Is it Genetic

My mother and aunt are both recovering from sinus infections. Mom is in Charlotte. Aunt is in Phoenix.

I began to think I could have one, too, or an ear infection. It must be genetic. I was having headaches and fatigue and just feeling icky. It was stopping me from working out. (When your head begans to pound along with your heart, its a problem). I mean, it felt like something was sitting on my face this morning. Now some diehards can work out through stuff like that. I wish I could. I am not there yet. I'm just getting to where I can lift weights and walk during my period. Baby steps......

I used the ear wax remover in my ears and I felt better for like 10 minutes. So now my ears are really clean and I have to remind myself to use it more often.

So I went to the student health center to see if something was really wrong so I could get back to working out as soon as possible. If I wasn't worried about working out I would have gone another week or so just popping tylenol sinus.

So I go. My ears are clear. She looks up my nose. She says "your nose is swollen." She presses my face. Doesn't really hurt....until 30 seconds later. She tells me to stand up, bend over, drop my head between my knees and wave it back and forth. Then stand up. She asks if I'm dizzy...

"um shouldn't I be?"

She says I feel better than I really am because I've been taking tylenol sinus. Uh, then how really am I? She never gives it a name. I guess she thought I knew. She gives me instructions to take 4 medications:

Tylenol sinus

Claritin-the 24 hour one

An antibiotic-"just to get it all out," she said

Prednisone-now this scares me because I thought this was something that really really sick people took and is a steroid I think.

Oh I'm supposed to drink a ton of water, which I already do.

I'm supposed to take this all at the same time. She says they won't interact. Hmmmm, there is a first time for everything!

All the medicines together cost less than 4 dollars so I was pleased (I already had the tylenol and claritin). I've taken all the medicines and I feel slightly worse. I'll give it time. I'm supposed to call Monday if I feel worse. All those drugs together, I betta not feel worse!

I have tylenol daytime and nighttime sinus and let me tell you I can't wait to take the nighttime sinus! I sleep soooo good with it.

I want to find a dairy queen and get a cookie dough blizzard..perhaps that would make me feel better....SIKE!