The Year of Paula

[Karen411]

Paula, I just wanted to pop in and say I hope things get better for you soon.

[SpacecityPaula]

I think they will. Talked to the apartment people this afternoon. They are cool with me putting a padlock on the back gate and putting up motion sensors.

[SpacecityPaula]

This made me laugh.... listen to with headphones if at work.

[SpacecityPaula]

I'm getting sick again

I think the late night tuesday did me in.

[SpacecityPaula]

Going back to the doctor this morning for a followup with the doctor. They're going to do a CBC check and also a test for strep to make sure I don't have that. I can feel it settling in my chest tho and I did have some chills last night. When I talked to the appointment desk, the asshat er I mean receptionist said "we can see you at 8 am Monday." I responded "UM NO this third time in as many weeks as I've been sick, I want the CBC and strep culture tomorrow."

I've pretty much decided that I am getting a new doctor. I haven't been overly impressed with this one as a whole and this latest go around just kind of sealed the deal with me.

[SpacecityPaula]

CBC came back normal. The doctor listened to my lungs and said she didn't hear anything bad in them although she did say I had a bit of fluid in my left ear and some congestion in the back of my throat. She thinks there's some post-infection inflammation going on.

She gave me nasonex, a tapering course of prednisone, and an inhaler to use. I really hope this takes care of it. I'm also going to work on getting at least 8 hours of sleep each night for the next little while because I think Tuesday night's little adventure where I was up until past 3 am did not help me.

[Littlemermaidklb]

Wow, I hope you feel better! And that whole peeping tom thing is creepy as can be! Be careful..... and you may wanna consider that whole Glock thing

[gregl515]

Sorry to hear that you can't shake this. Stay on it though. I know it is extreme, but I lost my leg because I went along with doctors because I assumed they knew what they were doing instead of insisting that I get more aggressive care.

[Mahler]

Just checking in to wish you well. I hope you recover from this damned thing. It must be frustrating.

[SpacecityPaula]

Originally Posted by gregl515

Sorry to hear that you can't shake this. Stay on it though. I know it is extreme, but I lost my leg because I went along with doctors because I assumed they knew what they were doing instead of insisting that I get more aggressive care.

Trust me, after yesterday's little episode, this doctor is fired. The really weird thing is that there were fewer people in the doctor's office this morning at 10 then there were last week so I don't buy the whole "we can't fit you in thing." at all. There's a doctor near here that a gal at my office recommended, so I'm going to get his name on Monday and switch it around on my insurance. I trust this gal's opinion.

Once this stuff is done and over with I am going to schedule my physical.

[SpacecityPaula]

Originally Posted by Littlemermaidklb

Wow, I hope you feel better! And that whole peeping tom thing is creepy as can be! Be careful..... and you may wanna consider that whole Glock thing

yeah I know... but all the windows are secured, the gate has a 2 locks on it (latch and the locking hasp I bought). and we added another lock on the sliding glass door.

[SpacecityPaula]

Originally Posted by Mahler

Just checking in to wish you well. I hope you recover from this damned thing. It must be frustrating.

very frustrating John. I'm just planning to sleep when my body asks for it over the weekend and work on getting a minimum of 8 hours every night for a while. I'll start the prednisone tomorrow since one of the side effects is that it can keep you up.

Bob is such a dork... he's like "make sure you lift while taking the Prednisone.... " sometimes I don't know about him.

[kfisherx]

Hey girl just rest and recover. It is okay to do that. I LOVED the video btw. Great find. I shared it already.

[SpacecityPaula]

Thanks Karla.

I am feeling much better this morning, even before I started the prednisone course.

[stingo]

Glad to hear you're feeling better - hopefully some workout time will soon follow.

[kfisherx]

Remember over Xmas how I had a very similar thing? It starts in the throat and goes to the chest. Lasted for well over 2 weeks for me. I pushed it a little bit and somehow that did NOT make things all better.