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We will never run out of trees
So I appear to have a sinus infection, which I don't appreciate, and I don't appreciate the headache and tinnitus it's brought along, either, but today was summery-sunny and I got out of the house for the first time in three days and that was extremely nice. A couple of pictures below.
The lilac beyond the back deck is flowering properly now. The smell drifts in through the kitchen window, which I like much better than whichever of our neighbors occasionally smokes a really acrid weed. Smells of grilling and the bakery on the corner are also acceptable.
Strange figures can sometimes be seen from the other side of the window. The camera foregrounded the screen, but I like the cross-stitch effect.
I took a bunch of documentary photos of the work on the GLX—we were right about the earthworks built to move the rotary drill rig from the bridge out onto the right of way—but I really liked the glow of a greenhouse I had never noticed before on the far side of the tracks.
The plane trees were so beautifully sunlit on Sycamore Street.
It is my intention tonight to sleep more than two and a half hours in half-hour increments, because last night was nonsense. At least we had groceries delivered in the morning.
The lilac beyond the back deck is flowering properly now. The smell drifts in through the kitchen window, which I like much better than whichever of our neighbors occasionally smokes a really acrid weed. Smells of grilling and the bakery on the corner are also acceptable.
Strange figures can sometimes be seen from the other side of the window. The camera foregrounded the screen, but I like the cross-stitch effect.
I took a bunch of documentary photos of the work on the GLX—we were right about the earthworks built to move the rotary drill rig from the bridge out onto the right of way—but I really liked the glow of a greenhouse I had never noticed before on the far side of the tracks.
The plane trees were so beautifully sunlit on Sycamore Street.
It is my intention tonight to sleep more than two and a half hours in half-hour increments, because last night was nonsense. At least we had groceries delivered in the morning.
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Of course. Thank you for checking first, but I do not consider you one of the people who barges into medical posts with unsolicited stupid advice. I am now on antibiotics, however, because the track record of my body clearing them without is very poor and has some produced some extremely bad results.
I hope you feel better and get lots of sleep and have a lovely peaceful Shabbat.
Thank you! I have slept some and am hoping to repeat it and tomorrow is chorus rehearsal over Zoom, which is really no such thing because of the time delays, but it does involve singing.
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The big, big caveat is that budesonide in this form is absurdly expensive without insurance, and I don't know what kind of prescription coverage you have. Every time I get my box of ampules I look at the label that says "Base price: $800. Your copay: $15" and hate this fucking country a little more. But if it is covered, it's absolutely worth trying. If not, see about getting the OTC spray version.
Saline sinus rinses are good regardless. A NeilMed sinus rinse thingo is the way to go, much better than a neti pot: you control the flow by squeezing the bottle, and you face down over a sink rather than tilting your head awkwardly to the side.
Singing is a goodness and so is sleep, and I'm glad you're getting both.
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That is quite manageable: I rinse with saline twice a day and have since 2004 (I used to mix it myself, but the NeilMed packets have really cut down on my salt budget; I also don't use a neti pot, although I don't use the proprietary thingo, either) and I may still have a package of budesonide ampules hanging around, since they were prescribed me during another infection a couple of years ago. The issue at the time was that I couldn't buffer the steroid enough not to feel like I was snorting nitric acid every time and we reverted eventually to fluticasone. My allergist wanted to change my medication regimen entirely this spring, but (a) I had horrific side effects to two new prescriptions in a row (b) a pandemic happened, so the project is at the moment on hold. If the budesonide is still viable, I'll take suggestions about the buffering.
Singing is a goodness and so is sleep, and I'm glad you're getting both.
Thank you.
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I'm impressed, in that sort of horrified way, that you get so many sinus infections despite the twice-daily rinsing habit.
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I'm not sure the spray version was even discussed with me, so it's certainly worth a shot! Thank you
I'm impressed, in that sort of horrified way, that you get so many sinus infections despite the twice-daily rinsing habit.
I believe it is
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I thought you should know that I got a prescription for budesonide to be used as a sinus rinse from the very reasonable ENT I spoke with this afternoon, unlike the much less reasonable GP I spoke with earlier in the afternoon who told me in the same sentence that she did not believe I had COVID-19 but because I was experiencing a respiratory issue should come in to the COVID-19 clinic in Somerville, which for many reasons including logic I did not want to do. I put it in eight ounces of water with a sinus packet and it did not feel like nitric acid. I don't know what made the difference, but I plan to continue with this course of action either until it improves the weird sharp jaw-and-earache that the ENT is presuming is a leftover drainage issue rather than lingering infection or until it becomes obvious that the weird sharp jaw-and-earache really does need another course of antibiotics or some other treatment. It doesn't seem to be hurting me, either way.
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