Update on the Sickness of the Girl
Apr. 4th, 2005 04:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
same_skyI visited two doctors today before I even had lunch. M was totally insistent that I go back today because things were Bad yesterday around here, and I had another, more routine appointment already scheduled. My cough changed, mainly, and instead of being a dry hacking sound, it was more like I was underwater and couldn't get enough air. It was actually kind of scary, so I agreed with him after minimal fuss. And then, I had the eye thing going on and the fact that I still feel crappy instead of nearly well, and hey, my co-pay is just ten bucks and since I am paying an absolute fortune for this insurance, I might as well go when there's a question, right?
Anyway, my new diagnosis is: I am unlucky. His word, not mine. (The doctor, by the way, got on my nerves because he enjoyed that I'm-a-doctor-and-will-use-big-words-to-make-you-shut-up thing. He had kind hands, though, when he was feeling my poor abused neck.) Apparently, I have sinusitis. (That link made me laugh because they refer to a "bunged up nose".. silly British English!) Also, my ear infection is still raging unchecked, mostly in my right ear (which is not the one that hurts, incidentally.) And yes, pink eye.. though that's much better now that it was Saturday, so it's far down on the list currently of things that concern me. I'm still hoping that my left eye will just stay out of it.. it might happen. And did I mention that my voice is gone? Yesterday there was nothing but a wheezy whisper, but today the occasional vowel will squeak through, with great relunctance. It was frustrating yesterday because I kept thinking of things to say, but it was rarely worth the energy required to whisper them. Anyway, he gave me a couple of cough-related prescriptions, which I dutifully took to the pharmacy and my husband will dutifully pick up on his way home from work, and changed my antibiotic to a stronger one. Given that I was already complaining about how the last one hurts my stomach, I'm pretty happy about that. Oh, and he gave me samples of the antibiotic, so for once, I didn't have to pay for something. Of course, I paid for the one he's making me throw away now... but who's counting?
I've been to that office four times now, and have now seen four out of five of their physicians. I seem to be collecting them, much in the manner of action figures, or McDonald's toys. I wouldn't mind keeping an incomplete set if that meant I was going to get well sometime soon.
My husband is really cute, but I think I'll wait until I can take a picture of him to show you why. He's still on the decline into sickness, but it seems to be a slow-moving thing for him--he's at work today. I need to send the boy to obedience lessons because I clearly told him NOT to get sick, but does he listen? Of course not.
And my mommy got a camera phone, and I am so jealous that I want to cry. We had this big discusson on Saturday, where M and I urged them to go change their phones and their plans because they are getting screwed (this was not the word we used when talking to them) and their phones are four years old, and I said I wanted a fun new phone, preferably one that flips open. Mom laughed at me because last Sunday, a different conversation was taking place about cellphones, and M declared that flippy phones suck, as they break more than non-flip phones. This went on for a minute until finally I said, "I don't care, they look cool and I want one," and M grinned and said, "yeah, me too," and that made Mom laugh a lot I think sometimes she doesn't get that his negativity is kind of a front. But, hey, don't tell anyone, alright? He doesn't like people to know that he's not always cynical and mean. (Strangely, M has worked for two cellular companies since he's lived here. This has caused him to have Strong Opinions sometimes.) And then Mom went out the next day and changed their plan and got my phone! And I have to wait until September to get a new phone! *sneef* Although, I guess it was worth it to hear my dad say, very solemnly, that they wanted to get rid of ugly overages. I guess that's only funny if you've heard those commercials.
Where am I even going with this? Oh. Right. Nowhere.
Anyway, my new diagnosis is: I am unlucky. His word, not mine. (The doctor, by the way, got on my nerves because he enjoyed that I'm-a-doctor-and-will-use-big-words-to-make-you-shut-up thing. He had kind hands, though, when he was feeling my poor abused neck.) Apparently, I have sinusitis. (That link made me laugh because they refer to a "bunged up nose".. silly British English!) Also, my ear infection is still raging unchecked, mostly in my right ear (which is not the one that hurts, incidentally.) And yes, pink eye.. though that's much better now that it was Saturday, so it's far down on the list currently of things that concern me. I'm still hoping that my left eye will just stay out of it.. it might happen. And did I mention that my voice is gone? Yesterday there was nothing but a wheezy whisper, but today the occasional vowel will squeak through, with great relunctance. It was frustrating yesterday because I kept thinking of things to say, but it was rarely worth the energy required to whisper them. Anyway, he gave me a couple of cough-related prescriptions, which I dutifully took to the pharmacy and my husband will dutifully pick up on his way home from work, and changed my antibiotic to a stronger one. Given that I was already complaining about how the last one hurts my stomach, I'm pretty happy about that. Oh, and he gave me samples of the antibiotic, so for once, I didn't have to pay for something. Of course, I paid for the one he's making me throw away now... but who's counting?
I've been to that office four times now, and have now seen four out of five of their physicians. I seem to be collecting them, much in the manner of action figures, or McDonald's toys. I wouldn't mind keeping an incomplete set if that meant I was going to get well sometime soon.
My husband is really cute, but I think I'll wait until I can take a picture of him to show you why. He's still on the decline into sickness, but it seems to be a slow-moving thing for him--he's at work today. I need to send the boy to obedience lessons because I clearly told him NOT to get sick, but does he listen? Of course not.
And my mommy got a camera phone, and I am so jealous that I want to cry. We had this big discusson on Saturday, where M and I urged them to go change their phones and their plans because they are getting screwed (this was not the word we used when talking to them) and their phones are four years old, and I said I wanted a fun new phone, preferably one that flips open. Mom laughed at me because last Sunday, a different conversation was taking place about cellphones, and M declared that flippy phones suck, as they break more than non-flip phones. This went on for a minute until finally I said, "I don't care, they look cool and I want one," and M grinned and said, "yeah, me too," and that made Mom laugh a lot I think sometimes she doesn't get that his negativity is kind of a front. But, hey, don't tell anyone, alright? He doesn't like people to know that he's not always cynical and mean. (Strangely, M has worked for two cellular companies since he's lived here. This has caused him to have Strong Opinions sometimes.) And then Mom went out the next day and changed their plan and got my phone! And I have to wait until September to get a new phone! *sneef* Although, I guess it was worth it to hear my dad say, very solemnly, that they wanted to get rid of ugly overages. I guess that's only funny if you've heard those commercials.
Where am I even going with this? Oh. Right. Nowhere.
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Date: 2005-04-04 08:47 pm (UTC)It made me smile!
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Date: 2005-04-04 08:50 pm (UTC)hee! you're so cute. :)
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Date: 2005-04-04 10:41 pm (UTC)And don't cry, but guess what I got for my birthday? One of those flip phones with a camera. I have been taking pictures with it, but they all totally suck. I want to take pictures of Mike's private parts and e-mail them to random people but he won't let me.
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Date: 2005-04-04 11:08 pm (UTC)I am incredibly jealous of the flippy camera phone you got for your birthday--and happy birthday, by the way! I know that the pictures will suck but it just doesn't seem to matter because the idea is just so cool. And men are such prudes when it comes to the random private part emails. I just don't get it.
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