Boo Hoo

Not that anyone cares about my nose issues, but I felt the need to share all the same.

For three weeks now I've had nose bleeds. This is not only unacceptable, but really quite unheard of for me. Sure, sure I've had a yucky bloody nose before due to sinus infections and whatnot, but never an actual NOSE BLEED. I'm nearly 30 and my nose has never bled before.

Three weeks ago, I woke up feeling quite grand and was getting ready for a first birthday party, when my nose started bleeding for no reason at all. Ten minutes later, when it finally decided to stop, I was a little worried. I brushed it off to the fact that three days before I had a MASSIVE headache and had taken six Advil just to dull the pain (the headache only left completely after about 12 hours of sleep, another unheard of thing for me).

That was on a Saturday, the following Wednesday it happened again. This time I woke up, took my cat to the vet, then came home and took a nap. Fifteen minutes after waking up, lo and behold, another nose bleed. Fifteen minutes later and I finally got it to stop.


The following Monday night I had another nosebleed at work. Took twenty minutes this time.

I had convinced myself I could manage without going to the doctor. People kept telling me my sinuses were probably just dry from the cold weather (even though my sinus had never done this before), so I decided to just leave it at that. However, this week, I have managed a nose bleed every single day. So, I reluctantly made a doctor's appointment.

Today was that appointment. After the exam (which consisted of a light in both nostrils) the doctor informed me she saw a "hole" in one of my veins in the left nostril (which is where the bleeding was coming from). She told me to use saline solution nose spray, a humidifier, and Vaseline to combat my dry, irritated nose and my vein would heal itself. If that doesn't work, then I will have to get a referral to a specialist and they will BURN the hole closed. I repeat...BURN the hole closed.

So I got what she told me to get and guess what? No luck. In fact, now the nose bleeds are worse. Whereas they used to only come when I blew my nose, now they just spring a leak whenever they feel like it. I have had so many nosebleeds today/tonight, that I've lost count. I can't move without running to get tissue and pinching my nose together. I've ruined my shirt. And quite frankly, I'm disgusted. As gross as it is for all ya'll to hear about my nose problems, imagine how gross it is for me. I only talk about it because I'm worried too death about it.

Now its BOTH nostrils that bleed. It takes longer and longer to make them stop. I'm worried that I will have to get both sides burned closed, something I am NOT looking forward too at all. But mostly, I'm worried about my little head. Two years ago I was in a wreck that left me with "closed head trauma" and I still do not remember a darn thing about it. I don't know if the leaking pipes have anything to do with the head injury, but it scares me too death that it does.

I am not happy with my current situation at all. :-(