Health Update

Health

No, I haven’t been able to shake off this little (ahem) cough that has kept both me and New Wife from sleeping for over a week.

So last night:  desperate measures.  I cut my throat went to the local ER place, was given steroids, various stout cough suppressants and a “Z-pack” (antibiotics) which knocked me out…

…until 4 this morning, when I woke up coughing, and of course waking up New Wife as well.

So I took MOAR DRUGS and went to the living room to write this.  I should be okay by the weekend, but that’s what I thought before last weekend.

We shall see.

Worst part is that I had to curtail my range activities lest I alarm a dozen heavily-armed men with my gut-wrenching, organ-expelling coughs.  Tomorrow, I’ll talk about what I’d planned to shoot .  Right now, it’s back to bed.

Laters.

7 comments

  2. I hope you feel better soon. Sounds like they threw everything at your ailment except the kitchen sink

  3. “…went to the local ER place, was given ….”

    Has there been a specific diagnosis?
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  4. Sounds like RSV. Had it, died a dozen times over two weeks because my lungs were lying on the floor from coughing, was weak as a kitten, took a month to recover.
    Wish you a speedier recovery than mine Kim.

  5. Picked up a similar cough Saturday of Memorial day weekend and it took 2 weeks, 3 types of increasingly potent anti-biotics (the last batch were horse pill sized), and multiple combinations of Rx and OTC cough suppressants. Spent about a week in sleep deprivation mode even if I was in bed/recliner dozing most of the day.

    Feel better soon

  6. Hmm, RSV might be a good explanation for this Texas Crud, which seems to have landed hard here in San Antonio. It’s taking me a while to shake it. Meanwhile I’m keeping it at bay with alternating courses of a Neti pot, bowls of menudo, and an ice cold Chilton (hey! it’s a health drink!).

  7. I recommend prednisone. A year’s supply will cost you $10 plus the doctor’s consultancy fee.

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