Oh, megan, I hope it works!
As Willow goes, so goes my nation.
Oz ,'Selfless'
Atlantic Canadian Monday Madness
[NAFDA] We used to get Buffy the day before everyone else, now we get Angel a week after everyone else. And Firefly every Monday!
Sue - Nov 27, 2002 6:06:38 pm PST #543 of 6793
hip deep in pie
Elena - Nov 27, 2002 9:10:30 pm PST #544 of 6793
Thanks for all the fish.
I hope so, too, Megan. The prednisone, in addition to surpressing your immune system, will hopefully shrink the pollyps (it's an antiinflammatory). Make sure that there is a lot of food in your tummy, and if you are taking it once a day take it in the morning.
Brian wants to know if you saw any of your scan, and, if so, how much of your sinus cavities were left. How big were the polyps? Brian says that clear sinuses will show up as black. He (and at this point I believe he is boasting that his sinuses are worse than yours) were completely blocked on one side and only a thin ribbon on the other. He also had a polyp as large as a plum, and one that was directly under his brain pan. Note, it might have just been the one polyp so large and unfortunately placed. This concludes my duties as communications officer.
Sue - Nov 27, 2002 9:14:08 pm PST #545 of 6793
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Ouch, for Brian!
Elena - Nov 27, 2002 9:28:29 pm PST #546 of 6793
Thanks for all the fish.
You should hear his six-feet-of-gauze-packing-being-pulled-out-of-his-nose story.
Sue - Nov 27, 2002 9:34:10 pm PST #547 of 6793
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Thinking about it makes me want to cry.
Megan E. - Nov 28, 2002 4:20:43 am PST #548 of 6793
Brian's problems do appear to be worse than mine. I didn't see my scan but the ENT drew me a picture of what the pollups look like in my sinus and they pretty much fill the entire cavity. Apparently my sinus appears as completely white on the scan. What isn't pollup is mucus. I don't think they are very big but they are plentiful. The cavities that funnel air to the nerve receptors on the brain are completely blocked.
I'm tired of this "let's try this drug" approach that both doctors are taking. I want invasive action NOW! I have little faith in the predinsone approach -- hopefully it will work and make me look stupid.
Ouise - Nov 28, 2002 7:06:03 pm PST #549 of 6793
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
Congratulations on getting an actual diagnosis, Megan! I hope that the prednisone works fast.
Elena - Nov 28, 2002 9:53:12 pm PST #550 of 6793
Thanks for all the fish.
If it's completely white, that means there is no air flow, or something. I'd say that your sinuses are as bad as Brian's. Uhhh, congratulations?
Any thoughts on a get together day? My free days are as listed several posts above.
Sue - Nov 28, 2002 11:26:21 pm PST #551 of 6793
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How about Firday the 13th? It seems like a good time for Buffistas to meet.
As for gifts, what were you thinking? That we would pick names? Or just exchange pressies?
Sue - Nov 28, 2002 11:30:55 pm PST #552 of 6793
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I'm going to have a shower now. And then go to bed. I'm off tomorrow, so I can so stay up this late.
Three pages of the damnable paper are actually written. Only 27 more to go! But that's between the two of us, and we have something like 17 pages of notes already. I've never wirtten a paper with another person before. It should be weird.
And to be superkeen, I already typed out my part of the damn bibliography. I think it took longer than the actual pages. I guess now i'm going to have to deal with the fact I've made up my own bibliographic rules.