Pneumonia

Yes, what I suspected was confirmed with a chest x-ray today. I have pneumonia. It is early stage (man, I'd hate to see late stage) and so I'm assigned to the bed for three days with no work, a new strong antibiotic and to continue on with Mucinex, Motrin, Advil and that really nifty cough syrup. Man, that stuff puts me in a FOG!!!! It's crazy. The chest x-ray was a comedy of errors. I called dr's office (she has two) that was close to me. They said I could come there in the afternoon or into town this morning. Knowing that the "in town" location had an x-ray machine in office, I opted to go there. So here I am (feeling pretty funky since it's the first time I've been out since last Thursday) puttering along when my phone rings. It's the doctor's office telling me, "Ooops, the x-ray machine is broken here. We tried to reach you at home but your hubby said you'd already left." *sigh* So I return home and lay on the couch only to be called a little while later for them to say, "Can you drive to the other office's x-ray location and get an x-ray now (11:00) and then come back here at 3:00? Sure, I have nothing better to do. The saving grace of it all is that she was able to have the results there to look at before treating me and the x-ray tech was very nice and very quick!!

I'd like to type more, but I feel a nap calling. Josh and Dad are at baseball practice so this really seems to be a good time. It is also the first time I haven't coughed so hard that I thought my ribs were coming out (that good old cough syrup, I'm sure!!). I think the next worse thing about pneumonia are the full body sweats where you feel like you're melting into a puddle. Man, is this what hot flashes feel like?? Whew!!!

So, thanks to all of you who have called, emailed and commented. I'll fight this a little while longer, but I'm definitely on the right track now.