NOT SURE THIS STUFF IS WORKIING...
Okay, I know all the following falls under the category of "Whining" and I've been a critic of that for some time.
Yet, I'm feeling a little better this morning, but then I went to bed early last night, so it could be more the result of additional sleep and rest, NOT the result of the antibiotic. I read somewhere yesterday medical researchers aren't sure there really is a good antibiotic therapy for sinus infections as it is almost impossible to tell if they are bacterial or virus in terms of cause and origin. Obviously, antibiotics do nothing for the virus caused illness and they reason that the bacterial caused problems are pretty much immune to amoxicillin. I've used amoxicillin in the past and I would completely agree but then I'm not real sure the stuff I'm on now is working all that well either.
All I know I currently have a definite lack of 'uuumph' as in my '...get-up-and-go' got up and left. I'm beginning to wonder if my difficulty with swallowing and the ever present headaches are becoming permanent condition and, No, my blood pressure is extremely reasonable so that's not the source of the headaches.
Speaking of headaches I have a tax appointment tomorrow morning so I have to finish up my book work today. See ya later...
All The Best,
Frank W. James
Yet, I'm feeling a little better this morning, but then I went to bed early last night, so it could be more the result of additional sleep and rest, NOT the result of the antibiotic. I read somewhere yesterday medical researchers aren't sure there really is a good antibiotic therapy for sinus infections as it is almost impossible to tell if they are bacterial or virus in terms of cause and origin. Obviously, antibiotics do nothing for the virus caused illness and they reason that the bacterial caused problems are pretty much immune to amoxicillin. I've used amoxicillin in the past and I would completely agree but then I'm not real sure the stuff I'm on now is working all that well either.
All I know I currently have a definite lack of 'uuumph' as in my '...get-up-and-go' got up and left. I'm beginning to wonder if my difficulty with swallowing and the ever present headaches are becoming permanent condition and, No, my blood pressure is extremely reasonable so that's not the source of the headaches.
Speaking of headaches I have a tax appointment tomorrow morning so I have to finish up my book work today. See ya later...
All The Best,
Frank W. James
Labels: Government, HEALTH AND WELL BEING
5 Comments:
Frank,
something you could try: flush your sinuses. You can get a little nettie pot, but I never had much success with that mode. What I use is a Waterpick. Use distilled water, with a teaspoon of PLAIN salt, not iodized. Warm up the water first, it helps loosen up the stuff. Use the bent end tip, and try to orient it into the openings/passages. Don't be surprised to find blood in the discharge, this is from the infection site. Do this one to three times a day. This will relieve the pressure, and speed up the healing.
I modified a tip by cutting off most of it and tapping it 10-32T. Then I went to a hobby shop and got the smallest fuel line tubing (clear hose) they had (.125 OD, 1/16 ID ), and a brass hose barb fitting. I have about 4-5 inches of tubing now mounted to the Waterpick plugin tip. I smoothed the end of the tubing by heating it with a flame, as your sinuses will notice any rough edges.
Using this flexible setup, I can now get the water directly into the affected sinus zone, and blast it clean. Doesn't take much flow, so go easy on the slide control button until you figure out how much is necessary to get the job done.
BTW, works best if you hold your face down over the sink. If you keep your head up, the backwash tends to hit your throat, and makes it seem like you are drowning. I think it simulates "waterboarding" very well!
That's beginning to sound like the same stuff I had last Fall. The "difficulty" swallowing, for me, was almost like choking. I was given, at different times, two antibiotics that did nothing. Now that I think back, one, the second, was Amoxillin. Unlike you, I was able to sleep only a couple of hours a night.
Nasty stuff, whatever it was.
Hope you're doing better now.
After reading your first few paragraphs, I glanced through your last one and read "going to the tax appointment" as "going to the taxidermist." Lol. I thought, "Ol' Frank must be REALLY sick; he's preparing a mount for himself."
Amoxicillin doesn't work for me at all...on anything.
Azithromycin - "Z pack" - on the other hand works GREAT for me for sinus infections.
Good luck...sinus problems are a PITA and head.
Oh, dear, Frank -- I hope you start getting better, soon.
Present reports are that allegens are way higher than normal, too, which can't help any. :(
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