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Allergies, sinusitis, remedies...
So for the last two months I've been battling what the doctor calls a sinus infection. He prescribed a pretty potent antibiotic about six weeks ago that did nothing. Decongestants didn't work. At one point I was totally clogged in both nostrils. Could get just enough of a pin hole that I could drop some Afrin down while I laid on my back with my head upside down. I did that for about 10 days. Finally, I got sent to a ear, nose, and throat guy. Put me on Prednezone and nasonex.
Cleared me up, but I still feel ****ty. My eyes feel like they're getting pushed out of my head, still have a little bit of a cough, my nose bleeds, and I'm getting about 5-6 hours sleep at night.
I left off of the nasonex about a week ago and some of the earlier symptoms like, sneezing, runny nose, and sore throat came back, but I was able to sleep pretty good. Started the nasonex again on Thursday night and Friday and Saturday I was back to feeling pretty clear but with the eyes popping out feeling and heady feeling again. And the sleep is suffering again.
Anybody had this? Man, I turned 40 and I'm falling apart... What I'm worried about is being prescribed 50 things that I'm going to have to take til the day I die. **** that. I'll stop everything and live with it if I can't figure something out over taking a pill regimen every day.
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Re: Allergies, sinusitis, remedies...
Allergies baby. You have to move out to OD land where they don't have any plants.
Mucinex-D is what my wife uses.
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10/11/2009, 12:39
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Re: Allergies, sinusitis, remedies...
When things are really bad I also use Mucinex -D (in Ca it is behind the counter and you have to sign for it)...I use it in combination with a "saline" nasal spray which opens up the sinus passages and is a non irritant, it major function is to relieve dryness you get in your melon from the other ****....
Prednisone....Take that with stomach meds...it's what my internist prescribed to use for ****ing gout..on this daily pill sched 3,2,1,1, stop...Google it ..it is a bad ass.
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Re: Allergies, sinusitis, remedies...
....Oh Yea!....Masturbation helps!
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Re: Allergies, sinusitis, remedies...
Well, went to the doctor today and he gave me 3 new sprays to evaluate. He said he'd write a prescription for the one that is most effective and least annoying. Frankly, I hate the state of medicine and prescribing this and that to solve this or that. I think I'm going back to Mucinex D. I used to use it and forgot about it. And the saline thing I used that looks like a teapot where you pour water in one nostril and it drains thru the other was effective. I hate taking pills and using **** that gives me a headache. Back to the basics, fellas.
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Re: Allergies, sinusitis, remedies...
Your right....its called not being a pussy.
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10/13/2009, 17:19
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Welcome to old age Tweed, it only gets worse from here. And keep telling yourself you are not going to be one of those that take a regiment of pills each day. This is modern times when they have a pill or treatment for anything and everything that ails you. Good Luck!!!
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More Garlic. MorewHISKEy! and, ALTHOUGH I respect the **** out of your career decision, you DO work in a ****ing petrie dish. You said so yourself. Move to M innesota, dude. It's a union state, we love teachers, germs die in the cold, and I can make a futile attempt to romance your wife on the side.
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Re: Allergies, sinusitis, remedies...
Well, I might sound like a pussy, AMC, but I've never been so close to sticking a power drill up my nose in my life... That ****, whatever it is/was, was the most aggravating illness I've ever had. Couldn't breathe, sleep, or taste a ****ing thing. Nothing worked to clear it except, like I said, Afrin and Neo Pseunphrine. I hate using it, but it did clear it for a while. Now the **** I'm using keeps me clear, but I've got this persistent headache. Whatever. I don't usually ***** about being sick, and as Slack says I do work in a petrie dish so I get sick regularly, but the length of this infection is just beyond pissing me off.
The ear, nose, and throat doctor even tested for mersa... that ****ing super bacteria. Inconclusive, but there was some indication of some kind of infection. So here I am with no antibiotics, a recommendation for an allergist, 4 mists to try, and a nose that if I stop using anything I'm blocked again.
And as for pills each day. I take my one for my stomach. Supposed to be once a day. I'm able to go about 3-4 days between unless I eat something really starchy or rich. But I'll take it if I need it. I'm not against pills. I know it sounded that way. I'd rather avoid them, honestly, but I think I'm still too young to start any kind of "rest of your life" pill regimen. I'd rather try some homeopathic stuff first.
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Say what you want about the tenets of homeopathy, at least it's an ethos. . . .but Weed,man, there is no need, there's no ****ing need to be a homeo, pal.
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