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All fixed [I hope!]

Well I didn't make it to Thursday.

Right in the middle of preparing for our AS9100 annual surveillance audit at work this morning, my nose started to bleed. Blood was everywhere. It was really embarrassing, and depressing.

Fortunately we have a very understanding auditor, and a lot of good coworkers to pick up the slack for me, as I tried to get the bleeding to stop, and then call the doctors office. I wasn't about to wait till Thursday to get this problem taken care of. I was prepared to beg if need be.

Happily I didn't have to beg. I simply explained my situation to the nurse, and she asked how quickly I could get there. I left work almost immediately, and headed to the doctors office.

So to make a long story short, after an attempt at chemical cauterization didn't work out too well, plus some whining on my part, the doctor ended up performing an electrocauterization. [I don't know why he didn't do that in the first place, it seems the most effective, but......]

So here I am back home, hoping this did the trick, and faced with the challenge of not blowing my nose [hard] for two weeks, nor ride my bike until at least Friday.

I'm just not sure which one of those two things is going to be more painful.
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Luddy said…
I would like to say...Bravo
12:16 PM
Becky said…
I would like to say...Hope you're feeling better and not whinning too much about not riding and/or blowing your nose. For two days I kept chanting to myself "I can do this I can do this". And I did, but only because I had an excellent teacher.
2:07 PM
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