The Dragon's Cave - New Year

Well, the holidays are done, the kids are back in school, and everything should be getting back to normal. Right? Pshaw. The normal need not apply.

First off, this darned sinus infection is still with me. This is something I get nearly every year around this time--my sinuses get infected, and they drip-drip-drip into the base of my neck, and cause a constant tickle that makes me cough. I went in to the doctor on the Friday before Christmas, and he prescribed Amoxicillin (antibiotic to kill the infection) and Promethezyne (supposedly a heavy cough syrup to help kill the coughs). Neither one of them worked--after 11 days of taking them, the infection was still there, and the cough syrup did absolutely nothing to take away the cough.

Last year when I got this same thing, the same doctor prescribed Zythromicin, and it cleared up the infection in a week and a half. Cough gone. This year, despite the fact that he knew what had worked in the past, he prescribed something different, and it failed. When I called him last week to tell him about the situation, he still didn't go with what worked. Instead, he called in a prescription for a heavier cough syrup and for Claritin-D. He is convinced that the Amoxicillin worked and that I've just got some lingering congestion.

DUH, DOC! I've had this condition for more than 10 years now, I think I know what the problem is! I've tried repeatedly telling him this on multiple occasions, but he just doesn't listen.

(sigh)

I went ahead and purchased the new prescriptions, giving him the benefit of the doubt. I am now in the 5th day of taking the new prescription, and I am still coughing, still feel the tickle in the base of my neck, same as before. Admittedly, the heavier cough syrup is making a small dent in the coughs, though it makes me dizzy and a bit nauseated, and I don't feel comfortable driving. (Thank goodness my carpool is willing to do all of the driving this week while I take the new meds.)

I'm going to complete the prescription, then I'm going to call my doctor and tell him that he's fired. I'm sick of doctors that experiment on you, trying this & trying that instead of simply doing what has been proven to work in the past. I'm going to go find another doctor who will listen to me.

Grrr I'm sick of coughing!

*ahem*

On another note, I get to sing a solo in church this saturday for Stake Conference. I was supposed to sing this solo last September, but the visiting church authority changed the meeting schedule around and my solo got dropped. No problem; it was moved to the next Stake Conference. I get to sing 'Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing'--a very nice piece, I might add. Not difficult, really, but nicely arranged and containing a great message. Hopefully I'll be able to sing properly on Saturday without these dumb coughs getting in the way!