I could tell you what it feels like, but it's overdone

[sovay]

Today I spent most of the afternoon at the doctor's and emerged clutching an unexpectedly large paper bag of medications, because I don't have pneumonia, but I do have an acute sinus infection and purulent bronchitis, which sounds unnecessarily scary if you ask me. spatch met me afterward and took me to Dakzen where he ordered me a five-alarm sour tamarind curry with whole shrimp and a fried egg. I really appreciated it. I feel that whatever plans I had for the rest of this weekend are not going to happen, unless they involve not moving.

Comments

[yhlee]

Oh man, sympathies. *support support* I hope the medications do the trick.

[sovay]

I hope the medications do the trick.

Thank you! I have four of them and three are already complicated to schedule around each other and food, but the doctor felt confident that they would help, so I just have to manage the logistics!

*hugs*

[gwynnega]

Yikes! I hope the meds knock out those bugs. The curry sounds delicious and restorative.

[sovay]

Yikes! I hope the meds knock out those bugs. The curry sounds delicious and restorative.

Thank you! The curry was their special of the month and worth it. I think it's one of the few Thai curries I've had without coconut milk and I'd never before had one with a fried egg on top, although when the egg broke it added beneficially to the sauce. It had cauliflower, napa cabbage, carrots, and papaya in it along with the shrimp. Apparently all it takes for me to like cauliflower is pickling it with volcanic levels of chili pepper. Would eat again.

[rosefox]

That sounds like when I was diagnosed with giant papillary conjunctivitis and imagined it as an enormous cartoon microbe lurking in a dark alley.

I hope you feel better very soon.

[sovay]

That sounds like when I was diagnosed with giant papillary conjunctivitis and imagined it as an enormous cartoon microbe lurking in a dark alley.

That seems perfectly sensible to me.

I hope you feel better very soon.

Thank you!

[moon_custafer]

an enormous cartoon microbe

...drawn by Chuck Jones.

[pameladean]

THEY SHOULD RENAME THAT BRONCHITIS IMMEDIATELY.

I am glad you have a new arsenal but very sorry it's needed. Excellent Spatch, however, for providing the curry. I hope it was restorative.

P.

[sovay]

THEY SHOULD RENAME THAT BRONCHITIS IMMEDIATELY.

I MEAN IT'S NOT PNEUMONIA BUT IT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I SHOULD HAVE A HAZMAT CORDON OR AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE LEPER BELLS.

I am glad you have a new arsenal but very sorry it's needed. Excellent Spatch, however, for providing the curry. I hope it was restorative.

Thank you! It was excellent curry. It did its best to clear my sinuses and it tasted great.

[pameladean]

We have a replicate brass dinner bell of a type used on 19th-century sailing ships (allegedly) and David has been known to ring it when he has a particularly virulent-feeling cold. Sadly, I cannot teleport it to you, so really I feel the easier solution is to rename the bronchitis immediately.

I saw your additional description of the curry in comments above and WOW, it sounds just sublime.

P.

[sovay]

Sadly, I cannot teleport it to you, so really I feel the easier solution is to rename the bronchitis immediately.

That does seem more efficient. Thank you.

I saw your additional description of the curry in comments above and WOW, it sounds just sublime.

I couldn't remember the name, but internet research suggests it was southern Thai kaeng som. I hope it is available near you!

[shewhomust]

I had to look up 'purulent'. Nasty. But it sounds like a description rather than a diagnosis, so I take it that 'infection' is the magic word here. And yay! meds for dealing with that.

While the curry as treatment for the symptoms sounds (to my levels of chili tolerance) like kill or cure: if THAT doesn't clear those sinuses...

[sovay]

But it sounds like a description rather than a diagnosis, so I take it that 'infection' is the magic word here. And yay! meds for dealing with that.

The meds appear to be flattening me almost as much as the illness! But I trust them more.

While the curry as treatment for the symptoms sounds (to my levels of chili tolerance) like kill or cure: if THAT doesn't clear those sinuses...

It had slightly that quality, but it was also delicious . . .

[boxofdelights]

"Purulent". One of those lovely words that you'd rather it be lovely over there.

[sovay]

"Purulent". One of those lovely words that you'd rather it be lovely over there.

Seriously!

[selkie]

Purulent bronchitis!
Vi a gilgul, Jesus Christ.
*gently re-structures your cat pile* Stay under that.

[sovay]

Vi a gilgul, Jesus Christ.

Me: How the hell does "purulent" differ from ordinary bronchitis?

Internet: AREN'T YOU GLAD YOU ASKED.

Me: NO.

*gently re-structures your cat pile* Stay under that.

THIS IS IN FACT THE REST OF MY WEEKEND PLAN.

[kore]

Yeah, I had chronic purulent bronchitis as a kid and then again when I was a smoker (DUMB, MOI) in college. I wonder if we have similar respiratory system issues.

[sovay]

I wonder if we have similar respiratory system issues.

I have a history of sinus infections, but not bronchitis or pneumonia; I think it may just be a sign of the nastiness of the bugs running around this winter. Everyone at urgent care mentioned that they were seeing a lot of bronchitis lately.

[kore]

Ahh, I had 'walking pneumonia' when I was about two. And tons of sinus infections and bronchitis (the bronchitis went away when I quit smoking, the sinus infections remain bad and chronic to this day) and chronic tonsillitis so bad they yanked mine out (along with the adenoids) when I was six. (Any new doctor peering into my throat: "You had your tonsils out!" "And my adenoids.") In fact I was in an incubator for a couple of weeks when I was a newborn, which LATER I learned is typically related to respiratory issues?

tl;dr I think my immune system is permanently on strike.

[umadoshi]

Urk. May the medications do their work quickly and effectively.

[sovay]

Urk. May the medications do their work quickly and effectively.

Thank you!

[muccamukk]

I wondered if you had bronchitis. I got it once, from a cough. The inhaler thing really does work, it just takes a bit.

Hope your not moving plans are upheld by the universe.

[sovay]

The inhaler thing really does work, it just takes a bit.

I got a nebulizer treatment at the doctor's which definitely improved my ability to inhale without pitching a coughing fit. It has worn off by this point in the evening, of course, but that is what the night medications are for. And I do have an inhaler; it's the one prescription that doesn't need coordinating around meals.

Hope your not moving plans are upheld by the universe.

Thank you!

*hugs*

[kore]

In the immortal words of the Breakfast Club, I think your acute sinus infections and my acute sinus infections should get together and go bowling.

[sovay]

In the immortal words of the Breakfast Club, I think your acute sinus infections and my acute sinus infections should get together and go bowling.

Thank you.

[davidgillon]

'Purulent bronchitis' sounds positively Victorian. Any sign of leannan sidhe groupies yet?

[sovay]

Any sign of leannan sidhe groupies yet?

No! I feel cheated!

I definitely look hectic in mirrors, which is absolutely unfair.

[choco_frosh]

That diagnosis sounds really icky; but at least you HAVE one, and medication for it.
took me to Dakzen where he ordered me a five-alarm sour tamarind curry with whole shrimp and a fried egg.
That sounds like it was an excellent idea.

[sovay]

That diagnosis sounds really icky; but at least you HAVE one, and medication for it.

Thank you. I am hoping the medications do what they are supposed to!

That sounds like it was an excellent idea.

It was great. After grocery shopping this afternoon, I splurged and had curry noodles for dinner, and do not regret this plan either.