Monday, I went to see my ear, nose, & throat specialist - Dr. Turner Wright. A no nonsense kind of guy. Straight forward. Knows what he's doing.
I've been feeling down right crappy since Sunday night, over a week and a half ago. Well, by the time I saw Dr. Wright, it had been just over a week. Had had enough. Waking up every two hours in the night hacking, coughing, and believing that I wasn't going to make it (I was feeling so horrible and helpless). On top of waking every two hours, it took me thirty to forty minutes each time to fall back asleep.
Dr. Wright asked me some questions, examined me, and said I have a sinus infection. Easy enough to treat, he said. Even when pregnant. He rolled his eyes. He has a great affinity for pregnant women and nursing moms. He finds them difficult to treat. Doesn't mean any offense. He and his wife have three girls. He prescribed antibiotics that he's sure to be safe for pregnant moms to take.
Normally, I've very very hesitant about taking antibiotics. Can't this stupid thing go away on its own? This time? Forget it. I don't do being sick well. Add pregnancy on top of it? I'm very, very, VERY miserable. Poor Troy, for having to put up with me.
I've been on antibiotics since Monday late afternoon. The results so far? During the day, though I still have crap in my sinuses, in my nose and throat, I'm feeling a bit better. People tell me I'm looking a bit better. At night? Dangit. I'm still waking up every two to three hours, coughing and hacking. On top of all that, the antibiotics suck me dry. As if pregnancy doesn't already to prompt me to drink gallons upon gallons of water a day. Now I'm really drinking like a camel. The prescription recommends I take the antibiotics for 14 days. FOURTEEN DAYS? My friend Katia, who's a doc., said it might be okay to take it for just a week to ten days.
I just want to be well again, to know what it's like to breathe normally and not wheeze. Can't sing without breaking up and can't sing completely on pitch. Stink. Well, on such a positive note, I'm signing off. Bye-bye.
6 comments:
My doc told me I have the same thing but it has gone to my ears im 10weeks preg and he said I'll just have to deal with it can you remember what it was that he gave you
Hey Melady, I can't remember what I was prescribed. Let me talk to one of my friends that's a doc and see what she says. I can probably recall the drug if it is mentioned to me.
Im fighting a sinus infection now too, have had it over a week. my doc said at only 8 weeks she wanted me to try the sinus rinse stuff before any meds, but I am MISERABLE. The Sinus stuff clears out my nose, but does nothing for the stuff I am coughing up thats draining to my chest. Its been over a week, so at this point I am ready for antibiotics too!
I am scouring the internet for advice on medication when pregnant and I found your blog to be great comfort. I think I might cause myself more harm with worry about what I have to take than I would with any drugs I need. Thanks x
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