Sinus Infection
Jan. 19th, 2025 07:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kevin_standleeFor the past several days, I have had increasing pain above my left cheek, in the sinus area. Neither aspirin nor ibuprofen made much of an impact upon it. I elected to go to the Fernley Urgent Care clinic, which opens at 9 AM on Sunday. If I had been smart, I would have headed over there to be there when they opened, or at least put in for an 11 AM appointment, which was the earliest available when I checked at 8:30. I was not smart, and by 9:15, the earliest appointment was 2 PM. I made the appointment and did other things.
Renown Health's system texts you with updates showing where you stand in line, so I knew that the earliest they expected to get to me was about 2:10 PM. By the time I checked in, the delay had grown, as I expected it would be. Eventually I got in shortly after 2:30 PM.
The doctor agreed with my own assessment that the runny nose I get from the Ozempic led to an opportunistic infection getting into my head. He looked up my nose and told me it was dry and inflamed. While there's no way to know without running tests (which would take enough time that by the time they knew, it would probably not matter that much) whether it's viral or bacteriological. So he prescribed antibiotics and told me to get an over-the-counter saline spray to moisten the nasal passages. What I did this morning (breath steam in a hot shower) was good, too.
After the appointment, I walked over to Walgreens and they told me that it would be at least another hour before my prescription came up, so I drove home, and by and by they texted me to tell me that the prescription was ready. I went and collected it. Also, Pizza Hut was running a buy one large pizza, get another one for free, so I got two pizzas and brought them home, giving one to Lisa and packing half of the one I kept away for lunch tomorrow.
As usual, of course, I know to take the full course of antibiotics even if I start feeling better. Me No Fool when it comes to antibiotics. I don't want to breed superbugs.
Renown Health's system texts you with updates showing where you stand in line, so I knew that the earliest they expected to get to me was about 2:10 PM. By the time I checked in, the delay had grown, as I expected it would be. Eventually I got in shortly after 2:30 PM.
The doctor agreed with my own assessment that the runny nose I get from the Ozempic led to an opportunistic infection getting into my head. He looked up my nose and told me it was dry and inflamed. While there's no way to know without running tests (which would take enough time that by the time they knew, it would probably not matter that much) whether it's viral or bacteriological. So he prescribed antibiotics and told me to get an over-the-counter saline spray to moisten the nasal passages. What I did this morning (breath steam in a hot shower) was good, too.
After the appointment, I walked over to Walgreens and they told me that it would be at least another hour before my prescription came up, so I drove home, and by and by they texted me to tell me that the prescription was ready. I went and collected it. Also, Pizza Hut was running a buy one large pizza, get another one for free, so I got two pizzas and brought them home, giving one to Lisa and packing half of the one I kept away for lunch tomorrow.
As usual, of course, I know to take the full course of antibiotics even if I start feeling better. Me No Fool when it comes to antibiotics. I don't want to breed superbugs.
