2/18/09
Yesterday, I went to one of the best ENT doctors in the country, and when he looked inside my sinuses he gasped. Actually gasped. It was all he could do to not bring his friends in the room and say "hey y'all, look at THIS!" He did say it was one of the worst infections he'd seen in many moons, and I was to be put on giant antibiotic horse pills - one step below actually getting a rhinoceros shot of Cipro in the ass.
I'm not allowed to blow my nose, breathe heavily, take hot showers, drink hot liquids or exercise. As if that weren't life-negating enough, I have to swab the inside of my nose with Polysporin on a Q-Tip, which makes me want to sneeze, blow my nose every three seconds, chop down sequoia trees with a fucking axe, and hurl myself into rock quarries.
It's obvious now why I've been getting these goddamn migraines for three years, and why I've been so sick; my sinuses are basically acting as a USB input to download every virus coming through the ether. And because one sinus is always impacted, I have to sleep on my left side, which has destroyed my back. At least now there's an answer to all these problems, but for today, I just have to say SOMEBODY ELSE WRITE THIS DAMN BLOG!
Posted by Ian Williams at February 18, 2009 11:19 PMFeel better soon, Ian....
Having been through a few respiratory infections, I can empathize.
I'll pick up the ball and try to run with it. Who agrees with me that our health care system needs major reform? What kind of system would best serve the USA?
OK -- never mind. It's too serious and boring for a Thursday. Let me try again....
What's your favorite TV theme song?
Mine's "Dog Pound Hop", the Ren & Stimpy theme song. It's based on Howlin' Wolf's "Killing Floor" and is AWESOME.
Yours?
"Making your way in the world today takes everything you've got . . . "
That's top five.
"Cause suicide is painless . . ." is top ten.
But my favorite [cue the laughter] is the theme song from Joanie loves Chachi
The Sponge Bob theme is a personal favorite.
Oh, and the Fairy Oddparents theme.
No contest......Sanford and Son
My all-time favorite would be the theme to Thirtysomething. Close runners-up would be One Day at a Time and the Jeffersons (which is one of the most enduringly popular TV theme songs in my opinion).
At the bottom of the list might tbe Friends theme. Loved the show, but that damn song really got on my nerves after a while.
no contest....
maureen mcgovern - different worlds - theme from Angie
I hope you feel better soon, Ian!
My favorite TV theme song is They Might Be Giants' "Boss of Me" from Malcolm in the Middle.
I also really like The Daily Show's song. It never gets old.
The song for Friday Night Lights
Feel better soon Ian and is the DR. going to do anything to help you out in the future?
And the song from Dukes of Hazzard.
Flight of the Conchords - it gets me giggling right away.
Ian - question - did the doc have anything to say about the yeti pot? Is it/was it helpful, hurtful?
Doh! Neti, not "yeti"... ouch!
It's Garry Shandling's Show
No word on the neti pot, but I'll ask...
My favorite theme is probably John Sebastian's for "Welcome Back, Kotter"
King of the Hill
How in the world has nobody mentioned HEE HAW yet?!?
Wonder if you have nasal polyps. I used to get sinus infections 4-5 times a year treated w/antibiotics. Dr. said he didn't want to prescribe antibiotics that often. I use the neti pot at the start of every cold or sinus infection. Haven't had a sinus infection in over three years! It's not fun but the neti pot works.
I posted earlier with a link but it seems to have gotten hung up in cyberspaze.
Hands down favorite:
Maureen McGovern - Different Worlds - Theme to "Angie" (youtube it and you will believe)
I admit to downloading The Mary Tyler Moore Show theme song years ago on Napster.
Good luck with those sinuses!
Feel better soon, Ian!
Party of Five - Closer to Free by the Bodeans
This is random, but the theme song for the Women's NCAA Final Four ages ago - a Joan Jett remake of "Love is All Around," the Mary Tyler Moore theme song.
In that same vein, "Be Like Mike," the old Gatorade theme song.
I know, jingles, but whatever. Catchy stuff!
What is up with Gatorade going by G, anyway? Stupid. And those creepy guys at the end of the commercial scare me.
Hmmm, Ian. I hope you get better soon! But now I'm wondering how being cured of the mega-sinus infection will affect the voice and tone of your blog....? ;)
yep, i think links are not working right now.
my picks: for current stuff, i think it would be growing up creepie theme song, yo gabba gabba, pucca theme song, and the weird one for robot chicken
for old classics, i think i would go with the maude theme song, good times, welcome back kotter, the jeffersons, and sanford and son.
"Believe it or Not" from the Greatest American Hero. Best show EVEr.
Hey, Ian, what can you tell us about your cousin and Yo Gabba Gabba? C'mon, celeb-humper, I bet you've got something, right?
Swimming pools, movie stars - the Beverly Hillbillies
SHHHHHHHH ... Be vewy, vewy quiet - I'm huntin' New York Post cartoonists ... but while I'm dwivin,' I'm listening to the theme song from Barney Miller
ok, kids just reminded me of the best one of all time.
muppet show theme song.
BOO-YA!
Ian, sorry to hear about the infection. I had what the doctor thinks was antibiotic resistant infection in my nose about a month ago and they did give me the shot in the rump and started quantities of antibiotics and the neosporin swab in the nose. It will eventually clear up, but it is not fun while it is there. Take care.
Actually, I've continued the neosporin because it seems to keep things from drying out with the heat in the winter months.
Jeez, I thought my having bronchitis + sinusitis was bad. You win. =/
I've been using my neti pot 3 times a day for the past week, and I like to think it's helping. I usually blow my nose for about 20 minutes afterwards, though. Where all this crap is still coming from is beyond me. This is my first sinus infection or sinus-related problem of any kind, so I'm clueless about what to do other than take my huge anti-biotics every morning.
Feel better soon!
Oh no! Get well soon!!
Exciting though to maybe have the grand unifying theory for what's been ailing ye. Not to mention extraordinary sinuses.
Dear God. I went to an ENT and I'm allergic to my cats my dogs, freakin trees and mold. I live in Nashville. HELLO! Trees abound. I'm doin the neti pot every day but it makes my ears hurt if I blow my nose afterward. Also I have a bone spur in my nose which may be causing contact point migraines (google it) so I might get surgery. Who knew? So as I key on my blackberry through one squinty eye and a migraine from hell, I wifh you the best and softly hum the theme from Sanford and Son.