or "Why Anna has been AWOL."
I've spent the last week plus battling and then recovering from another major sinus episode, complete with oral steriods, an inhaler, and lots of antibiotics. The good news is that there may be a reason I've had several really bad (dare I say epic) sinus infections: the doctor I saw at the prompt care clinic last Friday suggested that I may have asthma.
Asthma is not outside the realm of possibility and given what I've learned about it in the last week, the diagnosis would make a lot of sense. I have an appointment with my regular physician in a week (sooner if they can get me in) and an inhaler for the meantime. Cross your fingers for me! I'm hoping its asthma; the inhaler I have right now helps massively but makes me very jittery.
I'm trying to get caught up on homework as quickly as I can. My first half semester class is almost over, and I'll have a week or so between classes to get caught up on my full semester class assignments. Hopefully after that's taken care of I can maintain a steady pace and work on tack!
I shipped out the Show for the Cure donation today, and next on the list is another go at the Aussie Stock Saddle. I put the knee blocks on the apoxie tree and made a barcoo bridle before I got sick. The tree is now thoroughly cured. I'm hoping to don a mask (yay asthma!) and finish some last minute shaping and then launch into construction. Fingers crossed the leather tree pattern won't need too much adjustment.
That covers asthma and Aussies...the Asus is my new laptop! I've had my eye on this model since I started scoping them out at the beginning of the year. It's a 15.6" machine with an 8gb memory, 750gb hard drive, i7 processor, and a touch screen! It's running Windows 8 and honestly, while the touch screen is helpful, it hasn't been necessary. Win8 is different and 'quirky' but certainly not the doomsday scenario I thought it would be.
This laptop is a massive leap above my almost 5yo desktop. I can finally run Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign at their full potential!
So there's a quick update. Hopefully I'll have something better to show in a week or so - like a finished saddle!
Get well soon! But I wouldn't hope for asthma because this would acompany you for the rest of your life with lots of "features" you wouldn't want to have..
ReplyDeleteThanks for the well wishes. I probably should have been more clear - I don't necessarily want asthma, but having it would mean that I could start a maintenance form of treatment that would probably reduce or eliminate these horrible, debilitating sinus infections that I've been getting. These things are causing me to miss work and stay in bed for days, and it's just not productive. Asthma can be treated and maintained, and a daily inhaler is far better than these near-monthly rounds of antibiotics. Right now it's asthma and treatment or something else...and asthma's not that scary.
ReplyDeleteOk, I see your point! Anyway get well and let's hope for the best! :)
ReplyDeleteUrgh, here's hoping you can find a treatment to work around! I have very mild asthma and there's nothing worse than feeling like you can't take a full breath!
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