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This is a big deal. It’s the first time I’ve sneezed since the sinus surgery. All the packing is out, and I’m not allowed to sniffle or blow my nose. There are clots all over the place in my sinuses, and if I upset one of them, I could hemmorhage and bleed all over myself. That would be bad. Holding on a sneeze or sneezing through my nose would be too much force on the blood vessels and clots up there, and could be seriously bad, so I have orders to sneeze in my mouth open. As a result, I’ve been afraid of sneezing at all.

I just sneezed, though, and everything is fine. My nose is ok.

In fact, today is my first day with the gauze removed. I’ve been taping gauze under my nose like 23hrs a day since I got home, often with a mask over it to hide the pinkness from unsuspecting onlookers. Nobody wants to see my blood while they’re eating lunch, you know. So today I’m gauze-free and loving it. I gave Kia a kiss when I left. I drove all the way to work. I’ve been chatting with coworkers. I’ve been just sitting dutifully at my desk, typing away, and there are no problems. My nose was a little runny over lunch, so I had to wipe a few times, but I went to lunch with a friend who is also a nurse, so it was no big deal.

We went to Panera, in fact. I had a big sandwich and a bowl of soup. Not a half sandwich pick2, mind you. No, I ate a lot of damn food. And it was awesome. My friend ordered my favorite sandwich there, but they gave her the wrong one. She ended up with a Panini, and can’t have cheese, so she couldn’t eat it. I had the cashier fix it, and they let us keep the wrong sandwich, so I’ve got that in a bag for later. SO MUCH FOOD! I’m thrilled. It’s the only way I’m going to make it through the day. I had two donuts, a cup of organic blueberry yogurt, coffee, and I think something else for breakfast. I’ve been consistently eating like 30-50% more food each meal since the surgery-nausea dissipated. Piggy :8)

Life is great.