The Pain?
mood: 
tired
tiredit is The Pneumonia
Most of the time, I like that my doctor is super non-interventionist. I'm a big fan of the wait and see, myself. The problem comes when I've already waited and seen.
So I go to see her yesterday about The Pain. I tell her that Tylenol and Aleve have done nothing for the pain. She says, "have you tried ibuprofen?" "no" "Try ibuprofen and call me in a day or two if it doesn't help. And use a heating pad." "I sleep under an electric blanket. I don't think heat is going to help." "Oh. Well try ice then." SO reassuring.
That said, she realized she doesn't work on Thursday and told me to call today if it wasn't better. Then she actually CALLED ME first thing this morning to find out how I was doing, which was no better. So she ordered a CT Scan, which showed pneumonia.
Now I'm home in bed. Which seems ridiculous, since I'm basically FINE, but I have been scared into submission by many stories of rebound pneumonia. As one person said, I can stay in bed for a week or I can stay in bed for a month or I can stay in a hospital bed.
One of my students IMed me because my message says I have pneumonia and the kids didn't believe it since I was at school today for a couple of hours and seemed fine. Even my doctor is totally baffled by my lack of symptoms other than The Pain. Personally I'm just glad it isn't a pulmonary embolus.
Most of the time, I like that my doctor is super non-interventionist. I'm a big fan of the wait and see, myself. The problem comes when I've already waited and seen.
So I go to see her yesterday about The Pain. I tell her that Tylenol and Aleve have done nothing for the pain. She says, "have you tried ibuprofen?" "no" "Try ibuprofen and call me in a day or two if it doesn't help. And use a heating pad." "I sleep under an electric blanket. I don't think heat is going to help." "Oh. Well try ice then." SO reassuring.
That said, she realized she doesn't work on Thursday and told me to call today if it wasn't better. Then she actually CALLED ME first thing this morning to find out how I was doing, which was no better. So she ordered a CT Scan, which showed pneumonia.
Now I'm home in bed. Which seems ridiculous, since I'm basically FINE, but I have been scared into submission by many stories of rebound pneumonia. As one person said, I can stay in bed for a week or I can stay in bed for a month or I can stay in a hospital bed.
One of my students IMed me because my message says I have pneumonia and the kids didn't believe it since I was at school today for a couple of hours and seemed fine. Even my doctor is totally baffled by my lack of symptoms other than The Pain. Personally I'm just glad it isn't a pulmonary embolus.
Pain
Let me know if there's anything I can do to make it more pleasant. I'd be glad to bring over some books, cocoa, lively conversation, or whatever you'd like.
And feel better too.