head colds suck.

[fox]

from utica two weeks ago i called my doctor to have them phone in a presciption to the (ugh) wal-mart all the way out there, because i could tell the cold i'd failed to stave off with zinc lozenges had turned into a sinus infection. they did so. i have now finished taking the antibiotics (with all the attendant complications; mark my words, next time i'm counting the number of pills and buying that many yogurts, plus three, on the first day, so i can't run out), and while i don't have those particular symptoms of a sinus infection any more, i still have a slightly-more-than-occasional productive cough (in fun colors); pressure in the ears, usually just annoying but sometimes a little painful, and causing trouble with my hearing now and then -- my ears didn't pop all the way home from baltimore last night; and ungodly pressure in the sinuses, caused by swelling rather than by being full of gunk. i can breathe at all times, but i can feel that the passages are smaller than they should be. i can feel that they're inflamed; really, putting something cold over my eyes and the bridge of my nose feels wonderful, because behind the mask-area up there, things are on fire. trislindsay gave me sudafed yesterday when i didn't have any with me, and i LOVE her. i took more when i got home, before going to bed, and slept like a rock; i took more when i got up half an hour ago, and am just now feeling some relief.

am seriously considering at least talking to someone about the surgery to get the ol' sinuses excavated.