Just wanted to update everybody on some personal stuff that affects my work with WheelMUD...

For the past 6 months, I've had severe sinus headaches every day. Some days the swelling is so bad that my sinuses bleeds. The only thing that seems to work is Excedrin Migraine. Today was one of those days. The migraine stuff just kicked in (about 20 minutes ago). The Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) doctor gave me a sinus rinse that has helped, but not entirely gotten rid of the pain.

I am having Endoscopic Sinus surgery on December 10th. I was told that it takes about a week to recover from this surgery. This is the first half of my taking care of my sinus problems. The surgery will remove a deviated septum, and remove swollen sinus that is blocking the natural flow in the sinuses. The hope is that this will prevent sinus secretions from accumulating, thus preventing it from irritating the membranes. This should give the sinus membranes time to heal and make the constant swelling go down eventually.

The other half is to deal with allergies. I need to take care of the swelling first, before the specialists can tell for sure what is an actual allergy and what is just a reaction from the swollen sinus tissue.

I have been a virtual prisoner for the last few years, since cologne, perfume, nail polish, hand lotions, and other similar smells make me violently sick. I have missed a bunch of time at work, missed my kids' concerts and games, and can't go to see movies on the opening night. Even though the surgery is scary, I'm looking forward to finally being able to leave the house without the fear of getting violently sick and having to stay in bed for days at a time.

I'll work as I hard as I can to move WheelMUD forward. So if I'm not around for a few days, it's probably that I'm recovering from some sort of sinus pain or allergy attack. Never fear, as I check this place at least once a day.