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Get well soon ML.
ladyfelsham
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Big hugs hon xxx
moonlights
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Sinusitis apparently. Cannot believe how bad I feel - constant fevers, nausea, and I feel like I've been repeatedly punched in the head. What a waste of a week - can't win for losing lately.
coffeelover
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Morning ML, hope your feeling better. Hugs. x
moonlights
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Scrumbles said:
Yup that's about it.
ladyfelsham
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Oh poor babes, I get it at least once a year and it is really awful.
I can offer three tips - avoid all meds relating to sinuses except antibiotics - and only then if it's an infection - you'll know from the colour of your (sorry about this) mucus - if it's green, it's infected.
Second, do steam baths as often as you can bear it. Some people use apple cider vinegar in the water, or tea tree oil, but I find they get a bit stingy on the eyes - unless you wear swimming goggles...
Third, I use Sudafed sinus spray before bed - but there's a trick to it. Spray in one nostril, holding the other one closed, sniff once, repeat on the other side - then do NOT sniff again. Breathe through your mouth and in 10 mins or so you will feel it start to clear. Brilliant stuff.
Hope you feel better soon!
I can offer three tips - avoid all meds relating to sinuses except antibiotics - and only then if it's an infection - you'll know from the colour of your (sorry about this) mucus - if it's green, it's infected.
Second, do steam baths as often as you can bear it. Some people use apple cider vinegar in the water, or tea tree oil, but I find they get a bit stingy on the eyes - unless you wear swimming goggles...
Third, I use Sudafed sinus spray before bed - but there's a trick to it. Spray in one nostril, holding the other one closed, sniff once, repeat on the other side - then do NOT sniff again. Breathe through your mouth and in 10 mins or so you will feel it start to clear. Brilliant stuff.
Hope you feel better soon!
moonlights
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Luminous luminous green. Lovely, eh?
So far the only things to help have been sudafed pills and hot flannel on the face/breathing in steam. I don't have the nasal spray but maybe I can get someone to pick it up for me - not really strong enough to go out. The pills do help a bit though if only because the ibuprofen helps bring the fever down. You get this regularly? It's flipping horrendous.
So far the only things to help have been sudafed pills and hot flannel on the face/breathing in steam. I don't have the nasal spray but maybe I can get someone to pick it up for me - not really strong enough to go out. The pills do help a bit though if only because the ibuprofen helps bring the fever down. You get this regularly? It's flipping horrendous.
ladyfelsham
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Yep, once or twice a year - used to get asthma as a kid, and now I have allergic rhinitis (all year round hayfever), with a supporting cast of sinustis and chest infections - lovely stuff...
Nurofen is wonderful stuff, I'd take that instead of the sinus tablets. They have big amounts of pseudoephedrine/caffeine in them.
Hope you got some sleep last night xxx
Nurofen is wonderful stuff, I'd take that instead of the sinus tablets. They have big amounts of pseudoephedrine/caffeine in them.
Hope you got some sleep last night xxx
coffeelover
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How are you feeling today ML? Hope the weekend is a good one for you. x
moonlights
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Still full of fever. May have to go to docs on Monday but praying I'm better by then or all birthday plans and all other plans will be canceled. Already not been able to do anything this week. So much for my break? I certainly can't seem to catch one.
ladyfelsham
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Oh hun - how you feeling today?
