I caved

I joined facebook...I think I am probably one of the last people to join this 'cult' but I did it.

I kept getting 'pinged' by 'friends'.

So now I have facebook AND this blog. Feels ridiculously excessive.

Still Broken

I am not feeling better.

Last night, I had such a coughing fit that I threw up....I don't think I will ever feel the same about brownies ever again.

This morning, after having called my boss to tell him I am taking a sick day, I went back to my doctor's office. This time, I got steroids, another inhaler, and was advised to continue with the codeine/cough suppressant. I was also sent over to the diagnostic test center for a chest x-ray.

They don't know what is wrong with me and why I keep coughing like I do. With exception of a slight wheez they heard around the upper right part of my chest, my lungs sounded clear.

Lots of possibilities were talked about....bronchitis (viral which means there are no meds to help me), whooping cough, and even asthma.

I don't care what this is....I just want the meds to kick in quick and make me feel better.

Though I don't have a fever, my body aches, and my head, chest, and throat hurts every time I have to cough.

I don't want to take my inhaler....because I have to breathe in deep when I use it, it only makes me want to cough even more.

REALLY Broken

Saw the doctor today....it's either something called walking pneumonia or bronchitis....she was leaning more towards bronchitis....here are the meds I'm on...

Inhaler - medicine for airways/chest
Antibiotic - to rid of whatever is lingering in my system
Codeine - to knock me out for the night so I can sleep and get some rest

I hope it works.

Broken - Needs Repair

I am breaking down. Finally, time, along with the wear and tear of every day life has caught up with me....well, I shouldn't say finally...it's been chasing me for a while now and is now hot on my heels and I can no longer ignore the fatigue my body feels.

I've been coughing since Thanksgiving....again. It came with a cold I caught, then lingered, then faded long enough for me to get my hopes up only to return with annoyance equal to someone having scheduled a 4:30pm work meeting on a Friday...and I can go on about the weirdos who do this but that will have to be another post...I don't exactly have the time or the emotional stamina needed to delve into THAT annoyance just right now.

Right now, my chest and throat are soar from coughing, my right arm swollen and achy all the way up to the right side of my neck, my nose is runny and dry at the same time, and my left lymph node under my jaw is swollen and soar...I also have 5 large zits right in this area - odd.

My joints hurt when I try to get up after I'd been sitting on the couch or the kitchen chair for 15 minutes or longer. My feet throb and feel hot at the end of the day - it keeps me from falling asleep in bed some nights. And speaking of sleeping in a bed....I've resigned to sleeping on the air mattress so as not to wake Alex or Ben during the middle of the night. As a result, my back and neck hurt form sleeping on an air mattress.

I'm puffy - I'm not sure why.

The bones in my hand feel stiff and slow to react. I'm constantly dropping things, bumping into things or knocking things over with my now clumsy hands.

Maybe I've reached the human equivalent of 100,000 miles on a car....and having had infrequent oil changes and tune ups, the other gears in my body are starting to revolt.