Fun in the sun!
Had a fun, but kind of exhausting weekend. Highlight was yesterday when we went out to the Schedel Arboretum and Gardens with my boss and the 3 workers from India that have been at Glasstech for a few months. I put those pics up on Picasaweb here.
After that, Kelley, Maryellen and myself returned home for steaks, peppers and eggplant from the grill. The steak was great. I made a rub the night before from multi-colored peppercorns, brown mustard seed and some cayenne in a mortar & pestle. Let it “soak in” to the steak overnight and it was GOOD! Kelley then graced us with some home-made shortcake for a decadent dessert!
I didn’t take enough pictures of the food 🙁 but here’s some pics from the rest of the afternoon. It was fun!
Now I’m waiting to hear back regarding the CT scan from last week. Dr. Adappa wants to do surgery on my nose to repair my deviated septum at the least, but the CT is to check my sinuses for inflammation and/or polyps and to consider “going deeper” with the surgery. I’m not at all thrilled with the idea, but I will entertain it and will talk with as many people who have had the surgery before going through with it. Anyone have any great sinus surgery success stories??
2 comments June 18 2007 5:42 am | Pepperguy | Grant
No good sinus suggestion stories but they better take good care of that nose – we love that nose 🙂
I had the exact surgery you are describing including the D.S and “…deeper”. Be forewarned, it will fix some problems yet cause others. My nose is rarely congested anymore but is almost always dry. If I don’t drink water constantly to stay hydrated my nose becomes dry and very painful. Still a better trade than the trouble I had sleeping from congestion but no “Fun in the Sun” either. You also need to get used to the idea of “irrigating” on a daily basis for the foreseeable future. You literally use a waterpik and shove a blunt end in one nostril and the water goes through your sinuses and washes everything out. It’s a necessity to prevent you from getting back into the constant sinusitis.
Anyway, the pros: I rarely if ever get a sinus infection and I am almost never congested. This coming from ALWAYS having a sinus infection and being congested. For all of the problems I have today, it’s still better than before.
My advice: Ask your doctor about the dryness problem. If it wasn’t for that I would be on cloud 9.