We will never run out of trees

[sovay]

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.

Comments

[sovay]

This advice works just as well with antibiotics as without, and I may even have given it to you before: ask to be prescribed budesonide to put in a sinus rinse, and rinse with it twice a day (adding it to a standard saline rinse).

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.

[rosefox]

Oof, I can't advise on the buffering; I only have an irritation reaction if I use it twice daily for weeks. Maybe try the spray version and see whether that's more tolerable? It may not be as effective, but the medication you can use is more effective than the one you can't.

I'm impressed, in that sort of horrified way, that you get so many sinus infections despite the twice-daily rinsing habit.

[sovay]

It may not be as effective, but the medication you can use is more effective than the one you can't.

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 selkie who said that the basic problem here is that I was not designed to breathe air.

[rosefox]

That makes a great deal of sense.