Thread:4solace/@comment-28482541-20190303232028

Warning! This is gross and may be TMI, so you may not want to read this!

Many of you know I have been recovering from two sinus surgeries. It has been rough. The doctor thinks it may take a full year for full recovery. Ugh.

I also have fibromyalgia and lupus which can make recovery harder. Also, the lupus makes healing itself much more difficult. Due to the lupus it is really hard for me to heal. I warned my ENT about this and he just shrugged it off. Well, who is laughing (or crying) now!

I am five months out from the first surgery and three months out from the second and my inner cavities still have not fully healed. There is still some bleeding and scabbing. So, here comes the gross part....

So I have had to go in every two weeks and have the ENT dig deep up there with these huge tweezers to loosen and then dig out the scab and snot ball that I swear is as big as a cotton ball out through my nostril. The scab builds up and blocks the snot which then builds up and because it is all just staying up there it is all infected.

This procedure is fairly easy and quick for him, but it is extremely uncomfortable for me and my anxiety on having anything near, let alone touching my nose, since surgery is really high. So I had one of my friends go with me to hold my hand and well, she gagged and had to leave the room. Lol.

Well, the ENT decided he did not want to perpetually put me through this so he gave me a script from a compounding pharmacy for an antibiotic and steroid nasal rinse to do. So as he says, “we can get the medicine right up there where it needs to be.” And hopefully this will not only help it heal but help get that junk moving so I can flush it out myself without having him do it.

So here comes another gross part. So right after the last removal, I went home and immediately started the medicated nasal rinses. Two hours later, I am bent over paperwork. Equipment vouchers to be exact and my nose started running. This is not unusual after a nasal rinse so I grabbed a Kleenex and started to blow.....

Right about then, my daughter, who has been using the red laser toy the cats love to play with them, aims it right at my desk. Several things happen at once here....

1) Stella jumps in the middle of my paperwork 2) Max jumps in my lap 3) I jerk my hands (with the tissue in it) up and away 4) I am still in the middle of blowing my nose And....this really huge scab/snot ball comes flying out of my nose and lands right on Max’s back!

My daughter stops the laser and screams Eeeewwww! Which scares both cats who are no longer distracted by the laser, and they both jump and run. Max still has this giant snot ball on his back. He figures this out by the time he hits the dining room and he is twisting around trying to get at it. My daughter is chasing him which freaks him out and he runs again. Under the bed this time.

We are both laughing hysterically by this time and poor Stella is on top of the bookcase just trying to figure out what in the Sam Hill is going on. (Sorry southern expression there) She finally digs Max from under the bed and accidentally lays her hand right on the giant snot ball in the process!

Now she is running through the house screaming, “Eeeewwww, eeeww, eeew,eeewww!” Finally reaching the sink and proceeding to scrub for the next ten minutes! Meanwhile I am stuck on the floor laughing!

So, the cat got a bath for good measure and the good news is that obviously the sinus rinse is at least working for clearing my sinuses out. So I am hopeful that it will help heal my sinuses.

My daughter however will forever shudder and back away any time I reach for a tissue! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 