Since the New Year, I had been sick, really sick. I assumed I just caught a bug that had to run its course. Then, the next week, I was still sick, but coughing more. Days went by, more coughing… … Finally, on the 11th I went to my doctor. A few deep breaths later I had 5 prescriptions in hand, and ordered to go to a near by radiology office for an x-ray. My doctor was confident I had pneumonia or bronchitis, which my plethora of scripts took care of both. Steroids, Antibiotic, Cough syrup, Inhaler, Oh My! The all had their own set of side-effects, mostly irritating ones (with the exception of the cough syrup ;), especially the steroids which I swear had some sort of amphetamine in them as it kept me up all night. After 7 days, I had my follow-up and to my dismay, I found out I was still wheezing and back on another set of scripts for the next week which included my most loathed... ...the steriods. Ugh. But, like with all the med’s, I took them vigilantly with side-effects in all. I was supposed to go back before the 31st for another ‘follow-up’ visit, but cancelled and never rescheduled, so I need to get that done to get the official “you’re out of the woods”.
