20 June 2005 @ 04:28 pm
I've gone back in time  
I just got back from seeing the doctor about my non-fading cough. Apparently I've gone back in time a few hundred years 'cause I have something I thought died out at the same time as the plague.

I have Pleurisy apparently.

So I'm on antibiotics, meaning I can't drink alcohol for a week, I'm under strict instructions to drink more water and to cut back on my caffeine intake. He wants me to cut down to no more than two cups of coffee a day. Two cups a day? I can barely get out of the house before my second cup of the morning!! When I told him that he started trying to tell me that Carte Noir decaff is actually pretty good. I glared at him. He gave in.

Isn't this fun?

I've added an MPH white band to the top of my journal page by the way, if you click on it it'll take to the MPH home page where you can find out what you can do to help the campaign. Only problem with the band is that depending on your screen size it looks as if River has a white stripe running over her eye...
 
 
Current Mood: like I'm 200 years in the past
 
 
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[identity profile] dimlondeiel.livejournal.com on June 20th, 2005 08:47 am (UTC)
Hopefully the antibiotics will clear it up. Cut down on caffine, *shudders*.
[identity profile] whiskyinmind.livejournal.com on June 20th, 2005 08:49 am (UTC)
I know - how does he expect me to get through a day on two cups of coffee? It's just really really wrong!
[identity profile] velvetwhip.livejournal.com on June 20th, 2005 09:37 am (UTC)
I am so sorry that you have pleurisy! Gosh, I, like you, thought it was bygone thing!


Gabrielle
[identity profile] whiskyinmind.livejournal.com on June 20th, 2005 09:47 am (UTC)
As soon as he said that was what it was my jaw hit the floor. It's like something you read about in historical novels, not something you get these days!

Apparently it's actually pretty common though - it's like an inflamation of the lining in my lung which is causing my lung capacity to shrink down, and nerve endings to rub together. Hence the pain and the not being able to breathe properly. The antibiotics should kick it though, fingers crossed!
[identity profile] velvetwhip.livejournal.com on June 20th, 2005 10:06 am (UTC)
EEK! Sounds nasty! Sure hope it clears up soon!


Gabrielle
[identity profile] smhwpf.livejournal.com on June 20th, 2005 10:33 am (UTC)
Oog, sorry to hear that. Poor you!

Two cups of coffee, very tricky.

Hope the antibiotics clear the underlying infection up. (I gather from some worried Googling I did on the subject that the Pleurisy should go once the initial illness that caused it is gone?)

You take care of yourself. *hugs*
[identity profile] whiskyinmind.livejournal.com on June 20th, 2005 10:41 am (UTC)
That's the plan - the antibiotics should nail the chest infection, which will stop me coughing so much, which in turn should calm down the pleural lining, meaning the pleurisy goes. Or at least that's the plan.

*g*

The caffeine thing is getting to me most of all. The doc was realistic about it and doesn't expect me to cut down to that straight away - but by the end of the week he wants me on no more than 2 coffees a day. I did ask him if I could use extra large cups, he glared almost as much as I did when he suggested decaff...
[identity profile] rileysaplank.livejournal.com on June 20th, 2005 02:40 pm (UTC)
That's good that it's been sorted out what it actually is.

Maybe explains the fever you've had as that's a side effect of pleurisy as well.
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