My mind has been infected
I'd hoped that dropping a few references to it in my last post would help exorcise the song that's going round and round in my head, but it just won't stop. I woke up yesterday morning humming the "Still Alive" song from the Portal credits, literally humming it before my mind had figured out where I was. That's not normal. I haven't played the game for over a year, but I still spent all morning humming it; I tried listening to it on a loop for a few hours to try to make my mind sick of it. It didn't, and now I know the lyrics, so keep finding myself singing it. Woke up again this morning mid-verse. It just won't leave me alone. Help?
In other news, yesterday I went to see a consultant. I wasn't quite sure why I was going - I'd been to my GP concerning my nose again, and he'd referred me to another ENT consultant, but then the second letter arrived for another consultant. I showed up and it turned out he was the allergy consultant; he gave me a pin prick test, where he dabs blobs of samples of things I might be allergic to, then drives a pin through deep into the skin. It turns out I'm allergic to grass and wheat pollen, or something like that. And unsurprisingly I'm also allergic to being allergic to things - I reacted particularly well to the positive control test. Still, I now know I'm not allergic to cats, dogs or shrimp, which will be very handy next time I go to a pet store.
Anyway, look at me still talking when there's science to do. Laters.
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For a long, long time I thought I had an allergy that was causing me to have a regular snotty nose and sneezing. My nose would start to run for no apparent reason and literally not stop until I went to sleep.
Eventually ascertained that it wasn't an allergy at all, but a very sensitive spot on the inside of my nose which, when disturbed, acts like a switch that inflames my sinuses and sets off the symptoms.
Bet that's annoying - guessing there's nothing you can do to prevent it? Other than not sticking things up it, I guess! How did you find out that? Investigative poking?
My nose doesn't do anything particularly violent, it just doesn't smell well, and keeps leaking - there's a little droplet on the end of my nose now. I wouldn't be surprised if I'm single-handedly keeping Kleenex in business. It's great.
I've now seen 5 GPs and 3 consultants about it, and none of them have helped - although one did put me under general anaesthetic for an operation I didn't need that only made things worse. It's reached the point where I'm thinking I should just give up and accept my fate - after all, it's a pretty trivial problem, I always feel like I'm wasting the doctors' time from dealing with people with real health issues.
The cake is great! It's so delicious and moist!
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