After four months, three courses of antibiotics, two of steroids, and three of antihistamines, I feel like a bionic woman but, unfortunately, my nose is still runny, the bone on my jaw is still sore and the left side of my face still slightly swollen.
At this stage, I kind of made peace with the puffy side of my face that, by the way, I realized helps conceal wrinkles. My doctor didn’t, and sent me instead for an MRI; just in case we are dealing with something else rather than a very nasty and stubborn rhino-sinus.
It comes the day of the MRI and the traveling husband (who had one on his hips a few months earlier) warned me: “You will see, it a super annoying experience. The music to conceal the noise is awful and no matter how much you try is impossible to stay all that time still as they want you to.”
As usual, I willingly ignore his blunt sense of reality and face my destiny. Well, once again the traveling husband was right, the MRI was indeed an experience or, in my case specifically, I should say A REVELATION.
Yess, the MRI revealed my superpower: I am a sleeper, just not like Minnie Driver in that movie from the ’90s. I am an actual SLEEPER, in the sense that I can sleep….everywhere and anyhow.
To be completely honest, I already suspected to have this incredible superpower when I slept through the attempted robbery at my next-door neighbor’s with my neighbor shouting at the intruder from the window and the consequent arrival of the guard’s patrol with the sirens at full volume. Did I mention their alarm went off too?
Also over the years, it became common knowledge that I am the worst travel companion ever because it takes me an average of 5 to 10 minutes to fall asleep when on a means of transport, regardless it is a car, a boat, a bus, the train or a plane.
Still, you need to be sure of your superpower before going around showing off your gift. The last thing you want is to look presumptuous but, let’s face it, falling asleep, twice, during a brain and face MRI, requires some skill that not everybody has.
So, here I go into the tube, all geared up for the occasion, hospital scrub, big headphones blasting pop hits from the 90s, and the bell in my hand to call the nurse in case of panic.
I close my eyes , as suggested by the nurse, breathe in and out, and after an undefined time, I hear the nurse screaming in the headphones: “Is everything ok, ?You are very still? all good there?”
“Yes, “I simply answer, slightly puzzled as I thought I was supposed to be still and quiet.
“Remember you just have to squeeze the bell if feeling uncomfortable.” She then added and sent me back in.
I close my eyes, again, I breathe in and breathe out, again, and….next thing I remember is the nurse talking to me:
“Ok, we are done.
“Already? I thought it was supposed to last 40 minutes?” I replied.
“It did,” the nurse said “and you have been very good. As still as a stone.”
“I would say more as still as a sleeper!” I wink at the nurse.
Have you a great week and do not forget to embrace your superpower…..whatever it is😉
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