Are You Looking For Me?!
By CatsandDogs
@CatsandDogs (13963)
United States
August 28, 2008 6:39pm CST
Hi dear friends!! I've been sick as a dog for the past two days with yet ANOTHER sinus infection!! I had just gotten over one and then BAM! another one hit me like a ton of bricks!! UGH!! It was worse than the first one was! But like they say, if you relapse, it'll be worse than the first one and the saying is true in my case!! My head felt like it was blown up like some helium balloon that all I wanted to do is sleep sleep sleep and sleep some more! The weather didn't help any thanks to the remenants of Fay, we got so darn much rain that many areas in my state were flooded. The humidity was killing my head with all it's pounding.... Thank God I had some left over antibiotics from about a year ago and I'm taking them and tylenol which has helped a great deal. I'm not fully back to par just yet but dang, I'm a lot better than I was before!! Whew!
So to all of you who were wondering what happened to me..... I'M BACK!! I think! I hope!! lol
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@sparkofinsanity (20471)
• Regina, Saskatchewan
29 Aug 08
Yes, I'm looking for you! And I'm glad I found you ---- just don't get to close ok, because I tend to pick up what other people have, contagious or not! LOL
Good to see you sweets, and sh*t will you get better already! You are missed and I worry so about your health. Hugs.
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
29 Aug 08
Ohhh yes C&D please don't sneeze in my proximity. HAHAHA!
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
29 Aug 08
(I'm ducking still!) LOL ssssshhhhh grandpa Bob!! Oh gosh I don't want another headache!! LOL I'm sorry!! I did'nt think about it, really. And well, having lupus, I'm so prone to getting sick and so easily. I hate it with such a passion because I used to NEVER get sick and if I did, it was pretty darn bad and now it's all the deg gone time!! UGH!! It's a fact of life but I hate it hate it hate it nonetheless!! What ever you do, don't ever move to Texas because as they say, "if you don't have alergies, you will when you move here!" THAT is so true because I had no problems with my sinus' until I moved THERE! I can actually say I've lived in HELL twice in my lifetime, my hometown in Virgina and the state of Texas!!
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
29 Aug 08
Someone was asking about where you had been. Now we all know. Hahahaha!
Good to see ya back. I'll be absent for a few days as I have a long weekend
planned out. I've a discussion about it as well.
have a great day/evening.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
29 Aug 08
Awww I'm sorry!! My head was so big that I didn't even consider coming on here to explain why I wasn't here. Well... to be honest, I didn't think anybody would miss me!! (I'm ducking my head!! YIKES!)
I'll be responding to your discussion in a few, I try to do the top and work my way down the list for it's easier that way.
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
29 Aug 08
Well of course I missed ya.
I have to keep track of my mugs.
Hahahahaha!
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@Thoroughrob (11742)
• United States
29 Aug 08
I am glad you are back!! I was wondering. Sorry you have been under the weather. I am sure that the sleeping, was also from all the stress you have been under. I hope you feel better soon. Get some more rest and just relax a bit.
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
29 Aug 08
Oh you know it!! I had to be at my parents Monday night because Tuesday was my birthday and my aunt was down visiting my mom and dad and she wanted to go home on Tuesday and wanted to celebrate my birthday before she went home. She's been known to be the trouble maker of the family and being there was (zigzag letters) STRESSFUL and hubby and I could'nt wait to get out of there so I'm sure it had a big part of getting so sick and being the second time around it's a relapse and both reasons made me sleep all the more. Two days I slept!! I awoke to eat and potty and that was it! I had basically passed out! I'm feeling better but not fully up to par just yet but will in another day or two. I didn't mean to make anyone worry!! I just didn't think is all. I was asleep!! LOL
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@danishcanadian (28954)
• Canada
29 Aug 08
Yuck!! That sounds absolutely awful. I have never had a sinus infection, but my husband gets them on a regular basis. He says they're really annoying, and painful. He has sinus problems on a regular basis due to alergies, but his sinus infections are absolutely terrible. I had a cold at the beginning of July that annoyed me, but that's about as sick as I've been lately...unless you count the heart-burn I'm suffering from right now.
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
29 Aug 08
Trust me, it is awful. Like your husband, I get them all the time and it's from living in Texas for 10 years. Ugh! They say "if you don't have alergies, you will when you come here!" and I found that to be true because I never had sinus problems before in my whole life till I moved there. Can you get Rolaids in Canada? I'm sure you can but just wondering. Try those, I hear they do the trick for heartburn as well. I've had that a few times and I remember the burning sensation and never want to experience that again - ever!
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@GardenGerty (169530)
• United States
29 Aug 08
I do Tums, rather than Rolaids, no aluminum in Tums. Either way, do what feels good for you. Raise the head of your bed. Drink lots of water to thin out the heart burn feeling.
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@gemini_rose (16264)
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29 Aug 08
Sorry to hear that you have been unwell and any problems with sinuses are horrible. My hubby suffers terrible with his sinuses. Be careful with those anti bs though ah? I cannot say too much because I have done this before, I am terrible for taking leftover medicines if I think I have something similar!
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
31 Aug 08
Oh I'm careful! I promise!! lol I'm feeling much better now and hopefully tomorrow I'll be back to my old self once again. Thanks!! and Cheers my friend!
@LouiseKnittel (4764)
• United States
29 Aug 08
I have had several sinus infections. Some of them have really wiped me out! I am sorry that your not feeling well. Hopefully yopu will be back to your old self very soon.
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
31 Aug 08
Thanks for your nice comment!! This one did wiped me off the slate! But I'm getting to feeling a lot better now and I hope to feel like my old self once again come tomorrow morning....
@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
29 Aug 08
Well I am glad that you are better
I am in a bad way myself with my Lungs again and the amount of Tablets I am on is certainly turning me into a Zombie, I have the Nurse coming regular to check me over as the breathing is not to good right now but well I guess I will get over this one to
I am just glad that you are feeling a lot better
I hope you checked the Date on those Antibiotics Lady that they where still safe to take
Hugs
@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
30 Aug 08
Oh gabs! I'm so sorry to hear you're sick again (too!) Dang sweets!! I hope you get better and really soon!! I hear you're leaving mylot for a little while, is it because of the meds making you feel so out of it or is there another reason? I hate to see you go for any length of time but I do understand if it's because of your illness because you do need time to get better or else you will get worse. Get better really soon, ok? Hugs sweetie!!
@GardenGerty (169530)
• United States
29 Aug 08
I am hoping you are back. Your resistance must be down because of all the stress of your family, and Fay, along with everything else that life hits you with. A good healing and preventative thing is to use saline nasal spray several times a day. Ocean is the name brand, but Wal Mart, and everyone else has a store brand. Our doctor tells my husband to use it ten times a day when he starts having nosebleeds.It is very in expensive, and I use it a lot year round myself. It will help wash those bacteria and viruses out of your sinuses.
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
30 Aug 08
I have to agree, my resistance was down. Whew! I've been under so much stress and it's still not let up... well, some because I had to draw back some because I can't take my parents fighting on a or almost daily basis and she's doing what she wants to do regardless of what the doctors tell her but yet her chiropractor/acupuncture doctor knows better with his ideas of what to take. If they don't kill each other, something else will. That includes she could fall and break her hip or her kidneys will fail.
Hubby and I are having finacal problems on top of not having enough gas to go see my parents when they need me and having to use the credit card, my electric bill couldn't get paid but thanks to a dear friend who helped me AGAIN it's paid. My car still isn't right. Hubby had a really nice truck, I mean a really nice truck fully loaded with everything a person can think of except for a tv. The payments were so high but we were managing but like tight wads on thin ice then I called my oldest brother to let him know that mom is really failing to come and see her more often if he wants to see her but he wasn't home and he calls me back the next day and we get to talking about the A/C and heating business he bought from dad and his wrecked truck and how he needed to find another truck and out of conversation I told him about our truck and how I don't want to get rid of it because it's so nice but we are having a hard time and because hubby knew about A/C and heating systems I told my brother to call hubby if he needed help for we're in dire need of money and that our electric bill wasn't paid and low and behold, he asks, how much does hubby want for the truck?
It stunned me silly and a light went off and I knew that hubby and I had talked about it and decided back and forth to sell it, no keep it, sell it, no keep it and now my brother... kind of written in the stars.... that is weird.... perfect timing in the best way.... my brother and his wife come down and check out the truck and buy it on the spot!!
There goes my truck!! But I know it's for the best but darn what a great truck! So we're taking the money and are able to pay off the loan to get the title for my brother and his wife, two credit cards, a huge vet bill from when my cat got hit by a car this summer, AND of course - the electric bill is paid, and finally be debt free once again!! Talking about a high!! Wow!! What a huge bundle that is lifted off our shoulders!! Although I'll miss that truck like you won't believe, it's for the best.
I didn't want to put that up in a discussion because one us mylotters is having trouble with her finances and I didn't want to rub it in her face that I was having good luck and she wasn't. No no... I am going to help her the first chance I get though and she doesn't know it yet! 
It stunned me silly and a light went off and I knew that hubby and I had talked about it and decided back and forth to sell it, no keep it, sell it, no keep it and now my brother... kind of written in the stars.... that is weird.... perfect timing in the best way.... my brother and his wife come down and check out the truck and buy it on the spot!!
There goes my truck!! But I know it's for the best but darn what a great truck! So we're taking the money and are able to pay off the loan to get the title for my brother and his wife, two credit cards, a huge vet bill from when my cat got hit by a car this summer, AND of course - the electric bill is paid, and finally be debt free once again!! Talking about a high!! Wow!! What a huge bundle that is lifted off our shoulders!! Although I'll miss that truck like you won't believe, it's for the best.
I didn't want to put that up in a discussion because one us mylotters is having trouble with her finances and I didn't want to rub it in her face that I was having good luck and she wasn't. No no... I am going to help her the first chance I get though and she doesn't know it yet! 
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
30 Aug 08
I forgot to add, I have this solution from my ENT doctor that I'd like to share with you. It's really strong and it does the trick in cleaning out our nose like you said. I have to use the half strength because the whole strength is just too much for me to handle. Try it, I'm sure you'll like it and I bet it's much cheaper than buying those little bottles.
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@ElicBxn (64172)
• United States
1 Sep 08
It did feel like one, the doctor suggested it was because of the lack of food - well he was having me fast - nothing to pass the lips in hopes the pancritius would calm down enough to do the gall bladder surgery.
They asked if I had anything to eat or drink since midnight.
I said now, but that I had put a few drops of water on my tongue. She kind of looked at me so I showed her what I meant. I dipped my finger in the water and got a drop and let it spread on my tongue.
@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
1 Sep 08
That sounds like a migrain headache from hell!! UGH!! I know about those and thank God I've only had a handful of them in my lifetime so far but I know they hurt is a short way of putting it. I'm doing better now and hopefully I'm on the up and up.
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@sacmom (14192)
• United States
2 Sep 08
LOL! What did you want me to do, lie?
I'm glad to hear that you are feeling better! 
I'm glad to hear that you are feeling better! 
@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
31 Aug 08
Well geeeeee thanks sacmom!! I know when I'm loved!! LMBO!! Just kidding with ya!! I'm feeling a lot better than I was and I hope tomorrow I'll be back to my old self. All I can do is pray!
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
31 Aug 08
Awwww mummymo!! You're a real doll!! I hope things will start on the climb from here on out for I'm tired of all this nonesense too and it's gotten me down a number of times but I'm trying so hard to not let it keep me down. However, I am feeling a lot better now and hopefully tomorrow I'll be back to my old self once again. Thanks sweetie!!
@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
29 Aug 08

hi catsandDogs glad you are back and hope you soon feel
a lot better. sinus infections are really the very pits
and believe me I have been there and done that too. I
also suffer with allergies that mess up my sleeping
at night. If I take an antihistamine I will get some
sleep but they are not perfect. I think maybe I should
try a different antihistamine and see if I can sleep
better without my nose being stuffed up. lol.1 person likes this
@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
31 Aug 08
HELLO HATLEY!! Where have you been?! So many of us were worried about you because you were gone for soooo long!!!!! I know my heart liked to have leaped out of my chest when I saw your response!!!! Whew!! It's great to see you back again!! Now don't scare us like that ever again, ok? LMBO!!
I'm feeling a lot better now and hopefully tomorrow I'll be back to my old self once again!! I'm rooting on it!!













But I'm glad that you are back and I hope you feel 100% soon! Take it easy! 