Update Re: doctor visit today

Went back to the doctor today, because my cough is still pretty horrible and (to the delight of my kids) I have no voice. Doc says x-ray shows that I do have "Right Lower-Lobe Pneumonia." But the good news is, it was caught really early, AND IS GETTING BETTER. He was all ready to put me in the hospital based on my continued severe coughing, but after he examined me, he said my heart rate (which was very elevated last week when he saw me) was down, and my lungs sound better, clearer. He gave me a stronger cough medicine (with codiene in it -which will make me SLEEP FINALLY...yay!) and another antibiotic to take along with the other one I'm taking. I have to stay home from work at least another week. Hopefully not any more than that... I don't want to use up all my leave time on one illness...in JANUARY, no less! :-/ On the bright side... I did lose another pound, hehe...the pneumonia diet is working wonders, haha. But I'd not recommend it to anyone... it's not fun!

back to the doc I go

In about 30 minutes I'm leaving to go to the doctor again. My fever is gone for the most part, but this cough is not...it's just as bad as ever. Doc said the x-rays showed signs of possible early pneumonia. He's going to check me out and see if I need to go have a vacation in the hospital for a few days (o joy). Hopefully I won't... I've already been taking the exact same antibiotic they would give me in the hospital... so I don't see what they could do there any different. I wish he'd give me something to help me sleep...nyquil helps a little bit -- but the coughing still keeps me up the majority of the night. I think I "really" slept off & on between 3:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. today...the rest of the time I was wide awake & coughing away. :(

Prayers, please! I gotta get these Valentine's cards out by Thursday!!!!!!! Must have energy to be able to do that! Ack!

I am out of work for the rest of this week, too. This is NOT my idea of a fun vacation...nope, not a'tall.....

I GOT FLOWERS!

awwwww..... You KNOW you work for a cool company when you fall ill with bronchitis (or possibly pneumonia...yes, I'm STILL waiting to hear from the doctor's office on the x-rays...grrr....) and they send you a rather sizeable "GET WELL SOON!" bouquet of gorgeous flowers! :)

Yep, that gave me my smile for the day. :)

Now I'm going back to bed.

Blah.....

OK, I give up

I'm staying home today - I feel like road kill. Gonna try to get a doc appointment today... this cough is getting worse! Low-grade fever, and feeling awful.

And....No, this is not an elaborate ploy to inentionlly miss today's weigh-in at the Weight Watcher's meeting! Actually, I'm kinda bummed I have to miss it - I've been VERY good and stuck to the WW thing very well this week - so I'm sure I had to have lost a pound or so, haha. Not to mention, I've had very little appetite the past couple of days due to being sick, haha. Guess I'll get weighed at the doc's, but still.

Uggh.....

I've GOT to get better by this weekend, so I can bake cookies for my soldiers, to go out with all the Valentine's cards!!! Ack! For that matter... I've got to be well enough to read them, count them, and pack them all! :( Ack! Super-quick prayers, please!

Sick and Whiney, Whiney and Sick!

Well, for the past several weeks, everyone in my house has been horribly ill... everyone but me that is. I thought I dodged the proverbial bullet, but apparently NOT. I've been feeling really run-down for the past week, and yesterday I crashed & went to bed at roughly 9:30 p.m. (which is way early for me!), feeling VERY achy, weak, coughing and having a headache. I woke up this morning at 7:05 and realized, "Holy cow, I have to leave in 10 minutes to catch the bus!" So I threw on some clothes and threw my hair into a ponytail and arrived at work (without makeup, no less) feeling - and certainly looking - like death warmed over. :-( The weird thing is - I feel horrible, but not to the point where I really CAN'T function. I mean, I don't WANT to function and am functioning at a snail's pace, but I CAN function. So I'm thinking I'm not entirely sick enough to really justify staying home. Heck, last night I didn't even have a fever, not even a low-grade one. But this cough sure is annoying and I've got this heaviness in my chest that is likewise annoying. ugh...

Worse still - there is so much to blog about... I had the most AMAZING afternoon on Saturday, and I've yet to share it with y'all... My apologies to my one or two loyal readers (do I even have that many readers? Nobody ever comments anymore ~ I feel SO unloved!). I promise to GIT-R-DONE as soon as I can.

The thing is... I've GOT to kick this thing NOW... This weekend I have to box up all those valentine's cards for the troops (that's the other thing - haven't been by the post office yet this week!) and, even more time-consuming (but worth it) I need to bake cookies for my soldier-babies... I'm aiming for at least 12 dozen, preferably more if possible (figuring the 24 cookie tins will each hold about six nice-sized, heart-shaped sugar cookies each)...but if I'm sick, no baking for me... can't go sharing my germs with my adopted "kids" over there! :-( Ack! So say some extra prayers please, that this thing GOES AWAY! It can't be helping things any that my car still has NO heat in it... granted, I only drive 15 miles (one way) to the bus stop and 15 miles home from the bus stop each day, but that still can't be good.... so please also pray my student loan money comes in SOOOOOON so i can get it fixed...SOOOON!

Blah... I am such a wimp, I know. Hubby was WAY sicker than me and kept on functioning just fine... our soldiers out there in Iraq have to keep going, too, no mater what unless they are really bad off... so in contrast I really have nothing to whine about... but, like I said - I am a grade-A, first-class WIMP. Blah!

Off to the break room to get myself some hot tea......