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February 26, 2012 by faithallen

Hi, all.

Believe it or not, I am still not over this crud. GGRRRR!! I have completed three rounds of antibiotics. My doctor sent me to get an X-ray on Monday (2/20), which showed that I did NOT have a bacterial infection in my sinuses. Nevertheless, I was still fatigued with no appetite and suffering from head pain.

My doctor them put me on a nine-day treatment of prednisone on Wednesday a.m. By Wednesday night, I was feeling better for about an hour. I also felt better on Thursday morning but was still fatigued by lunch. My appetite returned on Friday afternoon, and I didn’t need a nap on Friday or Saturday. However, now that I am tapering off the steroids, the headache is returning along with the fatigue. I am at my wits end!!

I have an appointment with an ear, nose, and throat (ENT) doctor on Tuesday. I’ll let you know how that goes. In the meantime, please be patient with me. I am so far behind in every area of my life right now. I am overwhelmed! ~ Faith

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on February 26, 2012 at 8:31 pm | Reply lifemultiplied

Adding 4 or 5 drops of grapefruit seed extract to my nasal flushes has made a world of difference for me. I’m sorry you’ve been so sick, it sucks!
on February 27, 2012 at 6:34 am | Reply Brenda

HI Faith,

I’m sorry you’re still battling this mess! Hopefully the ENT doc will help. FYI, when I had my sinus infection, I couldn’t find anything for the headache and then the doctor’s office told me to take 2 tabs of Naproxen Sodium (Aleve) and that helped me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naproxen
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-naproxen-sodium.htm

Of course, you’ll want to run this by your doctor. I hope you start to feeling better soon! Please take care.
on February 27, 2012 at 9:29 am | Reply heavenlyplaces

Sorry to hear that you are feeling so awful. I will be praying for you. I have not been feeling well either. Someone told me yesterday that they had been juicing everyday- using there blender- celery, spinach, pineapple, apple, Kale and a few drops of chlorophyll, and that it was phenomenal how good they were feeling and how much energy they have. This person and his wife are in there mid-fifties and are both feeling really good. I thought I would try that. Maybe it would be something you could try too. Hope you get to feeling better soon. Take care!
on February 27, 2012 at 9:58 am | Reply mia

I really hope you are feeling better soon.

Much healing,
m
on February 27, 2012 at 11:31 am | Reply jeffssong

Nothin’ like one of those dragging illnesses that just seems to hang on no matter what you do. So understandable that you feel poorly! Hope you feel better; know it’s aggravating as well as emotionally/physically draining sometimes. But hey – it came – it’ll go! Sooner or later, tho’.

Until later – hoping you can find some bright sunshine to take your mind off of things!
on February 28, 2012 at 9:38 pm | Reply JMCD

Hi Faith,
I hope your appt with the Dr. was productive. Hopefully you won’t need surgery and time will be what helps you get better.
on February 29, 2012 at 9:19 am | Reply Minna

Faith,

I know you’ve mentioned mudras before and you know the strong connection between our physical self and our emotional self. I’m wondering if you’ve done any new body work to help you deal with the last issues you uncovered.

I’m sending well and healthy wishes your way!
on March 1, 2012 at 1:10 am | Reply Jan

I hope you feel better soon! Everyone I know has had a virus of some kind in the past few weeks; it must be the time for them. I know they can play havoc with your mental health too; that’s the part I hate most.
on March 1, 2012 at 4:04 pm | Reply Alice

I hope this clears up soon, thinking of you x
on March 3, 2012 at 12:43 pm | Reply birdfeeder

Just wanted to add my own “I hope you get well soon” to the list of well-wishes here.

Very sorry you’re going through this prolonged illness. Like Jeffsong, Minna and Jan mentioned, prolonged illnesses can really do a number on (and signiificantly setback) your emotional well-being, at least that was my recent experience. As they mentioned, I hope you’re managing to take good care of yourself both emotionally and physically through this.

It’s obvious that you have quite a number of supporters here who are concerned about you. I hope our prayers and well-wishes are able to alleviate some of the distress you must be going through. It’s never pleasant to be so ill for so long, but it’s good to know that there are people out here who care about how you’re doing.
on March 4, 2012 at 5:51 pm | Reply Tracie

I understand so much. My daughter and I have been passing an awful cold/cough/sore throat thing back and forth for the last few weeks. It is miserable – and it sounds like you have something worse.

Hope you feel better quickly!