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I went to the doctor's office this morning, for a follow-up visit on the cough that I just took a course of antibiotics for, and she thinks I'm basically recovered.
The doctor was pleased to hear that I'd hurried up the escalator at the subway station, and not been short of breath while doing so. She encouraged me to keep doing a bit of exercise that increases my heart rate and breathing--I mostly don't, because it can strain my knees, this was because I got off the train at 10:07 and had a 10:10 appointment. I hurried through Harvard Square on my way home, in order to catch a bus, and thinking of Carmen's advice--my current livestyle doesn't include much hurrying for buses and trains, and didn't even before the pandemic.
Also, keep using the inhaler if I'm coughing and feel the need. Carmen was surprised that Michelle had told me last week not to, in order to clear my lungs; this came up when I said that the bit of coughing yesterday was a dry cough, so I decided not irritating my lungs was more important. (For reference, I finished a five-day course of antibiotics on Monday, and today is Thursday.)
Since we've decided it's not prudent to eat inside in restaurants right now, I got a cup of hot chocolate, and drank it on the sidewalk, in the rain, rather than eating a crepe inside at Mr. Crepe. I stopped off at McKinnon's while I was in Davis Square, and bought smoked pork hocks and ground lamb.
The doctor was pleased to hear that I'd hurried up the escalator at the subway station, and not been short of breath while doing so. She encouraged me to keep doing a bit of exercise that increases my heart rate and breathing--I mostly don't, because it can strain my knees, this was because I got off the train at 10:07 and had a 10:10 appointment. I hurried through Harvard Square on my way home, in order to catch a bus, and thinking of Carmen's advice--my current livestyle doesn't include much hurrying for buses and trains, and didn't even before the pandemic.
Also, keep using the inhaler if I'm coughing and feel the need. Carmen was surprised that Michelle had told me last week not to, in order to clear my lungs; this came up when I said that the bit of coughing yesterday was a dry cough, so I decided not irritating my lungs was more important. (For reference, I finished a five-day course of antibiotics on Monday, and today is Thursday.)
Since we've decided it's not prudent to eat inside in restaurants right now, I got a cup of hot chocolate, and drank it on the sidewalk, in the rain, rather than eating a crepe inside at Mr. Crepe. I stopped off at McKinnon's while I was in Davis Square, and bought smoked pork hocks and ground lamb.
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