I’m back at my desk. I just wish it felt better to say that. I didn’t sleep well last night, and I can’t seem to rid myself of this cough. The end result was that I zombied my way through the day, counting the hours and then minutes remaining until I could go home again….
Well, I was able to get an appointment for the follow-up tests on November 27th. I figure if the films looked bad, they’d want me in faster than that. I had hoped it was just going to turn out to be scar tissue from where they did the last biopsy, but it’s the other breast…
This arrived at the house while I was hospitalized. I had put this envelope on the lower priority mail pile, as it didn’t look like a bill or something that needed to be dealt with immediately, and so didn’t get to it until later this afternoon. Dear Patient: Your recent mammogram showed a finding that…
“Everybody knows they’re going to die, ” he said again, “but nobody believes it. If we did, we would do things differently.” So we kid ourselves about death, I said. “Yes. But there’s a better approach. To know you’re going to die, and to be prepared for it a any time. That’s better. That way…
As usual, nothing is straight-forward. My stand-in doctor decided that I should be hospitalized, so I got to go straight to Admissions from his office (Do not pass “Go”, do not collect $200.). A chest x-ray, a tummy-tap (four liters this time, accumulated in two weeks), four boluses of antibiotic, and eight respiratory treatments with…
You have to love it. First of all, I was told my doctor would be back today. I call to make my appointment, and guess who won’t be in. Don’t rack your brains too hard on this one, it’s supposed to be a gimme. So I settle for Dr. Replacement, after convincing the girl who’s…
I actually got some solid blocks of sleep last night. First in a long time, and it felt good. I also have started a very productive cough. It eases my lungs to rid themselves of some of this junk, but I’ve done something to the muscles on my right side, just under the rib cage….
I feel a bit better this morning, but got virtually no sleep. I continued to run a fever all last night, and every time I lay down I was treated to a wheeze-concert from my lungs. I think I got giddy from lack of sleep after a while, because I started to try and identify…
Coughing, vomitting, temp=102.1. I think I’ve pulled every muscle in my abdomen that I possess. Going back to bed now.
Wednesday. Humpday. Halfway between here and there. An otherwise unremarkable day. I’m going into work later now – I’m at my desk at about 8:00 each day. I was hoping this would make for more endurable days, but I’m now finding myself nodding off at my desk at about 2:00 in the afternoon. So far…