What started out as a tickle in my throat and a little cough TEN DAYS AGO is still lingering. I have done very little this week compared to all that I had planned to do.
A high point:
I had a physical scheduled on the day that my cough got bad.
It was/is the kind of cough that gets bad if I:
a) get too hot
b) don't have a cough drop in my mouth
c) breathe in too fast or deep
or
d) think, "Hey, I haven't coughed for awhile!"
I smartly took the elevator to the doctor's office rather than climbing the stairs which would have led to a coughing fit. That would have been terrible!
The temperature in Cache Valley has been slightly below normal for June (feels more like March) so I had on a jacket. While signing in and paying I noticed a sign that said patients with a cough should ask for a mask. I decided I'd ask for one just as soon as I was finished paying.
My throat started to tickle and I began clearing my throat while rummaging for a cough drop in my purse. The receptionist thought I was trying to get her to hurry up and said, "Sorry, just a minute." to which I also apologized.
About this time I felt really overheated and knew I was going to start coughing. I excused myself to the far end of the waiting room and began to have a coughing fit. It was a hands on my knees, tears running down my face, dry heaving, trying to get my jacket off, purse falling to the floor, grabbing the wall kind of a coughing fit.
To summarize, I looked pretty sexy.
Let me pause to tell you that the doctor I was seeing was an internist. Our awesome family doctor moved recently and I wanted to find a new one. This doctor was suggested by my mom. I did not know what internal medicine was. I now know it mostly involves being a senior citizen because the waiting room was filled with me hacking on one end and some elderly folks on the other. I'm sure you can envision the looks on their faces when I turned around, my face wet with tears. Afraid. That is how they looked. They came for their physicals just like I did and now here I was spreading my germs all over the waiting room.
As you can imagine, the receptionist nearly threw the box of masks at me. There are no instructions on how to put those things on so I ended up wearing it upside down and inside out.
I ended up waiting for the doctor for OVER AN HOUR and had my physical. During my physical I learned that I have a hole in my ear drum. What?!? I was too sick to think of any obvious questions one might have like:
How long has it been there?
How did it get there?
Will it get bigger?
How does one hear with a hole in their ear drum?
He then conclude by telling me that I probably had "just a cold."
Two days later I ended up calling for some antibiotics due to the fact that in addition to my just-a-cold, I obviously also had a raging sinus infection. I won't go into any details other than sinus infections are seriously gross.
I'm still looking for an awesome family doctor in Cache Valley if anyone has any suggestions.
On to 12 pictures from Saturday, June 12. Remember I was feeling majorly crappy and had little energy to do anything slightly creative.
We decided to go for a drive and get a pop. Here is Fluke carrying Abs up the stairs. Exciting, I know.
A high point:
I had a physical scheduled on the day that my cough got bad.
It was/is the kind of cough that gets bad if I:
a) get too hot
b) don't have a cough drop in my mouth
c) breathe in too fast or deep
or
d) think, "Hey, I haven't coughed for awhile!"
I smartly took the elevator to the doctor's office rather than climbing the stairs which would have led to a coughing fit. That would have been terrible!
The temperature in Cache Valley has been slightly below normal for June (feels more like March) so I had on a jacket. While signing in and paying I noticed a sign that said patients with a cough should ask for a mask. I decided I'd ask for one just as soon as I was finished paying.
My throat started to tickle and I began clearing my throat while rummaging for a cough drop in my purse. The receptionist thought I was trying to get her to hurry up and said, "Sorry, just a minute." to which I also apologized.
About this time I felt really overheated and knew I was going to start coughing. I excused myself to the far end of the waiting room and began to have a coughing fit. It was a hands on my knees, tears running down my face, dry heaving, trying to get my jacket off, purse falling to the floor, grabbing the wall kind of a coughing fit.
To summarize, I looked pretty sexy.
Let me pause to tell you that the doctor I was seeing was an internist. Our awesome family doctor moved recently and I wanted to find a new one. This doctor was suggested by my mom. I did not know what internal medicine was. I now know it mostly involves being a senior citizen because the waiting room was filled with me hacking on one end and some elderly folks on the other. I'm sure you can envision the looks on their faces when I turned around, my face wet with tears. Afraid. That is how they looked. They came for their physicals just like I did and now here I was spreading my germs all over the waiting room.
As you can imagine, the receptionist nearly threw the box of masks at me. There are no instructions on how to put those things on so I ended up wearing it upside down and inside out.
I ended up waiting for the doctor for OVER AN HOUR and had my physical. During my physical I learned that I have a hole in my ear drum. What?!? I was too sick to think of any obvious questions one might have like:
How long has it been there?
How did it get there?
Will it get bigger?
How does one hear with a hole in their ear drum?
He then conclude by telling me that I probably had "just a cold."
Two days later I ended up calling for some antibiotics due to the fact that in addition to my just-a-cold, I obviously also had a raging sinus infection. I won't go into any details other than sinus infections are seriously gross.
I'm still looking for an awesome family doctor in Cache Valley if anyone has any suggestions.
On to 12 pictures from Saturday, June 12. Remember I was feeling majorly crappy and had little energy to do anything slightly creative.
We decided to go for a drive and get a pop. Here is Fluke carrying Abs up the stairs. Exciting, I know.
Snapping her into her car seat. Yes, she sucks her thumb and yes she also sleeps 12 hours overnight so suck it.
Rainy!
Waiting for my Diet Pepsi. Notice Abby has removed her barrette and is inspecting it. Enthralling, no?
Back at home, Abby is playing with her castle thing. I bought it at TJ Maxx for like, 6 dollars and she has actively played with it since she was about 5 months old. It has a little shoot that you can drop things into. She loves it.
I recently read A Walk in the Woods which I absolutely loved and highly recommend. I love books that make me laugh out loud. I liked it so much I wanted to read more so I got the book In a Sunburned Country because Fluke went on an LDS mission to Australia and have laughed out loud reading this one as well. I now know more about Australia than you do.
Abby waiting patiently for dinner. Notice the giant spoon in her hand that she is BANGING on the plate.
Hi Dada! This girl loves her dad.
We got take-out soup from Olive Garden which Abby loved.
Abby is currently into trucks so I was trying to tempt her into the bathtub after the soup bath she took while eating.
Fluke looking triumphant after successfully putting Abby to bed.
We made it through another day! Hooray! You can see how hard I'm trying with the photography on this day. Notice the giant shadows being cast behind us due to me being TOO LAZY TO TURN ON THE LIGHTS. Let's get this freaking twelfth picture over with dang it.
I'm on the mend and excited for the week ahead.
6 comments:
I have read both those books and like them both- but after two I took a break and ventured out to different authors
Um, I remember a very detailed conversation we had when we were probably 13 about how you could not understand what everyone was talking about when they said they wanted a pop, and here you are saying it! Have you forgotten all about soda? You are now a true Utahn.
Sorry you have been sick.
This post had me laughing out loud. So sorry about the coughing fit but, man, that was funny. :) I hope you feel better soon. p.s. Abby is just still so darn cute.
Guess what? I'm reading "Notes From A Small Island" by Bill Bryson right now. He's pretty funny for sure. Have you read any books by J. Maarten Troost? He is even more hilarious then Bryson. Definitely a laugh out loud author. The 3 books I've read of Troost are: "The Sex Lives of Cannibals," "Getting Stones with Savages," & "Lost On Planet China." You must read "The Sex Lives of Cannibals." Seriously funny. I even donated my copy to the North Logan Library so it might be on sale in their book sale room for like a buck. Tell me what you think.
Holy cow. Does your husband's hair grow at thrice the average human rate? I can't believe his goatee is already so bushy again! My husband is jealous...
The loving pic at the end is nice. I love to see loving couple pics.
Being sick is a drag and especially when a cough won't go away. It truly makes you sooooo tired to cough all the time.
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