Well it is late Saturday night. I should be in bed but for some reason I can't sleep. This has been a weird week for me. I never thought a sinus infection could be so painful. My family is tired of hearing me talk about it so it is now time to blog about it. A week ago Friday I got a cold that I just couldn't seem to shake. On Wednesday the cold was getting better but I woke up with great pain in my nose and teeth. I lived with the pain the rest of the day and didn't think much of it. On Thursday however I couldn't take it anymore. I called a dentist and my doctor to find out if they thought it was a medical or dental issue. Nether one of them could see me until at least Monday. They told me to take Advil and come and see them next week. I didn't like that answer at all. I have NEVER been in that much pain! I went to a care now clinic. As if the pain wasn't enough, I had to have an anxiety attack while there. My heart was going 170 when the doctor came in. She said, we need to slow that heart down. I told her that as soon as I left her office it would go down. Doctors have that affect on me. I don't know why! So anyway, she examined me briefly and said that I had a sinus infection. She gave me some antibiotics and pain killers. Later that evening I took both and went to bed. I woke up the next morning, Friday, looking like I had a Halloween mask. My face was swollen. Of course, I was home alone and got worried! I started thinking I was having a reaction to the medicine. After talking to the pharmacy and the nurse at Care Now they convinced me it was just the infection. The swelling did not go down so last evening the doctor called in a prescription nasal spray to bring down the swelling. I am happy to say that something worked! My face is almost back to normal. The pain for the most part is gone. I am having a few minor issues, one of which being my anxiety. I don't know what is causing it tonight. Chris told me as w e were getting ready for bed that I was breathing fast. That scared me because I didn't understand why I would be breathing fast. I sat there thinking about how I was breathing which of course made it worse. I am sitting here on the couch still very conscience of it. Every time I forget about it and just breath normal I think, do i always breath shallow? The constant worrying gets old. It causes little aches and pains that my mind mistakes for huge medical issues. I sure wish I could just relax. I probably shouldn't have eaten so much candy. I may just have to much sugar in my system.
One sad thing about this whole weekend is what we have had to not do. Jordan joined Cub Scouts back in September and Chris and I are the leaders. We have been planning for months a camp out with the pack. We had all the stuff bought and we were ready to go and then I got sick. It was hard explaining to Jordan why we couldn't go. He is such a good kid that he understood. After crying a bit, we quickly found things to take his mind off of it. We played Candy land and built a huge fort, which he is now camping out in! Well, I better run for now. It is 1am. That is way past my bedtime. Oh but wait! We set the clocks back tonight so its really only Midnight! That is still past my bedtime :)
I hope everyone had a great Halloween. Jordan dressed up as a pilot. I will get some pictures up when I can!
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