Sinuses, college, and Centerville
Went to the doctor today. I've been going to a lot of doctors lately. It's getting ridiculous. Today I was diagnosed with sinus disease. I'm not really sure what the details of that are. I just know that most of my X-rays are gray where they're supposed to be black. I'm on...so many medicines. Three allergy medicines, birth control, an antibiotic, a steroid (that I was just taken off of today), and a bacteria pill. I think the bacteria pill is the coolest one. It's basically like yogurt in a pill, and it's to make sure that the serious antibiotic course doesn't mess me up too bad....femininely.
The doctor today was really dramatic about it all. He made it sound like he couldn't believe I was alive and breathing. He kept talking about "how we're going to manage to get you through the next three months" until my surgery. He kept stressing how abnormal my X-rays were and how serious it all way. It all just seems so ridiculous to me. I've always had these problems, and now, for the last year I'm on all these medicines and I'm always sick and just...I don't like it. People my age aren't supposed to be on so many medications. And the worst part is that I'm dependent upon them now. If I forget to refill a prescription and stop taking something for a few days, I'm automatically sick again.
Supposedly the surgery's going to help. They're about to put me on allergy shots again too. After the surgery, everything's supposed to be a lot better. I think the only thing I'll have to take is the shots. Until then, I have to irrigate my sinuses twice a day, which I'm definitely not excited about. But supposedly the surgery's going to help me breathe a lot better, stop snoring, stop most of my headaches, and let me sleep better. I've never had a major surgery like that before, but right now I'm all for it. *Coughs*
In other news...I've been reading everyone's journal entries about starting college and classes and stuff. I'm so excited for them all. My classes don't start until next Wednesday. I can't wait to move. My college experience is going to be slightly different from everyone else's I think. Tulane's just...so cool about it all. Like, they're doing everything they could possibly do to make my college experience awesome. I don't know what more I could ask for.
There's a tropical storm in the gulf right now that's going to hit Florida. I think it's pretty amusing. The projected path hits New Orleans on Sunday. I doubt it'll be anything too too serious, but I just think it's going to be fun to see all the paranoid northerner parents freak out. Heh.
Hung out with Nick, Daniel and Joanie last night. I've been hanging out with a lot of people lately, getting some final time in before I leave and stuff. It was fun. Joanie is so...inexplainably hilarious. I used to think that a lot of what she did was just for attention, but I don't care anymore, because she's just so fucking funny. Example...We're taking the backroads to McDonald's. Joanie's going like..80. All of a sudden, she brings the car to a COMPLETE stop, just to tell Daniel that she's almost out of gas and her E light came on. Started going again. She had to swerve to avoid something big and dead in the middle of the road, so she started screaming at it, then Daniel started telling her it was nothing, so she stops the car and asks if he wants her to back up. On the way back, she passed it again. This time, she DID back up to show everyone. Daniel thought it was a tire, but it was indeed confirmed to be some large rotting animal. Joanie stares at it out of her window, then all of a sudden, rolls down the window, drops a bag of McDonald's trash on it, and just FLOORS it, looking out of her rear-view mirror to make sure the thing wasn't coming after her or something. Frickin hilarious. I'm of the opinion that Joanie may earn herself a reality show at some point in her life.
The doctor today was really dramatic about it all. He made it sound like he couldn't believe I was alive and breathing. He kept talking about "how we're going to manage to get you through the next three months" until my surgery. He kept stressing how abnormal my X-rays were and how serious it all way. It all just seems so ridiculous to me. I've always had these problems, and now, for the last year I'm on all these medicines and I'm always sick and just...I don't like it. People my age aren't supposed to be on so many medications. And the worst part is that I'm dependent upon them now. If I forget to refill a prescription and stop taking something for a few days, I'm automatically sick again.
Supposedly the surgery's going to help. They're about to put me on allergy shots again too. After the surgery, everything's supposed to be a lot better. I think the only thing I'll have to take is the shots. Until then, I have to irrigate my sinuses twice a day, which I'm definitely not excited about. But supposedly the surgery's going to help me breathe a lot better, stop snoring, stop most of my headaches, and let me sleep better. I've never had a major surgery like that before, but right now I'm all for it. *Coughs*
In other news...I've been reading everyone's journal entries about starting college and classes and stuff. I'm so excited for them all. My classes don't start until next Wednesday. I can't wait to move. My college experience is going to be slightly different from everyone else's I think. Tulane's just...so cool about it all. Like, they're doing everything they could possibly do to make my college experience awesome. I don't know what more I could ask for.
There's a tropical storm in the gulf right now that's going to hit Florida. I think it's pretty amusing. The projected path hits New Orleans on Sunday. I doubt it'll be anything too too serious, but I just think it's going to be fun to see all the paranoid northerner parents freak out. Heh.
Hung out with Nick, Daniel and Joanie last night. I've been hanging out with a lot of people lately, getting some final time in before I leave and stuff. It was fun. Joanie is so...inexplainably hilarious. I used to think that a lot of what she did was just for attention, but I don't care anymore, because she's just so fucking funny. Example...We're taking the backroads to McDonald's. Joanie's going like..80. All of a sudden, she brings the car to a COMPLETE stop, just to tell Daniel that she's almost out of gas and her E light came on. Started going again. She had to swerve to avoid something big and dead in the middle of the road, so she started screaming at it, then Daniel started telling her it was nothing, so she stops the car and asks if he wants her to back up. On the way back, she passed it again. This time, she DID back up to show everyone. Daniel thought it was a tire, but it was indeed confirmed to be some large rotting animal. Joanie stares at it out of her window, then all of a sudden, rolls down the window, drops a bag of McDonald's trash on it, and just FLOORS it, looking out of her rear-view mirror to make sure the thing wasn't coming after her or something. Frickin hilarious. I'm of the opinion that Joanie may earn herself a reality show at some point in her life.