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sovay ([personal profile] sovay) wrote2019-02-09 07:38 pm
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I could tell you what it feels like, but it's overdone

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. [personal profile] 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.
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[personal profile] selkie 2019-02-10 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
Purulent bronchitis!
Vi a gilgul, Jesus Christ.
*gently re-structures your cat pile* Stay under that.
sovay: (Sovay: David Owen)

[personal profile] sovay 2019-02-10 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
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.
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[personal profile] kore 2019-02-10 04:27 pm (UTC)(link)
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.
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[personal profile] sovay 2019-02-10 06:41 pm (UTC)(link)
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.
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[personal profile] kore 2019-02-10 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
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.
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