Sorry for the silence

[jonoxer]

For the last couple of months I've been mostly absent from the forums, and in fact fairly silent on email and other places as well. I apologise for that, but unfortunately I had a bit of a medical issue that's now in the final stages of being sorted out. If you want to hear my tale of woe:

http://jon.oxer.com.au/blog/id/393

In any case, I'm going to try catching up on messages and unanswered posts so hopefully I'll be better at keeping up in future.
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Jon

[bwooce]

Great to hear you are on the mend, I did wonder why it was so quiet around here.

Best of luck with your recovery, and I hope you're back making stuff soon. Perhaps a optimal hospital round scheduler

Bruce

[Flymo]

Oooh, man. I feel for you! (belatedly)

That is one bad thing to have.
Been something I lived with since my teens, recurring monthly sometimes. Then they put me on anti-allergy medication, and I now get through six months at a time without a hint of sinusitis. If it comes back again, well worth checking out the allergy possibility.

Good luck, hope it all comes good for you.

[jonoxer]

Hi Bruce and Flymo, thanks for the comments!

Flymo, I'm really sorry to hear it's been such a long-term problem for you. I hope you manage to find other ways to keep it at bay, and things improve dramatically. It's amazing how much pain it can cause.
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Jon

[oliver]

Good luck and get well soon Jon.

[liveitnerd]

So sorry to hear you've been sick but so glad you re on the mend. Take it slowly and carefully to make sure you are better before returning to "normal" life.

[jonoxer]

Thanks for the well wishes! I'm feeling really good now, but I saw the ENT surgeon again yesterday and to my surprise the latest CT scan shows there's still quite a problem. I'm not experiencing any symptoms, but the report phrased it something like "minor improvement" compared to the previous scan, which was taken when I was totally messed up. It looks like the underlying cause is still there, even though the symptoms are (as far as I can tell) totally gone.

Anyway, enough about my problems. They're trivial compared to what many people suffer through, so I have it pretty good. Nothing to complain about at all. Better to spend the time playing with fun electronics than thinking about the bad stuff
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Jon

[csconsulting]

I kinda know how you feel jon, just went on my honeymoon and had both maxillary sinuses infected. It was bacterial, and ended up with a 10mg injection in my arm. It was shitty as hell.

Get on the mend. Oh and i found drinking a LOT of water helped a lot with the draining of my sinuses.

[jonoxer]

Erg, I'm sorry to hear it got you too, and on your honeymoon! That totally sucks. Perhaps you need to arrange a second honeymoon once you're fully recovered to make up for it.

I hope you're recovering fast.
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Jon

[csconsulting]

Yea the augmentin did a great job.

There is a bunch of spammers on the forums atm, do you have a member deleting them?