Thank you all for your well wishes and advice to see the doctor. I did take your advice.
I saw him yesterday morning and he prescribed an antibiotic and a steroid. If there is no improvement in three days he'll do more extensive tests.
My reluctance to visit the doctor is part male ego, ie: the "I can fix it myself" mentality. Also, because I work with docs, I'm reluctant to pester them with niggling complaints about seemingly picayune illnesses. Colds really do resolve themselves without "medical" intervention and I thought this would be the case here.
So here's to my wife, my physician from afar (Jelly), and all my online family!!!! Thank you for your concern and prodding. ;-)
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posted by rel at 5:34 AM
18 Comments:
Hi Rel, I'm glad to hear you've seen your doctor and that you're being followed up. I understand your reluctance to go 'pester' your physician, but I bet he thought you were too *stoic* if anything (I know I have patients who come and say, "I'm sick - I'm coughing, my throat is sore", and I ask, "How long have you been ill?", and they reply, " Since I woke up this morning" !! Now THAT is the opposite of you!)
Sending you good thoughts and wishing you a rapid recovery
XO Jelly
I too hate going to the doctor, and always try to fix myself. But sometimes you gotta go. Hope you get to feeling better, soon!
Glad to hear that you have seen your doctor and have the antibiotics - I suspected that was what you needed. With luck and a fair wind they should kick in between 24 and 48 hours and you'll start feeling a lot better. Don't forget to finish the complete course:)
I'm with you on not seeing the doctor for a cold, but when they last and last, it's usually something else. last time I went, it turned out I had a sinus infection. It's one of the few times I've ever taken antibiotics.
That sounds like good news Rel. Take them drugs to feel better. :)
Glad to hear you're taking good care of yourself, Rel! I hate to go to the doctor, too, but we're definitely worth taking the time, and help when we need it, to heal! Prop your feet up and relax!
I'm glad you finally went to see your doctor...when a cold lasts that long, then you know you need something to help it along! Hopefully the meds will help clear it all up and you'll soon be 100%:-) xox
careful with them steroids...I hear they make you sterile ;))
Hope this means a turn for the better and maybe you'll find inspiration is more than just realising you're still alive ;)
So glad you saw the doctor and have medication, which should get you better tout de suite! Get some rest.
And for all our concern, you go and bare your arse at us! ;)
Take care, Rel!
Going to the doctor isn't a sign of weakness, it is a sign that you care about yourself. I am glad you went!
Oh, relief even though I'm here after the prodding.Feel better soon! I enjoy your writing, very much, rel.
get well soon, darling.
Dude,
I can tell that you are not the kind of guy to complain about your ailments without good reason. So, I am glad you went to the doctor and I am sure it was time let yourself get prodded by a professional.
Feel better soon!
I know how it is to think something isn't a big deal. I just finished my steroids but must stay on antibiotics. The steroids were worse than sinuses...yuck!
Feel better and rest
HUGS
Hi Rel, I am sorry to hear you have not been well, pleased to hear you are getting some help, and hope you will be well again soon.
I have started reading from the 'top' so I don't know yet what was wrong, however I can certainly empathise with you about visits to the doctor. My doctor told me last time I was there (about twice a year, in a good year) - that he knows I must have something virtually 'falling-off' before I will visit.
I don't know what it is either, definitely not male ego (hehehee).
Much more likely DENIAL..
I'll bet even doctors hate going to the doctor.
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