A not-so-well Yogi November 16, 2008
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The only thing worse than being sick is being sick without someone to take care of you. This week was miserable. I woke up at 5am on Tuesday morning with a migraine and sinus infection. It seems as if once a person has a sinus infection, she is prone to sinus issues the rest of her life. Of course I couldn’t go to the doctor because I didn’t have health insurance so I had to suffer through.
The pressure in my sinus cavities was debilitating. I couldn’t see straight and my head throbbed as if the infection had a life of its own. My eyes hurt…my teeth hurt…my face hurt. The migraines were so bad I wanted to vomit. All I wanted to do was lay still until the infection ran its course, but I didn’t have the luxury of being able to stay at home and get paid like I once did as a corporate employee so I had to find the strength to pull myself out of bed and teach my classes. Its truly amazing what our bodies are capable of because I don’t even know how I managed to get there, let alone, teach. Before each class I would sit in the parking lot and pray for the strength to survive and by the will of God I was able to find the energy to get through each class.
The drive home was unbearable, but Wednesday was the worst, as I was stuck in traffic and it was raining and my head was ready to explode. I felt like I was in a pressure cooker and at full capacity. I had reached the threshold and was at my absolute limit. I came close to pulling over, but I desperately wanted to be home and in my own bed so I pressed my fingers in to the pressure points surrounding the sinus cavities to relieve as much pressure as I could, but the pain was pulsating through every cell in my body. I started to cry, which only made it worse, but I didn’t know what else to do. I felt like I was dying a slow painful death.
I wanted to die. It had to be better than living in such agony, but instead I found myself in an argument with my alter-ego. I just sat there and observed the ridiculous conversation going back in fourth in my head. One voice was saying, “Get over it…what are you crying about…crying isn’t going to make it any better…get a hold of yourself…you’re a wreck.” The other voice was sobbing and screaming out in pain. “Dear God…please help me…make this go away…I can’t take it…its unbearable…I’m begging…please.” There I sat as these two voices bickered back and fourth like two little kids. I was irritated and wanted them to both shut up, but it distracted me until I pulled in to my driveway so the insanity actually got me home.
I went on-line to look up homeopathic remedies for sinus infections and I found some crazy sites. One of the pages I pulled up had 600mg of ibuprofen as the first cure in a litany of remedies. IPUPROFEN??? Homeopathic??? Are you kidding me??? Another site I pulled up said to squeeze fresh garlic and then drop the juice in my nose with a ear dropper. Right! Fresh garlic juice in my nose…that sounds pleasant. Oh, and another site said to sniff ginger powder up my nose. Yes, even better. There was even a disclaimer that said, “These suggestions are extremely unpleasant, but effective.” I was already unpleasant. I didn’t need to know another level of unpleasant. I would much rather suffer through the pain than sniff garlic or ginger up my nose…yikes!
I just happened to have a chiropractic appointment for my neck the following day and my doctor knew just enough Chinese Medicine to relieve some of the pressure and then he gave me a bottle of this homeopathic sinus nose spray by Guna. He said it was the most effective stuff he’s ever used so I was willing to give it a try even though I didn’t think anything homeopathic was going to win the battle of this one, but it proved to be just short of a miracle. I have never seen something work so quickly and effectively in my entire life. Now getting the thing to work was a whole other story.
My doctor just sprayed it in the air and said, “See…just like that…a couple sprays in each nostril and you’ll be cleared up in no time.” Well when I tried to spray it in my nose it wouldn’t work. It just leaked out the top and then ran down my nose. It was an absolute mess. I tried spraying it without the nozzle being in my nostril to see if I could get it to work and not only did I get it to work, I shot myself in the eye. Yes, that felt great. I was already close to having a melt down and then there I was screaming out in agony as my eye burned through the pain of whatever was in the bottle I just sprayed.
It was not a good afternoon, but I slowly started to feel better each and every day and now it’s Sunday and I’m just about 100%. I’m still a bit congested and feel a little run down, but I’m hoping another good night’s sleep will be just the antidote. It’s no fun having to take care of yourself and make yourself chicken soup, but thankfully Wolfgang Puck makes an organic old fashioned chicken noodle soup AND Back to Nature makes organic saltines. God bless both of them!!! They were my saving grace.