The doctor says I'm better

I saw my doctor again. She says my lungs are clear, and that I may be reacting to all the pollen that's around. Hence, no more antibiotics: instead, I've got an over-the-counter cough syrup that contains the same ingredients as the previous plus an antihistamine. That's for a week or so. If the cough doesn't go away in a week (or if I start coughing up nasty colored phlegm) I'm to ask for a referral to get a chest X-ray. But that doesn't seem likely, based in part on how I felt (basically okay) walking to the bus, and from the drugstore home.

Everything is in bloom, which may mean more pollen but is utterly gorgeous: cherries and violets, lilacs and dogwood and wisteria, dandelions and mulberries and clover.

I haven't heard back on the proofreading job I tested for last week, which I think means they've gone with someone else. Oh, well.

The doctor says I'm better

I saw my doctor again. She says my lungs are clear, and that I may be reacting to all the pollen that's around. Hence, no more antibiotics: instead, I've got an over-the-counter cough syrup that contains the same ingredients as the previous plus an antihistamine. That's for a week or so. If the cough doesn't go away in a week (or if I start coughing up nasty colored phlegm) I'm to ask for a referral to get a chest X-ray. But that doesn't seem likely, based in part on how I felt (basically okay) walking to the bus, and from the drugstore home.

Everything is in bloom, which may mean more pollen but is utterly gorgeous: cherries and violets, lilacs and dogwood and wisteria, dandelions and mulberries and clover.

I haven't heard back on the proofreading job I tested for last week, which I think means they've gone with someone else. Oh, well.

Wiscon

Yes, cattitude and I will be at Wiscon, from Friday dinnertime to Monday late morning. I've sent kalmn email, telling her that I have to drop off one program item because I couldn't find a reasonable airfare that let me stay late enough to be on a 1 p.m. Monday panel.

And now I am going to try to catch my breath a little (metaphorically speaking--the physical is fine).

Wiscon

Yes, cattitude and I will be at Wiscon, from Friday dinnertime to Monday late morning. I've sent kalmn email, telling her that I have to drop off one program item because I couldn't find a reasonable airfare that let me stay late enough to be on a 1 p.m. Monday panel.

And now I am going to try to catch my breath a little (metaphorically speaking--the physical is fine).

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It's hard for me to entirely get past the belief that I can fix my friends' problems, if I could only think of the right answer--even when I know better, because the problem is outside my scope (e.g., most medical things) or not something that one person can solve.

This despite knowing that I can't fix all of my own problems, nor can my friends fix them for me: there's a part of me that believes that not only can I offer a cup of tea and an ear, but that those will be enough.

I suppose the positive side of this is that I'm feeling enough better, physically, to have more energy to think about things other than my lungs.

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It's hard for me to entirely get past the belief that I can fix my friends' problems, if I could only think of the right answer--even when I know better, because the problem is outside my scope (e.g., most medical things) or not something that one person can solve.

This despite knowing that I can't fix all of my own problems, nor can my friends fix them for me: there's a part of me that believes that not only can I offer a cup of tea and an ear, but that those will be enough.

I suppose the positive side of this is that I'm feeling enough better, physically, to have more energy to think about things other than my lungs.

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While it hasn't gotten as much press here as the Ivory-billed woodpecker, the Angolan sable had not been seen since 1974--until a few weeks ago, when images of a herd, including young and two pregnant females, were photographed in an abandoned gamepark.

This is my new "not dead yet" icon.

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While it hasn't gotten as much press here as the Ivory-billed woodpecker, the Angolan sable had not been seen since 1974--until a few weeks ago, when images of a herd, including young and two pregnant females, were photographed in an abandoned gamepark.

This is my new "not dead yet" icon.