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Where is Waldo, ‘er Heather?

Sorry for the lack of posts lately. When I check my usage log and see that some of you are coming back several times to check in, and I know there’s nothing new to read, the journalist in me just feels bad. Grin! I’ve been avoiding the computer as much as possible for a few days.

With the exception of right now, and late Saturday night, I’ve had a steady headache since Thursday night. It seems worse when I look at the computer screen, so I’ve been restricting my screen viewing to essential tasks i.e. urgent Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome business and stuff for work. Blogging has had to wait. So has checking in with all my friends! Sorry!

What’s up with the headache, you ask? I have no idea. It seems like I’ve had a lot of them lately. My stress level isn’t horrible right now, so I don’t think that’s it. I just saw the eye doctor at NIH, so while it could be eye strain, I doubt it. I have chronic sinus problems so that’s a possible. And, then, there’s the Pirfenidone/placebo. I don’t remember reading about headaches as a possible side effect, but who knows. Then there’s the tummy cramping over the weekend – so maybe it’s a bug.

It seems like it’s always something, always something minor (thank God!) but always something just disruptive enough to my life as to cause a hassle.

Since my headaches have increased, I’ve started taking my Flonaise again. Trouble is, the Flonaise always causes my nose to bleed after about two weeks (probably Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome related as that would cause me to get nose bleeds easily anyway) and today, sure enough, two minor nose bleeds.

I know you’re supposed to take Flonaise regularly, but I just can’t. (At least without some sort of bank roll at a local clothing outlet to replace all the blouses ruined by my looking down to discover my nose is bleeding.) So, when I can tell my sinuses are acting up, I take it and usually it’s enough to beat down the sinus issues for a while. Then I stop, and the cycle starts all over again. Grin!

Anyway, that’s why I’ve got this list that’s a half a page long of topics I want to blog about, and yet – no blogging. Guess I’d better get busy tonight! But, I do have to prepare a few things for interviews tomorrow at work. We’ll see how the night goes.
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