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Hmm, vasoconstrictors, caffeine has some of that effect, so maybe I'll just settle for some coffee in the morning.

I'm trying out a couple other things starting today, like drinking a crapton more water, and starting a light workout routine, both of which seem to help some.

The ENT said recovery to the point I could breathe again would be around 5 days, but that It could still produce a bit of blood for up to two weeks. He did also mention though that they've recently changed what they shove up your nose to help the healing process. Used to be a spongy type material that would soak up a lot of blood, and be much harder to pull back out. Now, they'll be putting plastic splints held in by a stitch, so that might have to do with faster recovery.

I don't know about the emphysema either. That sorta came from a site with links to purchase home remedies, so that's to be taken with a grain o' salt.

Armok: Haha, fat chance, I live in New Jersey XD

I've never been able to breathe out of both nostrils, but never knew different and ignored it for a very long time (I'm now 21.) Someone had to tell me that I breathe through my mouth when I sleep.

A few weeks ago, an ear nose and throat specialist determined I have a dramatically deviated septum he had called "The deviated septum from hell", along with a sinus infection.

From the information he gave me, and what I gathered from a few google searches is that this has spawned somewhere around 15 or so symptoms such as sleep apnea, frequent sinus headaches, dehydration (40% comes in through air that your nose hydrates,) vocal fatigue (vocal folds also get dehydrated,) heart problems (I suffer occasional heart pain or angina,) lack of oxygen (breathing through your nose keeps air in your lungs longer so they extract more oxygen,) anxiety (because I'm always winded and/or light headed,) and excessive mucous (because the brain thinks I'm losing carbon dioxide too quickly, and this mucous further gets in the way of breathing properly.)

All this can lead to heart attacks (chance to die in my sleep when I'm most oxygen deprived,) and develop emphysema.

So now I'm finally scheduled for a septoplasty, but it's still 2 weeks away because the surgeon was on vacation or some crap, and now I'm feeling more miserable than ever due to stress piling up on top of everything. Now I want to do everything I can to alleviate this the best I can, and starting by picking up those strips you put across your nose to help sleep at night.

Has anyone else had similar sinus issues, resolved them, or is still dealing with them? What else can help?

Arena mode will only get better as more features are added to it, and as mods are created.

Massive Warhammer or Legendary Lands battles anyone?

See how many goblins it takes to bring down a Freezing Wind! (Thousands??)

Well. Orcs invaded and took the fort. Went to do a reclaim only to find the orcs are now friendlies!!!
For all I know though, the same thing could have gone for goblins in vanilla, I don't have much reclaim experience

First things first, I wanna muck around in the arena, to get a quick feel for the new wounds.

Then, I will take a newbie adventurer straight into the first cave I find and try to have some good old fashioned FUN.

I think pretty much the only commercial game this year I'm looking forward to is No More Heroes 2, because it has a bit of personality.

What bugs me most is the dumbing down, and improper design choices, usually in an effort to dumb down (i.e. level autoscaling that doesn't even work ala Oblivion.)

I like graphics, because advancements in technology overall impress me, but I don't want them to deter from gameplay. Not one bit. Too bad so much time and effort goes into graphics when the parent corporation is pushing for a release date, leaving no time to make the game fun.

I used to be a console gamer, because there were quite a few good/great games up to the PS2 era. (loading times don't bother me too much, until they become excessive.) I bought into the newest console generation with an Xbox 360, because I loved Morrowind and was excited for Oblivion, which I thought would be better in every aspect. Do ho ho. 20 hours into that game, and I regretted spending hundreds of dollars earned over one whole summer specifically for that game. Almost lost my faith in video games on the whole.

Fast forward, and I somehow discover Tigsource in '08. Reading stories about some game named Dwarf Fortress I just had to then find and play. Never looked at console games the same way again (except for a couple good Wii titles like No More Heroes, and the obligatory party games for friends, or Mario, Metroid, yadda yadda yadda)

Kitten Shaver: An old game that was Mac only from '95. Cats would run across the screen, and you had  various shaving tools, with scissors being the weakest, unlimited weapon, up to an electric razor.
Shareware, and even had a sequel.

If someone is still gifting, I'd be appreciative of Audiosurf or Evil Genius! I can't promise to gift anything, even to myself because I stupidly closed the account tied to my card.  I'm [DFC] Yougiedeggs.