2/15/24

 Thoughts of the day 

Apologies for not posting last week but I had the procedure done on my nose. 
Can you guess how it went based on the meme I used this week? 

I was a little anxious about the procedure because that is how my brain works but everything was going OK until the doctor had to put a needle in my nose to numb it up with lidocaine. 

Not a small one either so that made me question my decision-making skills because it was a lot of needle for my cute and dainty sniffer. 

He put it in the left nostril and once the needle pricked my nasal cavity I reacted by pulling back a little.

The doctor continued to try and put the lidocaine into my nose but it was going down the back of my throat and not into the nasal cavity where he was going to do the procedure. 

I mentioned this to the doctor and he said that happened because I jumped. 

I had a sweet little conversation in my head after he showcased this enchanting bedside manner:

"Sorry, doc, my bad for not remaining calm, cool, and collected when you jammed that 5-inch needle deep inside my beak. It's embarrassing. I take pride in the fact that I don't jump. I come from a long line of non-jumpers. We grew up in a town that was anti-jump. A local minister banned it. A teenager tried to overturn the ban but it turns out he was just really into dancing and he eventually won the town over with his sweet moves. It was fun. Everyone got together, we would cut loose, and kick off our Sunday shoes. It was wild when everybody cut footloose." 

So to say I was a little perturbed that the doctor made me feel like it was my fault that the nostril numbing didn't go as well as he planned would be an understatement. 

Eventually, he started using the lasers to reduce the nasal cavity inflammation and the side where I jumped was not fun because I could feel it every time he lasered me. 

However, the doctor reassured me that if I really felt it then I would have been bouncing off the ceiling because it would have been that painful.

Then I got to go home. 

I am on day 7 of recovery and the time it takes to fully heal ranges from 3-6 weeks. 

Unfortunately, I have no idea if I am recovering because I picked up a sinus infection almost immediately afterward. 

Google mentions that during the turbinate reduction recovery process it might mimic a sinus infection because of the pain, pressure, and congestion. 

But mimicking is not good enough for me.

I want the real deal.

Maybe in a few weeks, I will feel better about this whole procedure but right now it sucks.

Meme dump 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you are doing well. 

I will persevere.

I will keep moving forward.

I will be the stream.