This makes me happy.

[mckitterick]

Click the image to see the xkcd site.

Remember how excited or happy you felt when you learned something awesome for the first time? Sharing that with others is almost as fun, whereas mocking them for missing a cultural reference or cool fact isn't fun for anyone.

Speaking of not-fun, went to see the doctor yesterday. You know how I had a big fever last Thursday and felt better on Friday? Well, apparently all that was just the prelude to sinus infection - as of yesterday, I hadn't been able to get to sleep in less than two hours for days. I won't get into details, but let's just say the throat's been killing me and there's a constant tickle in the throat. Oh, and I lost my voice on Saturday night. Awesome.

When I called to make the appointment, the nurse asked, "What makes you think it's a sinus infection?"

"I'm getting a lot of blood drainage."

"Ah, yes. They're very popular right now."

The doc wrote me a 'scrip for Amoxicillin - my first antibiotics since the turn of the millennium. Not excited about that, because my last party with antibiotics (for blood poisoning - long story) ended with having to fight thrush for weeks. UGH. On the up-side, I'm already feeling better today, and it only took about half an hour of coughing my lungs out to fall asleep last night.

Chris

Comments

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Yikes, that's great to hear. I'm supposed to take it for three weeks; when should it show signs of clearing up?

[edichka2.livejournal.com]

I'd expect some noticeable improvement within maybe 72 hours. Complete resolution is harder to predict -- sinus infections sometimes get cleared in 10 days, like you'd expect for bronchitis or Strep or ear infections, but sometimes they take 14 or 21 days or even longer. The root term, after all, refers to an open space, so you have to get rid of the goo and not just permeate the tissue for long enough to kill the bugs.