Whatever I Feel Like

Dudes. I have freakin’ bronchitis! And an ear infection! What the hell? It totally snuck up on me, too. One minute? I was fine. The next? Not!

I went to bed the night before last with a slight Bea Arthur thing going on with my voice. I figured my allergies were acting up and I was tired, no big deal. During the night, I kept waking up because my throat was killing me and my chest felt tight. So I called the doctor when I woke up – I’m going away this weekend and I do not want to be sick, so I figured I could get an antibiotic before I got any kind of real sickness going on. I went to work like normal, I was feeling fine except for my throat being sore, having a cough and my chest feeling congested and tight (I swear, it sounds worse than I felt!).

My doctor’s appointment was at 9:30 and I was totally thinking I’d have to convince her to give me some meds, but she listened to me talk and said, “Oh, you don’t sound good at all.” Then she listened to my chest and said, “Oh, I hear the congestion in there. It’s not in your lungs yet, but in your bronchi.” Funny thing is, I was all proud of my fluid in the bronchi. YES! I am really sick! Check my body out. Next she looked in my ears and I was totally surprised when she said one of my ears was infected. And my throat was also red and raw. It turned out that I had to convince her that I was okay to go back to work, not to give me meds! She wanted me on some OTC stuff in addition to the antibiotic and she wanted me home and in bed. But, I felt fine! So I took some Dayquil, picked up my prescription and went back to work.

I felt pretty good up until right before I went to bed. Now it’s 3 4 AM and I’m up from the pain in my throat and ears and chest. Wahhhhhh. Hoping the pain meds kick in soon. Now I have to decide if I stay home or go into work in the morning. I always hate calling out because my boss is one of those people who NEVER calls out sick and I think he looks down on those who do. That really shouldn’t be my issue, huh?

Hey – thanks for all the birthday wishes on Monday!! You guys rock.

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