A Long (Sick) Day
Yesterday was one heck of a day.
As noted in yesterday's blog entry, I had made a doctor's appointment since my illness has gone on too long and the coughing has gotten much worse.
The appointment was originally scheduled for 4:00 pm, but as I was eating lunch the doctor's receptionist called, and said that I could come in any time, as the office wasn't too busy for the day. Mom decided to come with me, since she wanted me to take her grocery shopping afterwards, so...
The doctor and I talked and then he examined me. The diagnosis was a severe case of bronchitis, since he could hear the crackling in my lungs, and so he put me on a dose of antibiotic, the Biaxin stuff, for ten (10) days and said that I should get a bit of rest, if possible. He also told me that when I was well again, I needed to come in and have both the flu shot and the pneumonia shot, as the "season" was going to be brutal for both.
From the doctor's office, I drove over to the nearest First Choice Haircutters, and finally got a haircut. I hadn't been for a haircut since before I left for GenCon back in August, so it had been a while and I was somewhat shaggy. When I left the salon, I felt like I might have lost 3 lbs. or so. Might have, given that the stylist cut off almost 2 inches (!!) of my hair!
From there, it was over to the local Independent Grocery, where I would take in the antibotic prescription to the pharmacy and also help mom do the grocery shopping. Suffice to say, I was there for almost 1.5 hours (as my mom's getting up there in years, and she's somewhat...slow), but picked up a good $60 worth of groceries for myself. I took mom back to her place, and helped her unload the groceries she'd bought, and then we went back to my place and unloaded those groceries, and made supper for her.
By the time I'd taken mom home, and then returned from the house after supper, it was close to 10:00 pm.
I was knackered. And coughing away like hell.
But life goes on, right?
As noted in yesterday's blog entry, I had made a doctor's appointment since my illness has gone on too long and the coughing has gotten much worse.
The appointment was originally scheduled for 4:00 pm, but as I was eating lunch the doctor's receptionist called, and said that I could come in any time, as the office wasn't too busy for the day. Mom decided to come with me, since she wanted me to take her grocery shopping afterwards, so...
The doctor and I talked and then he examined me. The diagnosis was a severe case of bronchitis, since he could hear the crackling in my lungs, and so he put me on a dose of antibiotic, the Biaxin stuff, for ten (10) days and said that I should get a bit of rest, if possible. He also told me that when I was well again, I needed to come in and have both the flu shot and the pneumonia shot, as the "season" was going to be brutal for both.
From the doctor's office, I drove over to the nearest First Choice Haircutters, and finally got a haircut. I hadn't been for a haircut since before I left for GenCon back in August, so it had been a while and I was somewhat shaggy. When I left the salon, I felt like I might have lost 3 lbs. or so. Might have, given that the stylist cut off almost 2 inches (!!) of my hair!
From there, it was over to the local Independent Grocery, where I would take in the antibotic prescription to the pharmacy and also help mom do the grocery shopping. Suffice to say, I was there for almost 1.5 hours (as my mom's getting up there in years, and she's somewhat...slow), but picked up a good $60 worth of groceries for myself. I took mom back to her place, and helped her unload the groceries she'd bought, and then we went back to my place and unloaded those groceries, and made supper for her.
By the time I'd taken mom home, and then returned from the house after supper, it was close to 10:00 pm.
I was knackered. And coughing away like hell.
But life goes on, right?