It's Bronchitis

[livingdeb]

The doctor I saw today tells me I have bronchitis. He prescribed antibiotics and recommended a cough remedy. He said bronchitis can hang on for weeks, so I was right to come in. He says I'll probably feel better in two days.

So, all this time I should have been continuing to rest and drink plenty of fluids and all that. Oops.

Googling bronchitis makes me less sure I will be better so soon, since the doctor didn't even test whether I had the viral kind or the bacterial kind. But then, he knows better than I what's been going on in the area recently and he certainly did say that everyone's getting this. So if you live near me, and you've been coughing for over a week, you might want to visit a doctor.

I decided to go by the CVS right near my employer, but it turns out they don't have a pharmacy there. Anymore. As of last week. Who ever heard of a drug store with no pharmacy? They moved the pharmacy to another CVS just up the street. So I did a lot of walking this morning. Oops.

Comments

[llcoolvad.livejournal.com]

I hope he gave you T3, or Tylenol with codeine (the elixir). That's the only thing that worked for me when I had bronchitis (only twice, but those were two miserable episodes, ugh!). I coughed so much I couldn't get five minutes of sleep; but then the blessed elixir of the gods came through and I slept...aaah. I keep a tiny amount in my medicine cabinet in case it comes back and I can't get in to my doctor's in time. It is one of my most prized possessions! Sad, no?

The antibiotics should knock it out in a couple days. Hope you feel better soon!

[livingdeb.livejournal.com]

Oh, my bronchitis is much more pleasant than yours were. I just cough occasionally. I coughed much more with the flu.

[madspark.livejournal.com]

That's silly! The whole POINT of CVS is that it is a pharmacy!