I logged on to facebook in the middle of the night trying to forget about a high fever, chills and a tickly make- you- throw- up-cough. It is amazing that people are always awake at all hours of the night. Lucky me, some motherly Facebook friends were around when I needed them most! Encouraging words I needed to hear until the Advil kicked in and sleep ensued.
Awake at 5 this morning, throat very dry and sore. I stumbled in to the kitchen to make some coffee. Seems anything hot eases the pain of my throat. I had a text from my friend Mary Louise(yes, there is another one and we are good friends)asking what time we are going to the doctor this morning. Dang. She knows I get wiggie in confined places like the doc office. I knew I had to go to doctor today because I felt so bad last night I thought my throat would burst into flames.
I called the doc office and they would fit me in at 10:45. I told ML that she really didn’t have to waste her day waiting on me, but I am sure glad she insisted. Turns out the waiting room only had a couple other people in it, and I was called back quickly. I usually happen to be in the most interesting seats within earshot of juicy conversations either between people in the waiting room or the last conversation I could not stand to miss was with a woman on her cell phone talking about her baby daddy. What a hoot. Completely entertaining and makes me forget why I am sitting in the doc office!
Thank God for texting because once I sat down in that tiny exam room. I was acutely aware of how badly I was feeling. The nurse came in, weighed me, took my temperature and gathered info on my symptoms. She looked in my throat after I told her that was my main complaint and she said, “ooohhhh that is really, really red”. My mother would have popped her one. You don’t give patients any reason to be more worried, nor do you put ideas into their heads. I texted ML who was sitting in the waitIng room. “I am ready to bolt. She asked if I wanted her to come back there, and then I felt really stupid. Grown woman gave birth to a 10 pound baby with no anesthesia and she has to  have her friend come to exam room for hand holding because the nurse told her that her throat is red!?! Come on!!
i had no idea there was a such thing as a swab for flu. Yes, she swabbed the inside of both nostrils with what looked like the same mascara wand looking stick they use for Pap smears. Sorry. Â It is true and it was just an intense tickle, no pain. The strep swab came next, and honestly, I would have flunked little nurse girl for what I think was poor technique.
The flu test was negative, and so was the strep test, but doc said it could very well be a false negative. He is treating me for it any way. I have no problem with that. I cannot remember the last time I took anything other than an Advil, much less a prescription medication.
While this has been fun telling my story, I am over 500 words and not getting paid for it either! It is time to pop open the spiced rum and get some sleep.
i hope you are well and this bug is not such a superbug that you get it through the computer!
See you tomorrow.
ML
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