30 January
Wow, I don't ever recall being this sick, not even when I moved three years ago and was sick for a month. I'm all coughing painfully and staring hollow-eyed. I'm so tired of coughing, too, it hurts so much and it's so exhausting.
Cynthia dragged me to her doctor yesterday, who was very nice, listened to my lungs for about four seconds and immediately put me on some sort of breathe-y thing for five minutes or so. It tasted funny, but I could inhale fully when it was done without practically killing myself coughing.
She put me on three prescriptions and told me to stay out of work all week. I do not want to stay out of work all week, I have way too much to do. Maybe I'll be well enough on Thursday or Friday to go in. Of course, I have to be able to stay awake for longer than three hours at a time, take less than ten minutes to walk a block, and I should have the energy to talk out loud, as I've mostly been whispering the past few days. It never occurred to me how much strength it takes to use one's voice.
I have lost about 10-13 pounds since I have been sick, though, so there is always a silver lining.
The cats have been thrilled that I have been spending so much time keeping them company. Milo spends all of his time under the covers, Baldrick lies on my side, Elvis visits until I start coughing, then he skedaddles. Monty has been sleeping in the box on the kitchen table, but on the rare occasion that I am up, he sits on my lap, often with Milo and Baldrick at the same time.
Alright, I think that I have used up any reserves of energy that I had built up from my last nap, I need to go curl up under a pile of cats.
Today's horoscope:
Improvements on the domestic front save money. Efficiency contributes to the bottom line.
One year ago today:
"We have our very own Boswell in the basement!"
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