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<\/p>\nFor the past couple of months I’ve been having problems with my sinuses. I was annoyed and thought that I’d had 3 minor colds over the past four months.<\/p>\n
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Like most guys I ignored it. I’d apparently get over the cold and be good for a few weeks then have a new minor cold again. These bouts were irritating and I was thinking “Wow, getting old is a stone bitch.” I’d begun to wonder if a cold a month was what I had to look forward to for the rest of my life.<\/p>\n
Then about 2 weeks ago I developed yet another cold. This one however was different. I was coughing and hacking, my throat was swollen, I was sleeping sitting up and my sinuses were completely shut. If you’d held a hand over my mouth I’d have suffocated.<\/p>\n
I was thinking, “OK, the previous colds have just run me down, now this one and all the pollen in the air has just combined to form a perfect storm”. Well After a week of getting a little better during the day then not sleeping at night…\u00a0then a particularly rough night of coughing and hacking (I could get maybe one or two breaths between coughing bouts<\/em>) I finally called my Doctor.<\/p>\n I described the symptoms including nose bleeds and colors of sinus discharges (who knew greenish yellow was bad?<\/em>). The receptionist relayed the information to the Doc and he phoned in RXs to my local pharmacy.<\/p>\n After two and a half days on the meds I’m feeling pretty darn good. Most of all I’m sleeping… a lot! Tuesday & Wednesday escaped me. I happily napped and slept deeply both days and nights.<\/p>\n I really ought to pay more attention… My first clue that I was really sick should have been that I hadn’t been interested in sex for over a week. That’s sex of any kind… alone, with someone, naughty videos, nothing. I think the new rule is going to be if I’m not interested in sex… Call the Doctor stat!<\/p>\n I’m actually happy that the pollen and everything else brought this to a head. I’m planning some Summer trips and feeling crappy while you’re supposed to be enjoying yourself is never fun.<\/p>\n One friend described me as the Black Knight from Monty Pythons Holy Grail<\/em> “It’s just a flesh wound<\/em>“.<\/p>\n I’m antsy now. There are so many things that need to be done in the yard. The grass \/ weeds combination is out of control. I’m itching to get the weed whacker and go to town. There are a lot of little projects that I wanted to be done with already.<\/p>\n I suspect that’s how I’ve had a low grade infection for months on end… I’d start to feel better and then overdo it. So I’m going to relax… rest, watch TV maybe even a naughty film or two and wait for my body to finish the repairs.<\/p>\n There’s time enough to do the projects and those that don’t get done… well maybe they just didn’t need doing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For the past couple of months I’ve been having problems with my sinuses. I was annoyed and thought that I’d had 3 minor colds over the past four months. Like most guys I ignored it. I’d apparently get over the cold and be good for a few weeks then have a new minor cold again. … <\/p>\n