Monday, May 21, 2018

Rampant illness

Well, last weekend daughter had a sinus infection. Then I got it. Both got over it quickly. Then my allergies kicked in worse than they have in many years. 

I may have passed the infection to my gf. I did not think I was infectious any more the last time I saw her. In any case, she has also had really bad allergies. Says her drainage has been clear. But wound up having to go to the doctor twice. For one thing, she had an allergic reaction to the cough medicine they gave her the first time. Now she's on codeine cough medicine and steroids. However, she has diabetes, silicosis and asthma. So if she has a respiratory problem, it's bad. 

Of course I did not get to see her today. Did not expect to. Just hope she gets better soon. She's had multiple rounds of illness recently. Makes me feel bad that I can't do anything about it. 

Got a nice surprise this weekend. An unexpected check for a decent amount from overpaying my home insurance before selling the house! Plus I had a couple of small checks from a class action lawsuit (what you get from those are a joke) and closing a bank account which I had not yet cashed. 

What remains of the tax refund, the money above and my first check from the new job coming this Fri means I am getting back on my feet financially. If I get enough hours after done with training, I'll be able to move ahead monetarily rather quickly. Guess I'll know in a couple of weeks. 

Got something I had ordered in the mail today. Slightly graphic here. 

Got an inflatable butt plug. Not for pleasure but for medical purposes. I explained that a few weeks ago. I tried it earlier and it was not pleasurable in my case, with ulcerative colitis. Though that is the reason I got it. However, after using it for a while (static), it does seem to have helped a lot. I feel less pressure, more relaxed. Hoping I can get that back to semi-normal. 

It is kind of strange how much I tend to get stenosis in various areas. Eustachian tubes, urethra, rotator cuff, now anal. Though they are all areas I've wound up with varying forms of damage in one way or another. So I guess it's scar tissue that draws up to tight. Lucky I don't have it in my spine. Knock on wood. So far I have been able to loosen the scar tissue in each area with no surgery. Want to keep it that way.  

Things like that make me happy to be a nurse. If I were not, I'd probably have doctors wanting to do surgery on all my body parts. I don't want to wind up a Frankenstein monster, cut to pieces and stitched back up. No desire to compare surgical scars with anyone. I have enough scars from cooking, criminals and violent women. 

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