Decongestants should help some. Ear infections blow. (Seriously, when I had a gross infection in my outer ear -- the doctor honestly said "Oh my god!" when she looked in my ears -- I was relieved, because an outer-ear infection means that antibiotic ear drops will work. An infection in the middle/inner ear blows chunks, because nothing gets back there, and you have to hope oral antibiotics and decongestants will work.)
My food is problematic.
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Steph L. - Feb 12, 2015 9:30:40 am PST #17011 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
sj - Feb 12, 2015 9:32:39 am PST #17012 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
It's snowing again, and I'm feeling anxious being stuck in the house. Again.
Strix - Feb 12, 2015 9:42:14 am PST #17013 of 30002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Maria, ALL the -ma for your house woes. So much -ma.
askye, I don't want to jinx you but I'll just say a quiet "Go ears! Heal, body!"
erikaj - Feb 12, 2015 9:51:04 am PST #17014 of 30002
Always Anti-fascist!
I don't get sick often, but when I do, it's nice and gross, as well as hard to shake. So I know what you're going through askye. Hope you're on the other end now.
sj - Feb 12, 2015 10:02:52 am PST #17015 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Maria, all the ~ma that things go your way today.
Toddson - Feb 12, 2015 10:32:27 am PST #17016 of 30002
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Catching up ...
I also have permanent dents behind my ears from wearing glasses all the time from when I was seven or eight until a couple years ago, when I had the cataract surgery.
And did you know - hummingbirds can snore?
Connie Neil - Feb 12, 2015 10:37:36 am PST #17017 of 30002
brillig
BTW, re: cataract surgery, I'm seeing people talking about scar tissue that needs to be lasered off a couple of months after surgery. Is this something others have seen?
Toddson - Feb 12, 2015 10:44:19 am PST #17018 of 30002
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Happened to me. The doctor called it an "internal cataract" and lasered it off. Serious bitch - it was uncomfortable and left me off-balance for the rest of the day, and my eye was super sensitive to light. I ended up using the shield I got after the surgery on the eye (hang onto those shields - they're wonderful) so I didn't have to lie down in a dark room for the rest of the day.
I also have an overpopulation of Dermodex Brevis - little critters living in the oil glands in my eyelids and blocking them. The cure is scrubbing my eye area (external) and eyebrows with a wash that contains tea tree oil. It's working, he says.
Zenkitty - Feb 12, 2015 11:08:33 am PST #17019 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
The cure is scrubbing my eye area (external) and eyebrows with a wash that contains tea tree oil.
Is that available commercially, or only by prescription?
An infection in the middle/inner ear blows chunks, because nothing gets back there, and you have to hope oral antibiotics and decongestants will work.)
askye, that reminds me - when I had pain from fluid behind my eardrums, the doctor told me to use Afrin nasal spray decongestant as well as the oral decongestants. It helped.
Toddson - Feb 12, 2015 11:09:34 am PST #17020 of 30002
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
The wash with tea tree oil, I found in an old-fashioned pharmacy. I've also seen it in a local health food store; the doctor told me they carry it at Trader Joe's.