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So yesterday I woke up feeling as if a helmet was tight against my head and I couldn't hear very well --out of either ear. Since I had to await fedex till 3pm I couldn't even think about going to the doc. I assumed it was a sinus infection brought on my flying with a cold--tried to not freak out as I asked friends/family about it--my sister said she experienced the same thing returning from Europe last week. My mom suggested I put a warm compress across the bridge of my nose and under my eyes. Oh yeah, and the whites of my eyes were getting red and had junk leaking from them. Oh goody! I figured if none of this got better by Monday it was to the doc I go. I started taking decongestants.

So....I woke up this morning and the hearing is back to normal--yay! And the eyes not as bad as they were--yay! I'll still have to wear my eyeglasses rather than contacts, something I haven't done since my ER visit to St Vincents several years ago, as a result of bad lens stuff I used when stuck in Yonkers during the blackout. I've been tossing in eyedrops every once in awhile. I hope I don't scare the horses (or in reality, my brunch companions and later, the kittens I plan to check out in the Union Square Petco).

Glad to see LJ/facebook connection seems to be back to normal.