Luna Tail

Well I went to the Ear Nose and Throat doctor today. I made the appointment about six weeks ago. As you probably know, it’s hard to get into see specialists right away when you are a new patient. Which is odd because sometimes we need to go in NOW and not wait six weeks.

So anyway she looked in my nose (isn’t THAT just a fun job?) and said she saw swelling and I could have a deviated septum. I don’t have any drainage or gunk up there, though. But she said I could probably have the surgery where they open up and straighten out my nose stuff in there and then I could breathe better. She didn’t think I had Sleep Apnea so that’s really good. I don’t snore. And she said that’s more in the throat than the nose anyway. She gave me a nasal spray and told me to do some of the irrigation stuff. I’ve already used the spray and it’s working pretty good! Yay. But I won’t mind surgery if it helps me to breathe!

Next thing was my ear. My ear wasn’t bothering me when I initially made the appointment. It started bothering me 3.5 weeks ago after I had that bad cold. It originally felt like it wouldn’t pop, or equalize. But then it felt like I couldn’t really hear out of it. The family doctor gave me some antibiotics as she thought I might have an ear infection. That seemed to help but… two days ago, Wednesday, I was out in the cold all day at an agility seminar and yesterday my ear went bad again. Bleh. I couldn’t really hear out of it much. Today I went and got ear plugs and I plugged just my right ear, my good ear, to equalize the sound. That made life much more pleasant!

She looked in my ear and said I could have fluid in there. She sent me to the sound room and I did the hearing test with the headphones. And they also put a thing in my ear to test the pressure. My pressure is fine, and I don’t have any liquid in my ears so that’s good. However she did say I could have a nerve problem in my left ear. Which isn’t so good. My hearing is diminished in my left ear. It’s worse than my right ear anyway, though they don’t have a baseline since I’ve never had my hearing tested there before.

They don’t know why this nerve thing happens. She didn’t put a name to it, I don’t know if it has a name. They don’t know how to fix it, either. Of course. She said that people with this nerve issue, 40% of them get better without any treatment. 60% get better with Prednisone. She gave me a script for Prednisone. Bleh. I’ve never had it before. It’s a steroid and I’m not crazy about steroids but I do want the hearing in my ear to come back and the icky feeling to go away.

She said if the Prednisone doesn’t help, they will do an MRI of my head to see if there are any growths in my hear. If so they are usually benign.. but still, that wouldn’t be good either. Then after that we’d see what other options there might be.

So I don’t know what’ll happen with my ear. Worst case scenario (which she didn’t even mention lol) is that all my friends and family will have to learn sign language (I’m joking about this really hehe). Best case is that it’ll be annoying for a while then come back and I’ll be fine.

So now I feel icky and want to go shopping and buy some urban clothing to make myself feel better. Don’t clothes always make a girl feel better? I dunno. I think I’m going to sit and relax tonight. I have agility all weekend, so I’ll be on my feet and busy and I’m not really feeling up to it. But I’ll give it a try and see how it goes.

Yay it’s March! I’m so happy that it’s March. March reminds me of spring. The spring equinox is coming up pretty quick. And even though we get snow in March, or we can, I still like it better than February! February is the most awful month for me. Bleh!

I wonder if jobs in New York are more plentiful in March. Or jobs in general. We really need more jobs in this country and a better economy. Our economy is too awful now, hopefully it’ll get better with spring!

So I went to the chiropractor last week because my neck hurt so bad that I could hardly be awake and function in any way. It was awful. I was taking 3 Ibuprofen every four hours… I even learned how to spell that darn word. :p

I’m amazed at how well chiropractics work. I went for x-rays too, since they wanted to see, and I guess I’m pretty crooked and messed up. But after only two adjustments I’m already much better, yay!

I also had a massage yesterday. It hurt a bit, but in ways that I wanted and needed it. My muscles are so tight and awful… I better not try any long distance moving because that would probably make me so much worse! So I think if I get occasional massages that will help loosen me up too and get me back in shape.

So far so good!

Saying my neck hurts is an understatement. Ugh. It’s been crackling and bothering me for probably a couple of years now.. and steadily getting worse. The MRI I had on it after my car accident in August of 08 didn’t show any damage at all. So I guess that’s good. But I don’t know what would be causing the pain. I crackle it too much during the day, I know that, but now it’s habit and I don’t know how to stop it.

So Yoga on Wednesday must have done something bad because since then it’s been hurting so bad it’s been affecting my mood and everything I’m doing. Yuck! I hate it. So today I am taking it very easy. Resting my neck on a heating pad all day to hope that it will feel better tomorrow.

Hopefully it won’t kill me so we won’t need any funeral planning… lol, but I don’t think it’s that serious. But I’m having a hard time concentrating on much of anything so I think maybe today I’ll knit and listen to my audio book.

So I’m trying out Yoga Classes…. I went last night. The first time after a couple-week break since I’ve been sick, and I didn’t want to go while I was sick. This was only my third time. I like it a lot. However, dangit, it’s a lot of work!

Last night was a Yoga’s Fundamentals Class. We worked on Plank, Lunge, and Warrior Two I think… it might have been Warrior One now I forgot. But man, my arms are really feeling it. So are my thighs. And last night I could not hold the postures for as long as anyone else in the class. So I had to drop down before anyone else did. Ugh! I’m kinda embarrassed, but with practice I hope I’ll get better.

Maybe I’ll buy one of their promotional bags, t-shirts or tank tops… I already bought a Yoga Mat. That the dogs thought was something fun to chew on. I hope my husband has saved it from them.

So I’m going to keep trying it and see if maybe I can build up some strength and find some peace!

Well, I don’t know if I can really consider my ear as hurting… but there’s a dullness to it that is almost like it’s not popping. I do think, however, that I really have a high tolerance for pain and discomfort. There should be a pain scale… I bet there is, but it’s hard to say “is it 1 or 10″ because everyone can interpret that scale differently.

I’m on the antibiotics still, Augmentin, just in case I do have an ear infection. Bleh. Those are some huge giant pills. Bigger than any weight loss diet pills I have seen.

So I still think I should rest and take it easy. I rested most of the weekend. And I think I can rest the next couple of weekends as well. Then I can, hopefully, heal up and get better!

I have always wanted a Master’s degree. I don’t think I’ll ever get one, since I don’t even have a Batchelor’s degree. I do have an Associates Degree and that’s really all I needed to get my programming job. But sometimes I think I should go back and advance my education a little bit.

I’d love to get a Masters of Science in Information Security. My focus has been information systems, which is similar. And going to an accredited, online school would be amazing! Lewis University is also a non-profit, which is another plus to their own resume.

Lewis University is extremely affordable, and also offers a flexible course schedule to help you on your way to your Master’s degree. Hmm… I wonder if I really need a Bachelor’s before I’d get a Masters? LOL I am sure I would! But it’s an idea to play around with!

Not only am I still sick, I also have some sore areas now that I never had when I was younger… my knees have been hurting a lot lately. Yuck! I don’t like it! They hurt more when I do agility which means for a lot of running. I need something to get rid of this joint pain! I hate it! I’m not sure what I should do, except maybe take some Glucosamine. That’ll probably help but I hate spending the money on it and then the pills are so huge, they are hard to take!

Maybe I need to look into it though. Bleh. My neck still hurts too. Maybe it’s all connected, I dunno, I’m tired of getting old. I guess it’ll get worse before it gets better though…

Well, yeah, I think I have an ear infection now. Bleh. This last week my left ear has not wanted to equalize at all. It won’t pop. It’s all stuffy. Well, today it’s better, but I went to the doctor and she gave me some antibiotics which I think is helping my poor ear. Ugh. I don’t think I’ve ever had an ear infection before.

Some good news is my weight is going down, even without any diet pills. I’ve finally cracked down and gotten serious about dropping the weight, so that’s good. It’s hard for me when I’m sick, I tend to want to eat junk, which is just bad. Oh well.

So, is it spring yet? I guess not… but I can hope. It’s actually been really warm here. It rained this last weekend, but no snow. The mid-east is getting slammed with snow here in the States, but not us. We are having warmer than normal temperatures and no snow. And although I’m rather done with snow, I prefer it to mud right now. Bleh.

I just am waiting for summer. Where the grass is green, I can get out in the sun, not take adipex because I’m moving more on my own and burning my own calories.

I am just dreaming of summer…