Oh, just kidding. False alarm. I could breathe. Now, I can't. Let me explain. No, that take too long, let me sum up.
I went to the ENT today and he removed the silicon septal button from my nose. In order to do that, he had to spray this nasty-tasting junk up there to numb the tissues. The side-effect of that stuff is that it shrinks the tissues as well, opening up the field-of-view for the doc. For the first time in over 6 months, I could easily breathe through my nose without any work or thought!!! It was GLORIOUS!!! And then...it wore off. And I can't breathe again. *sigh* I asked the doc if I could have some of that stuff, and he said he couldn't prescribe that because my nose would get addicted to it. I thought "I'm already addicted to it, this stuff is awesome!!". Anywho, I had a blissful hour or so, and now I am back to square one.
The button is out, he has me on a rose-geranium oil rinse as well as a gentamicin rinse to try and get the possible infection and swelling to go down, go back in 6 weeks to see if there has been any improvement. So, for right now, my nose is all crusted up and swollen on the inside (looks fine on the outside, so that's a blessing...at least I only feel horrid and don't look it!!) and bleeding and painful, just like it was before the button was in. I will pick up the meds tomorrow and start them and maybe they will do some good. Oh, and I have a blistering headache. Not sure if its related or not, but it hurts nonetheless.
In other news, I got a shipping notification from Burpee that my first shipment of live plants is on its way...for anyone in the upper midwest, you can guess that this will pose a bit of a problem since there is over a foot of snow in my garden right now...I called Burpee a week or so ago and asked them if they could push back the ship dates of these live plants, and the lady says "well, the first shipment is onions and strawberries, and they should be fine, they can handle a light frost without a problem." "Light frost", she says. "They will be fine", she says. *ahem* Does 15" of snow seem like a light frost, lady? Now what is a girl to do with live strawberry plants for weeks on end? huh? huh? Ugh. Might be calling Burpee back and asking what they suggest I do with the plants until I can successfully plant a garden in June...
