Maybe that was more than you wanted to know about me, huh? Oh well. Too late now, you can’t erase knowing it so you may as well keep reading.

I decided to take a round of antibiotics, but not for the cough, which I still have– so maybe they will help with that too. No, I’m taking them for a sinus infection. I am no stranger to sinus infections, unfortunately. But this one has hit me HARD and left no doubt as to what it is. Usually I go to the doctor and I am told to do the decongestant and flonase and wait. In fact, I officially had been diagnosed with chronic sinisitis and had been offered to have my sinuses “drilled” (yeah, NO THANK YOU!). But this was different and more severe. I didn’t need a doctor to tell me that this time it was acute. In fact, I felt guilty about using my stash of antibiotics without seeing a doctor. I am allergic to many antibiotics so I REALLY don’t like to take them unnecessarily and risk a new allergy or antibiotic-resistant strains of illnesses. Anytime I am prescribed antibiotics I always consider how badly I’m feeling, with how strongly the doctor thinks it is bacterial, with the fact that I WILL get a yeast infection before I decide to take them. Which is why I had 2 types of antibiotics to chose from– because the last 2 times I didn’t take them because I was hoping to get better on my own, which I obviously did. So why did I take them this time? Because my face hurt so bad I couldn’t see straight!!

It started with my left cheek. It was sore, like a bruise. I asked Scott if he hit me in his sleep, ha ha. He didn’t think that was funny. Then this morning I woke up and both cheeks hurt so badly. If I bent down to the ground my face felt like it was going to explode! (I really had no idea how many times I bent down in the corse of getting ready for church until this morning I was made VERY aware!!) My upper teeth were hurting right under where my cheeks hurt. I was slightly dizzy all day. I’ve had some of these symptoms before, but never all at the same time!

So I researched which of my two choices of antibiotics were best for sinusitis and bought some yogurt. I can’t remember how long it takes for me to start feeling better and for the yeast to attack, since it has been a long time since I’ve taken antibiotics. But boy, there is nothing quite like waiting for the itching to begin!

By the way, I am also doing the decongestants, the Flonase, the Mucinex, and Advil. Man, I’m like a walking pharmacy!!!