  Not Yet Wonderful I'm feeling a little better than before; my throat is better, the congestion is greatly reduced, and my sinuses aren't nearly as bad, but my ears feel no different. They still feel like someone has inflated balloons in my ears, a lot of pressure and discomfort, and my hearing is still impaired. I've been taking antibiotics (Omnicef) since Saturday; shouldn't there be an improvement by now? I have enough left to last me until Monday, and if there's still no difference, I guess I will have to go to the doctor's again (another $55 that I don't have to spend). My cough syrup (Promethazine with Codine) is almost out, and my decongestants (Histex) run out on Tuesday.
That's when I start taking Allegra. I think it's probably the Codine, but whatever it is, something has been knocking me out everyday. I am only up for about 5 hours at a time, then I sleep for 7 or 8 hours. Needless to say, I haven't been very productive. I've been watching TV, playing urlLink marbles on the PC, and playing guitar in between my "naps". I just haven't had any energy at all. Yesterday morning I was at my most active all week: I sat on the porch and played guitar for about an hour, between 7 and 8 am, then I came in and watched TV. I saw a Steve McQueen movie I hadn't seen before, "Junior Bonner", which was pretty good. I tried staying up all day, to get back to a normal sleep pattern, but it only lasted until about 2 or 3pm. I went to bed and woke up around 12:30am and went back to bed around 4am. I woke up this morning around 8:45am. I pet the cat, Stevie, who woke me up, and then I got up and had coffee and donuts. I made the coffee (and cleaned the coffee maker) while mom ran for donuts. Since then, I showered (for the first time all week), played marbles on the PC, and ate lunch. Not much activity, but at least I'm doing a little more each day.
I hope I can stay up all day and get back to a normal sleep pattern, but I just took my Codine, so I don't know if I'll make it past 2 or 3pm again. I have to get a few packages mailed today too, so I need to stay up. Right now, I'm waiting on the mail, to see if I'll have any more packages to mail today. I'd like to list some stuff on eBay tonight too, some CDs and a digital camera that doesn't work (the batteries need to be re-charged). Hopefully, I can get to that tonight too, before my "nap". 
