I dislike visiting Eastern Oregon is that it always, every single time, without fail, makes me sick. I have no idea how I lived there for so many years and wasn't ill, but you know, I had a TON of nosebleeds when I lived there. Had to have it cauterized twice, once they cauterized it and packed my whole nose full of gauze. Oh boy was that fun!
I have a migraine the whole time I'm there. I take a migraine pill or two every single day.
I get dehydrated. I drink and drink and drink. Water. Gatorade. More water. Doesn't matter. When I get home, I am still all dried out.
It takes a week to 10 days for me to start feeling better again. For my skin to stop looking all dry and ashy. For my skin to not feel so... brittle.
I am allergic to sage. Can't eat it, it makes my throat feel all closed up. Not good. If it's raining and there's sage growing, I get like an asthma attack, although I've never had asthma.
I think the sage that grows all over the place there is what causes my nose to get infected. I have a deviated septum on the left side. I get nosebleeds when I come back to Portland, usually they're over in a couple days and fairly mild.
But tonight I had a whopper. Went through a bunch of tissues. It would not stop. It just...poured. I had to pack in ice for about half an hour to get it to even slow down.
I know that the migraine pill I had to take about 2 this afternoon probably didn't help (they raise BP) but it was a nasty nosebleed. Now I'm afraid to touch my nose. I'm afraid I'll rub it in my sleep or forget about it after I get out of the shower in the morning and blow my nose and start it all up again.
I don't visit over there very often.
I'm thinking right now that I don't ever want to go back!!
I am glad you visited and it was the highlight of our summer. Sorry the climate etc. do not agree with you. I just cherish the time you spent with us over here. Take care and let us know how you get along with recovery from the nosebleeds.
ReplyDeleteHoly Shit! It sounds like you are living a nightmare. I shit you not!
ReplyDeleteWish I had learned the cause and cure for what ails you in my 76 years here on earth, but I haven't. :0(
.....and still you have the patience of Job and your awesome wit/humor ....WOW!
(((hugs)))
My son used to get those kinds of nose bleeds - the never-ending kind. One time he bled in school for an hour and the principal sat with him trying to stop the bleed. I don't know the answer to your problem. I've heard of putting vaseline in your nose to keep it moist to prevent nose bleeds. That's all I got.
ReplyDeleteDang! That is rough. I am so sorry.
ReplyDeleteI'd be staying out of that part of Oregon if I were you.
Feel better.
xo jj
Ami - use post-its to remind yourself not to blow your nose. Put them on the tissue box(es); In your bag; write it on your mirror so when it steams up you'll see it.
ReplyDeleteI am sooo glad I rarely get nosebleeds, but I do when I get dehydrated, and I hate them.
Get back to Western State normal soon. [HAH - that would be Western Oregon State normal. In these parts Western State is the local mental hospital.lol]