100 Posts in 100 Days: Day 88
Mar. 28th, 2012 12:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
zolaRough day yesterday, I was trying to finish a project and dealing with a nasty sinus headache. Not quite a migraine, but about as bad as it can get without actually being a migraine. I took two sudafed-type tablets, ran the shower in the bathroom and steamed for a while, put a warm compress over my sinuses... The headache eased for a while, but by suppertime it was coming back like an intermittent hammering. I couldn't even eat my dinner, it hurt so much.
I finally broke out the neti pot, and that definitely turned the tide of the battle. I had almost forgotten I had it, but happily the little salt packets don't go bad.
It may have been a touch of a cold, but I seriously think that it is allergies acting up due to that super-warm weather we've had when everything is trying to get into bloom as quickly as possible. I had been off the allergy pills for a bit and just started taking them again a couple of days ago, and my son, who is a pharmacist, says that with that particular brand, you have to be on them for about a week before there's sufficient blood level to do you any good. He recommended another brand if I only wanted to take them as needed. I also have the air cleaner, but let's face it, it can only do so much when the counts get as high as they were.
When finances get better, I really think I would benefit from another series of allergy shots--with me, at least, they practically pay for themselves because of time I don't lose with headaches etc.
...just not my week I think. I wrote that last and left the computer briefly to pay a visit to the ladies room, and slipped and fell in the hall.
I had to call Ben to help me up, and for a little while there I was afraid I had broken my arm--it was twisted under me when I landed. Seems now to just be a sprain, only a bit painful if I rotate my wrist, and minor swelling.
I dug out my old carpal tunnel brace so I don't try to twist the wrist too much, and I've iced it. My right knee and left ankle are fine, just bruised. Guess it's going to be the week of pain... Back to try to get some work done now.
I finally broke out the neti pot, and that definitely turned the tide of the battle. I had almost forgotten I had it, but happily the little salt packets don't go bad.
It may have been a touch of a cold, but I seriously think that it is allergies acting up due to that super-warm weather we've had when everything is trying to get into bloom as quickly as possible. I had been off the allergy pills for a bit and just started taking them again a couple of days ago, and my son, who is a pharmacist, says that with that particular brand, you have to be on them for about a week before there's sufficient blood level to do you any good. He recommended another brand if I only wanted to take them as needed. I also have the air cleaner, but let's face it, it can only do so much when the counts get as high as they were.
When finances get better, I really think I would benefit from another series of allergy shots--with me, at least, they practically pay for themselves because of time I don't lose with headaches etc.
...just not my week I think. I wrote that last and left the computer briefly to pay a visit to the ladies room, and slipped and fell in the hall.
I had to call Ben to help me up, and for a little while there I was afraid I had broken my arm--it was twisted under me when I landed. Seems now to just be a sprain, only a bit painful if I rotate my wrist, and minor swelling.
I dug out my old carpal tunnel brace so I don't try to twist the wrist too much, and I've iced it. My right knee and left ankle are fine, just bruised. Guess it's going to be the week of pain... Back to try to get some work done now.
