I LIVE!

Went to the doc yesterday. Really liked her. She was very thorough and, most importantly, she understood what I was telling her. I said that my throat had been quite sore but that it was better now although I can "still feel it when I swallow." She looked into my throat and studies it for quite a long time, then she went, "Swallow please". I do. She watched me and then said "And that didn't hurt?" "No," I say, "but I can feel it." She studied me for a moment, then nodded shortly. I got the feeling that she was reassessing everything I told her based on the fact that what she saw in my throat just caused me to "feel it".

The upshot to the visit was that I most likely have pneumonia. It doesn't look like normal pneumonia (of course not, this is me) and it could be bronchitis but it doesn't look like normal bronchitis (of course not). I have some mighty antibiotics (azithromycin) that I have to take only once a day. She also gave me an inhaler of albuterol, which makes me very shaky when I take two shots of it, but it makes breathing much better. It does tend to make me cough more, though. That may be good. I haven't decided.

I feel much better today. Not nearly as tired as I have been the last week. Although I'm still coughing way to much for me to be happy and I can still feel it when I swallow. I do notice a much looser feeling in my lungs today, and I can breathe a little better.

My car, however, is in the ICU and is going to suck up every bit of money we have.

Yeah, pneumonia and car bills and general ickiness. Heh. Here I thought I'd have a day or two to be happy that I go a job. Now I get to worry about the paycheck gap between this job and that one.

Ah... sleep calls. I can always tell I need to sleep when I start getting all whiney.

I did have some fun at work today. Every time someone said "Oh, sounds like a nasty cold" I got to say, "Nah. It's just pneumonia." You'd be surprised how many people really don't have an answer to that. *grin*