The Agony is Almost Over

The end is finally in sight!

Wednesday will be judgement day, aka my allergy test. I'll finally know what on earth I'm allergic to and what's causing all of this agony.

Yes... Agony. 

I've been in so much pain these last few days because I've been ordered to be off all antihistamines until the test. No nasal spray, no Benadryl (which has also been helping me get to sleep), no Advil Cold & Sinus...

Things have been bad enough WITH medicine, but without has been filled with nothing but awful facial pain.

Not only do I have sinus pressure below and above my eyes now, but also my upper jaw hurts like it's been punched, or like I walked headlong into a wall.

Now not to get all girly on you all, but there has been another side effect of this sinus saga...

Damn. Dark. Circles.

I haven't been able to leave the house often anyway, but the few days that I actually haven't been feeling like death, I've been LOOKING like death. Covering up the deep, sunken black semi-circles under my eyes has been a pain.

Pre-makeup and post-makeup... Not a 100% fix, but better than nothing. It's either fix the eyes a little, or risk looking like a clown.

To make a long blog-post short, I just can't wait for this hell to be over. Life with facial pain is a very miserable life indeed. I've already missed so many classes, a birthday party for an old high school friend of mine, and a Bully Breed Rescue event due to this crap. 

It's time for it to stop.

Productivity Week - Day 2

Being productive isn't very easy this week...

I woke up at about 9:30am this morning, and was feeling pretty zombie-like.
I had an 11:20am doctor's appointment, so went and got washed up, had breakfast, and listened to music during the 20 min drive.
The appointment went well, and we got out at about 12:25pm. From there we went immediately to my sister's school to pick her up, then back home.

Let me tell you... today was BEAUTIFUL outside.
It was a comfortable, sunny 78 degree Fahrenheit day, so I decided that today would be perfect for taking photos.
I photographed all of my new clay items except for the snocones, which needed another layer of glaze. (I'm still unsure if it'll work, or start another chemical reaction over time... It seems to be working, but who knows how it'll be the next morning.)

By the time I was done taking photos, I was exhausted from the bright sun, heat, and just being awake.
I plopped down on the bed downstairs at about 2:30pm, and took a nap...
...only to wake up at 6:30pm.
You can just imagine my dismay when I found out I had slept 4 hours of the day away. (Too many unintentional rhymes, ahh!)
After spending some time with my family, I ran downstairs to my laptop and began the tedious process of posting things on Etsy.

You can see the new listings over at my Etsy shop right now!

Mmm, delicious!

That just about wraps up Day 2 of Productivity Week.

Got another doctor's appointment tomorrow, so probably won't be accomplishing anything major tomorrow either. 

Ah well, such is life.

Nightmare on My Street

I've been incredibly lazy when it comes to updating the blog, though I swear, there's good reason for it.
...okay, maybe only a little bit of reason.

For starters, I'm taking a semester off because of my anemia and various health issues.
Unfortunately my iron levels aren't going up as fast as they're supposed to, so I have a bunch of tests queued up for this week. I was supposed to already be done with all this insanity earlier this week, but as you may have heard, Connecticut got a freaking BLIZZARD... And I spent that whole time on Blizzard's World of Warcraft, leveling my Worgen Mage.
(He's level 59 now, and seeing that I made him when Cataclysm came out Dec 7th, that's kind of sad.)

I'm also getting some colored clay one of these days... Once again, the snow kind of ruined our trip to get some from the craft store, and the preparation of food and stuff for the onslaught of Christmas guests didn't help any.

FINALLY... I am going to Delaware to visit Jon for New Years, and also our 15th monthiversary!
Yes, we still celebrate months... We love each other too much to take every month together for granted.
(That sounds so incredible corny, I know. It's true though.)

SO. Everything is very hectic right now, and full of insanity!
Thank goodness that blogging isn't my full-time job, or I'd be in some really deep doo-doo right now.
One of these days I'm going to actually be a good blog owner and start updating regularly like I did before...
...and fix this darn layout.

Colonoscopy Time!

This summer I had a colonoscopy, and let me tell you... it's really not as bad as it seems. The procedure itself is easy, you're put under and then you groggily wake up to a nurse urging apple juice and an English muffin on you.
The preparation on the other hand is a pain in the... well, yeah, you get the point.
Basically you drink nothing but 64oz of Gatorade mixed with laxative the day before. It really wouldn't be half as bad if the laxative didn't make the Gatorade taste like salt water. I will NEVER be able to drink Gatorade again...
But anyway, my mom decided to immortalize my plight via my phone's camera.

My "really Mom?" face.

I closed my eyes when she was inserting the IV... trust me, it hurts a lot more when you see what's being done to you.

IV in place... in my arm... Creepy stuff.

I'm sleepy from not eating for the past 24+ hours, and not drinking for the past 6 hours...

Coming out of the anesthesia-induced unconsciousness...  sippin' my apple juice.

All in all, it was an... interesting experience?
It was my first time going under anesthesia, and seriously, it is impossible to stay awake. I just remember having the anesthesia pumped into my IV, looking around, and then WHAM, I wake up in a different room.
The nurses were all very friendly, and they thought I was a riot. I guess they're used to having old grumpy patients with no sense of humor.
They even took a photo of me with the ass camera, and printed it out for me to keep, just for giggles.

The diagnosis was good as far as diagnoses go. I don't have Crohn's Disease, but rather my intestines suffered some sort of infection and was on the mend. (The intestinal pain that made me seek medical attention in the first place was attributed to the infection.) I was told to have more fiber and probiotics, and to take some Pepto Bismol every once in a while to quell the inflammation. All of this would help my intestines out with the healing process.

So yeah, that's my colonoscopy story, haha!

Life Drags on By... Like a Dead Person!

Things have been pretty much staying the same...
...which is pretty bad all around.