QotD: Long Weekend

Bronchitis is most often caused by a virus and, therefore, does not respond to antibiotics. Secondary bacterial infections can occur along with it. I've no doubt you are a prime candidate for such infections, but I am not. If I did bother to get in to see the doctor they would tell me to rest, get plenty of fluids, and take my decongestants. I'm already doing those things. I try to save my doctor visits for the things I can't deal with on my own -- like broken bones! 8:-)

The sinus headache wasn't a surprise. We'd just had about 9.5" of rain and the mold spore count was through the roof. I'd say the trouble arose because I did a platelet donation 3 days earlier. It's becoming a rather unpleasant habit to get sick with whatever I'm exposed to during that window right after the donation. I think I'll cut back to single unit donations of platelets instead of the doubles and see if that keeps me well.

I promise I will do my best. There is no doubt that I will be stir crazy by that point and will need to get out!

I think the short answer to your question is "yes." But I'm a long way from over this thing.

Saturday was a really fun day. I was getting absolutely sick of the headache I'd had for 9 days and aspirin was doing absolutely nothing for me but burning a hole in my stomach. Ken rummaged around in the cabinet and found some Lortab that was leftover from his last root canal. I figured it wouldn't kill me to take one since I wasn't going anywhere. I took it first thing in the morning and came downstairs to check my email while he cooked breakfast. After about 20 minutes I noticed I was feeling a teeny bit loopy. I stopped, took stock of everything, and realized that my headache was gone, too! Whoohoo! I made it through breakfast and then decided it was time to go back to bed. I stayed there for about an hour until one of my customers came over to drop off a couple of quilts. She knew I was sick and only stayed for a minute, but that was plenty long enough for me. I went right back upstairs to go to bed. By the time I got to the top of the stairs I noticed that my entire field of vision was full of big purple polka dots! Just about the color your walls look in the photos. They made me giggle. Too bad they went away when I lay down. And they never did come back. But neither did my headache. And my fever is mostly gone, but I still break out in a sweat a couple of times a day. On the bright side, this is the least amount I've ever coughed with bronchitis, but it is slowly increasing. I still don't have much energy. This morning's shower pretty much wiped me out. Jenny, James, and Jonah are coming over for lunch. It's a pretty safe bet I'll go straight to bed after they leave and stay there! 8:-)

I was happy to read that you're pretty much off the pain meds. That's always such a relief to know that you don't hurt anymore. Now you can actually start to feel like your healing. You'll really know you're on the road to recovery when you start itching!