And here we go again

[redbird]

eleanor came over for lunch, and we had a good conversation--but when I went to walk with her as far as Broadway (four blocks) to run some errands, halfway there she pointed out that I was coughing a lot and should go home. And then L called and observed that I sounded worse than I had on Sunday, and should see my doctor.

I called, and the doctor's receptionist invited me to come right over. I did that thing. I have again had my temperature taken, my tongue depressed, and my chest listened to. The upshot is a different antibiotic prescription--this one to be taken with plenty of water, and not too near a multivitamin, and with advice to be careful about sun exposure and eat yogurt--and a referral for a chest X-ray. Oh joy. So tomorrow morning I'll take the bus up to St. Joseph's, and have my innards photographed. I have no idea what to hope for, or against, other than a short wait.

Comments

[patashoqua.livejournal.com]

Wishing you a short wait and good news, however you define that.

[holyoutlaw.livejournal.com]

Good luck. Fingers crossed for you.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Goodness.

I'm sending an army of microscopic Xenas to defeat those microbes and drive them out!

A.
(oh, and hugs :)

[bugsybanana.livejournal.com]

Oh, dear, that sucks. Feel better soon.

[eleanor.livejournal.com]

In point of fact, I believe I politely asked you not to cough up a lung.

Feel better soon, OK? If you want me to come up and study at your place, or cook for you , just say so.

[papersky.livejournal.com]

What you want to hope against is pneumonia (not unlikely, I've had it) and TB -- unlikely, very unlikely, but good that they're checking.

So I hope for clear lungs and a well soon Redbird. Eat bio-yog, and eat lots when you've finished the course. Unpasteurized cheese works too.

*hug* Get well soon.

My slow-motion cold has reached the icky coughing stage -- normally I'd have gone through everything in the last week in a morning.

[redbird]

TB is unlikely--but I believe New York still has more tuberculosis cases than anywhere else in North America.

I suspect it's just going to come back as "you have bronchitis again, now rest this time"--I hope so.