February 22, 2008
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Leave it to me…
Once again I refuse to go with the crowd. Ducky got the respiratory flu, then while she was still sick, I came down with it. Then hubby came home and he was infected, he got better, I’m still sick. Now Squirt’s turn — but guess what? I’m STILL sick. I thought I was getting better so I went to work on Tuesday, and again on Wednesday. Yesterday my voice went from hoarse to — going, going, GONE! I was kind of wheezing something to Ducky and then – nada. The mouth was going, air was coming out, but no sounds what so ever. Great. Just Great. Do you know how hard it is to teach if you can’t talk? Yup, that hard.
So today I blocked out the day and called the clinic. Ahhh… if it wasn’t for my bad luck, I’d be totally luckless — cause once a month the clinic (yes, the ENTIRE clinic) is closed for training. Guess what day today was? Uh huh. No clinic for me, so I talked to the on-call PCM and after hearing my symptoms she felt I ought to go spend the rest of my morning in Urgent Care, just in case you see.
Fun.
Only, not.
Although I did get some reading done.
And actually, it went pretty fast, and the urgent care center was really nice…. not too terrible. I can deal.
In the end I have bronchitis. But no. Not just any old regular cold and flu induced bronchitis, I — special like I am — have to get some freaky version – tracheal bronchitis. Great. Add another uncommon ailment to my growing list. For crimeny’s sake! The good news is that this evening, after several doses of prednisone and some antibiotics, my voice came back. Of course I celebrated by talking as much as possible and now my throat is sore again and I getting hoarse. I was supposed to rest my voice, but those of you who actually know me in person will realize exactly how nearly impossible that is for me.
Not that I talk a lot.
When I’m sleeping.
The rest of the time I’m pretty vocal. Not as vocal as the hubby and I pale in comparison to his mom, but let’s just go with — I’m not shy.
Tomorrow I am going to get to those challenges, and around to visit everyone. Squirt had a temp of 102.0 when she went to bed, so I’m betting I’ll be home with her tomorrow, just a guess, but after witnessing this nasty bug 3x now, I’d say it’s more of a prediction based on evidence than just a guess.
Alright, Question of the Day:
Avid talker or content to listen?
Comments (13)
Girl, you need to rest! :sleepy::sleepy::sleepy: Hope your all feeling better soon and I’m a TOTAL talker. My family would probably :celebrate: if I lost my voice! :big-smile:
I can talk your ear off if I have something to say and other times I can sit there and go uh huh….
:sicky: :sicky: :not-talking: I am sorry……..
Those cepacol lozenges are great for getting rid of hoarseness. Take em every hour for about a day and it should help….If you have bronchial infection you should get a vaporizer for help…….When mine get sick I use that and it helps a lot………My oldest gets a bronchial infectiion often. Breathing treatments help to…..
Talker.
I think it’s cool to have the unusual strain of illness. It somehow makes disease seem elegant.
Hey, I hope you start feeling better, all of you! Then I was wondering, can viruses travel through the computer? Keep the big bad germs to yourself please. Just kidding. We’ve been fairly non-sick lately and I kinda like it.
I’m a talker.
Hope you are well soon!
Oh, yuck! I’m so sorry you are all sick. Sending “get well” vibes your way ~~~~~~~~~ get some of these this weekend okay!?! :sleepy:
I’m kind of in between avid talker and content to listen.
Oh no! No fun at all! Hope you’re well again quickly.
I’m an avid talker but content to listen as well.
RYC: I can see just about every teen in America loving David A. He’s adorable
Hope you feel better soon. When I was a kid my mom got laryngitis and couldn’t talk. Oddly, that is the only time in our lives that we kids actually listened to her actively when she tried to talk. The rest of the time, we just tuned her out as mom noise.
I hope you get lot of rest!! You need it.. ((hugs))
I’m more of avid talker than I’m quiet..
I hope that today you are feeling better! Bunco was fun and I almost won money. I am having a difficult day but I will recover by tomorrow. I am reading the book and enjoying it but I am really slow. I am only on page 80. I guess that leaves less than 900 to go. Progress!
I have been productive in cleaning things that have long since been neglected. I feel good about that. I hope that you have a wonderful weekend.
hope you feel better quickly.
Feel Better
You seem to be having a really bad winter-health wise. Get better!
In answer to your question…it depends…some people won’t let you talk and some people have little to say. I try to go with the flow…if I’m with a quiet person, I tend to ramble as they make me nervous. If I’m with a talker, I get quiet and try to interject something occasionally, if I can. If I find a person who hits the medium, then we both have a good time talking and listening. *sigh* those are rare and sweet conversations though… lol!