sorcamc
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Please help me! I live at Sea Level. The 3rd week of Jan went to Tahoe, Amazing- loved it, little altitude adjustment/headaches, but nothing major. it was SO dry though that I had a hard time sleeping bc I felt like my nostrils were burning. I started having nose bleeds there from the dryness, but nothing crazy...just bloody boogies/snots that I'd blow- not like heavy bleeds. They lasted a few days after return. Then a few days later, I started with a super dry hacking cough that wouldn't go away and sinus pressure/cold type symptoms. Took OTC meds for a week, but with a trip to Breck coming up decided to go to Urgent care. They told me I had an ear infix and prescribed antibiotic, steroid, inhaler, and a cough numbing med...she said, get the sinuses fixed before you travel. That was a Monday, travel was Saturday. Felt GREAT for travel....Great trip, (aside from some altitude sickness at beginning and ears started feeling full/heavy/clogged, but not painful)
Flew home last Friday. Told hubby my right ear felt clogged still and was gonna make appt with ENT. Well, Sunday AM I woke up and felt like Id been punched in the nose..My nose was so swollen! The left side only, but God my nose was huge. It isnt stuffed up, but literally looks like I broke it. My ENT appt isnt for a month. Wondering if I should go to Urgent Care? like, WHAT could cause my nose to swell up so much? i'm taking anti-inflammatories, Neti Pot, Mucinex, Flonase and it goes down a bit, but still super tender to the touch. Could this be as simple as an altitude change? Was I abducted by aliens for a medieval lobotomy? Im curious if anyone has been thru similar and also if I should go to urgent care/derm? I dont want my nose to stay deformed!
Flew home last Friday. Told hubby my right ear felt clogged still and was gonna make appt with ENT. Well, Sunday AM I woke up and felt like Id been punched in the nose..My nose was so swollen! The left side only, but God my nose was huge. It isnt stuffed up, but literally looks like I broke it. My ENT appt isnt for a month. Wondering if I should go to Urgent Care? like, WHAT could cause my nose to swell up so much? i'm taking anti-inflammatories, Neti Pot, Mucinex, Flonase and it goes down a bit, but still super tender to the touch. Could this be as simple as an altitude change? Was I abducted by aliens for a medieval lobotomy? Im curious if anyone has been thru similar and also if I should go to urgent care/derm? I dont want my nose to stay deformed!