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ivybgreenflower) wrote2007-03-21 02:51 am
ivybgreenflower) wrote2007-03-21 02:51 am
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Blah blah blah still sick
Man, I hate this annual upper-respiratory infection bullshit.
Today I finally got to a doctor. I went to a walk-in clinic. What I'd like to know, is why NO ONE EVER TOLD ME HOW AWESOME WALK-IN CLINICS ARE. Holy crap, there was practically no wait time. And the people were sweet. And quick. And they know my grandparents. And they gave me lots and lots of prescriptions. In fact, right about now is time for me to take my antibiotics again.
Actually, this year my cough, and the other symptoms too, have been a lot less severe and a lot more tolerable than in the past. I'm guessing that's because a lot more sleep, soup, and tea have been involved and there's been a lot less spazzing about school and lugging that backpack around all day than there used to be. I have to say, I have no freaking clue how I did it in the past. I know this year's infection was a cakewalk compared to the last two, but I STILL felt like complete crap and wanted to curl into a little ball and hide. I have no idea how I went to school and functioned and didn't fail and didn't kill myself.
And because it is, officially, an infection and not a cold, I think I think I can declare my body as pretty much virus-resistant. And that? Is pretty damn neat. Actually, I think that's kind of weird, considering there's so much more stuff out there dedicated to getting rid of bacteria and allergins, and viruses are hard to kill and whatever. And I can't even say I don't get colds because I don't leave the house, because I had pretty much no colds ever during my entire time at Springstead, aka The Germ Breeding Ground.
I will never figure myself out, people.
I was hoping that maybe in the future I can prevent this from happening again, but I don't think there's much I can do, considering allergy medication is completely ineffective (the doctor didn't dispute this either, so I know I'm not just being all contrary and contradictory because I'm like that.) In fact, it's a lot like a period, it comes around the same time every year (instead of every month) and brings misery and woe and pain and a headache every time, though thankfully there's a lot less blood.
I'm also thankful that this time it didn't interfere with any extremely important testing. Yes, I am still very very very very VERY bitter over the AP Lang test. BITTER. WITH ALL CAPITALS. AND A SQUIGGLY LINE: ~. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE SQUIGGLY LINE DOES BUT IT SEEMS TO MAKE THE BITTERNESS EXTRA BITTER.
I'm really glad I'm starting to be able to taste/smell again and my head doesn't feel like it's swelling to the size of Minnesota every time I tilt it to the wrong angle. And the post-nasal cough will go away, you know, eventually. Someday.
Well, that's my news.
-3:13 AM
Today I finally got to a doctor. I went to a walk-in clinic. What I'd like to know, is why NO ONE EVER TOLD ME HOW AWESOME WALK-IN CLINICS ARE. Holy crap, there was practically no wait time. And the people were sweet. And quick. And they know my grandparents. And they gave me lots and lots of prescriptions. In fact, right about now is time for me to take my antibiotics again.
Actually, this year my cough, and the other symptoms too, have been a lot less severe and a lot more tolerable than in the past. I'm guessing that's because a lot more sleep, soup, and tea have been involved and there's been a lot less spazzing about school and lugging that backpack around all day than there used to be. I have to say, I have no freaking clue how I did it in the past. I know this year's infection was a cakewalk compared to the last two, but I STILL felt like complete crap and wanted to curl into a little ball and hide. I have no idea how I went to school and functioned and didn't fail and didn't kill myself.
And because it is, officially, an infection and not a cold, I think I think I can declare my body as pretty much virus-resistant. And that? Is pretty damn neat. Actually, I think that's kind of weird, considering there's so much more stuff out there dedicated to getting rid of bacteria and allergins, and viruses are hard to kill and whatever. And I can't even say I don't get colds because I don't leave the house, because I had pretty much no colds ever during my entire time at Springstead, aka The Germ Breeding Ground.
I will never figure myself out, people.
I was hoping that maybe in the future I can prevent this from happening again, but I don't think there's much I can do, considering allergy medication is completely ineffective (the doctor didn't dispute this either, so I know I'm not just being all contrary and contradictory because I'm like that.) In fact, it's a lot like a period, it comes around the same time every year (instead of every month) and brings misery and woe and pain and a headache every time, though thankfully there's a lot less blood.
I'm also thankful that this time it didn't interfere with any extremely important testing. Yes, I am still very very very very VERY bitter over the AP Lang test. BITTER. WITH ALL CAPITALS. AND A SQUIGGLY LINE: ~. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE SQUIGGLY LINE DOES BUT IT SEEMS TO MAKE THE BITTERNESS EXTRA BITTER.
I'm really glad I'm starting to be able to taste/smell again and my head doesn't feel like it's swelling to the size of Minnesota every time I tilt it to the wrong angle. And the post-nasal cough will go away, you know, eventually. Someday.
Well, that's my news.
-3:13 AM