help but feel it could be something worse, or feared that it was an infection and its spread to the brain was imminent... I hate to worry.
But anyway, as I said: Im going to the doctor tomorrow to get what I need. Maybe some antibiotics or something. Whatever takes off this headache.... I have been waking up and going to bed with this pain non-stop...
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