Tiffany's Sinus X-Rays

I went to the hospital today after work to get my sinus x-rays done. It was easy and quick. I was a little disturbed when I looked around in the waiting room only to discover that every one besides me was 60+ years old... I guess a 22 year old girl with a lot of health issues should be used to that by now but sometimes it still brings depressing thoughts to realize that most girls my age are healthy and aren't sitting in rooms with the aged... Oh well I guess. I am sure there are other girls my age worse off.. I prob have it easy compared to someone else ya know?

I was glad Dr. Burdett already called me back so fast! I just had the x-rays done a few hours ago and he already has them and looked over them. By the way, he is a really good doctor. I really like him. Some doctors can be jerks and don't listen to their patients at all but Dr. Burdett is really great. I'm glad he is the doctor I ended up going to for all of this. He is a very understanding man. I always tell Jason qualities that he needs to have to be a good doctor that people will love. I also seem to tell him things that doctors do that he shouldn't...for instance.. telling a patient that they must be exaggerating pain! Blah! I will never forget that. That's such an awful thing to say to someone who is in severe pain. I don't think anyone can say that to another person because you never know what they really are feeling unless you have walked in their shoes. Anyways, I am getting off of subject.

So, my results from the sinus x-rays are that I do have a sinus infection that is under my eyes, like on my cheek bones. He says it doesn't look too bad though. He is putting me on an anti biotic for 2 weeks to see if it helps and if my swollen lymph nodes go away. I asked him if it's common for lymph nodes to be swollen and cause a lot of pain with sinus infections. He told me he sees that a lot with children but that it's actually not common with adults... Not sure what that means for me. I am going back to see him in a month and he is going to check things out then. If I still am in pain from the swollen lymph nodes then they are going to have to do a biopsy, which sounds pretty scary to me. I hope this medicine helps and the pain and swelling leave. I have been dealing with it for such a long time that it would really be a miracle to me if it were to go away. I can't even imagine!

On a side note, when I was on the phone with Dr. Burdett, he was telling me which medication he was going to prescribe me and I mentioned I'd love to have liquid since I have a hard time swallowing pills because they get stuck in my throat... and guess what he said without no hesitation!!! He said, "Well, that's pretty common for people with such bad sinus problems, like yours." What? Really?! I'm not just crazy?! My counselor keeps telling me that I need to just swallow big pills and not cut them up and get over my anxiety but I really don't think it's just my anxiety. I know that definitely doesn't help the situation but I just feel like something isn't right in there and it's pretty difficult to get pills down. I take small bites even when I eat and sometimes feel like I can barely swallow. Anyways, it was just good to hear that it's a common thing for people in my situation. But, he still has to give me pills for this prescription. Dang it.. My counselor told me that if no doctor has ever told me that something is wrong in there, then I should be fine taking these big pills. When she said that, I thought to myself that maybe there is something wrong but no doctor has ever checked. But, Dr. Burdett just clarified for me that my allergies may be the reason for that.. Hmmm.. Well... Guess we'll see what this medicine does. I HOPE HOPE HOPE and pray that it works and that no biopsy is needed! Please please please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!