Getting sick is easy. Getting 'well' is complicated.

[trof]

After a week of the creeping crud, I went to my doctor.
She's really terrific (and I have a slight crush on her).


Seems I have the upper respiratory virus that's "going around".
No name.
I hate that.
If I'm gonna be sick, I wanna NAME IT.
"Oh, you have SnotHocker Syndrome."
or
"It's OysterStrangler Condition."

Anyway, the doc LANDED on it with both feet.
Miz. t (bless her) just walked in with a medium sized bag of...DRUGS!
And they ain't recreational.


A Proair inhaler for lung congestion.
2 times, 4 times a day.
Flonase for the schnoz.
2 in the morning and 2 in the evening.
Levofloxicin for the bugz.
Once a day, with food.

Also got a cortisone shot in my right cheek and a Levofloxicin shot in the left one at her office.
Hell, I'm bulletproof.

Gettin' old (or sick) ain't for sissies.

[trof]

1. Oh yeah. Total cost to me for all these 'miracle drugs'? 35 bucks.

Thank you Medicare.

[siligut]

2. My guess is doc didn't want it going to your lungs

Pneumonia is a real possibility with these mucous ridden creeping crud thingies.

Rest, eat well and take good care of yourself

[trof]

7. Thank you.

At 70 you have two choices.
Die or recover.
Either is pretty much acceptable.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. My dear trof!

I hear ya! It is too damn easy to get sick.

My husband came home with a cold, and now I have it.

It's sooooooooooo much fun, limping around on my repaired knee, coughing my lungs out.

Blech.

[trof]

6. Boy, you sure didn't need that.

How's the new knee?

[HopeHoops]

4. What the hell is wrong with a standard medicinal - a bottle of fine whiskey, some honey and lemon?

[trof]

5. I'm doin' that too!

RX:
Medium sized glass of ice water (8-10 oz), 6 times a day beginning at 4 p.m.
Marinated in a liberal dose of Scotch.

[HopeHoops]

9. Ah, water. Never touch the stuff myself. Fish fuck in it ya know.

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. Creeping crud is no fun at any age.

But hey, you DID get to drop your drawers in front of the doc, so it can't all be bad, no?

[trof]

10. Well, it was a nurse. But female.

However, my doc did give me a prostate exam a few years ago.
After I'd pulled my pants back up she grinned and said "Well, I guess I've seen you with your pants off now."
We both laughed.

I'm more comfortable with women doctors.
They tend to be gentler and more empathetic.
We've had a woman GP/family practice physician since the 70s.

[LeftishBrit]

11. Get well soon...

both from the illness and from the cures!

[nadine_mn]

12. hang on - you mooned your Doc?

She gives you drugs, you have a slight crush and you bare your cheekies??

Smooth move!

Sorry you are sick and hope you feel better soon!


I am just starting to get a cold and I really, really want it to be one of those quickies.

[kentauros]

13. I had something that started last November

and kept going until February. I had bronchitis from whatever the first ailment was and that's what persisted. Went to the doctor several times and all he ever gave me was the Z-pack antibiotics and something else in the butt-cheek, but I don't think it was the same as yours. Also, used the Ventolin inhaler and it's fine for the associated asthma. I tried everything to get rid of it, too, and finally just gave up. It went away near the beginning of February on its own. I am so happy to not have that cough and wheezing!