the nose knows

[stef_tm]

Cutting and pasting from the Book of Face (ironically)

[stef_tm] is the klutziest person in all of California. I broke my nose SLEEPING ON THE PLANE from BOS to SFO.

What happened: I passed out and slept with my face against my laptop on the tray table. No, I was not drunk.

in a later comment to my friend Jim I said "the sad part is I slept for a half hour. My head would have sheared in half had I slept all 6.5 hours!"


Came home on Wednesday/Thursday (midnight) nose hurt and was congested. All day Thursday my nose was running and I had terrible sinus pain. This morning did a series of neti rinses, heard a giant pop, and then a large section of my nose moved 5mm to the right. It hurts.


I have a (second) phone appointment with Kaiser at 5:50. I expect to be told to ice and use ibuprofen (which is what they say for everything, save massive bleeding.)

Comments

[yaaresse.livejournal.com]

Wha? How?
That had to be some hellacious turbulence.

[stef-tm.livejournal.com]

Actually they put me on antibiotics and claim it may be cellulitis (with a concern that being in the nose it could go to the brain.)

[yaaresse.livejournal.com]

Granted, I'm no doctor, but I've never heard of cellulitus making your bones pop and move.

You must be very flexible to have gotten into that position during the flight.

[6-bleen-7.livejournal.com]

Ouch! Sounds kind of like a deviated septum. Hope you get better!

[stef-tm.livejournal.com]

GF claims my note is distinctly pointed to the left. The doctor diagnosed infection and I on sulphur drugs.