why sinusitis is my illness of choice... or "is it april? must be time for sinusitis!"

erica's post on taking a more positive view on things has prompted me to try and look on the bright side and steer this blog into sunnier climes.

so when the creche cold (thanks w) resisted echinacea and ginger and lots of fluids and turned viciously into full blown sinusitis i resisted my usual eeyore view on things and tried to look for the positive.

so here are the top 10 reasons why i would tick the sinusitis box on the ill health menu:

1. it's much better than any gastro bug you would care to name
2. there's no consequential cleaning up (see 1)
3. it's cheaper to fix than toothache
4. you don't have to go to hospital
5. it doesn't hurt as much as labour or a broken bone
6. it's not fatal
7. cups of hot tea are part of the cure
8. although it is a seasonal affliction on the seahorsean schnozz, it's not a permanent feature
9. it's not as bad as morning sickness (see 1 and 2)
10. umm i'll get back to you on 10

despite 1-10 i wouldn't refuse judiciously offered sympathy especially as i was awake until 4 o'clock this morning trying to stop my face hurting and wondering if it was, in fact, toothache (if you've never had this affliction the pressure in your sinuses can build up and press on the nerves in your teeth which is most owwwy, especially in the murk midnight when sympathisers are few).

oh i just thought of #10 - my GP suggested that i have a scan done to see what's happening under the surface (i suspect they look like catacombs). i must confess that my first thought was that the ct film could make an interesting quilt - now there is nothing about gastro that you would want to turn into a quilt, hmmm?

how was that for looking on the bright side?