Colds' Blues ...

Blog159:

It isn’t a picnic to be run down by illness.  Illness of any kind doesn’t only affect our internal weather, but it also prevents us from managing a possibly smooth day of routinely-done chores or projects we want to complete.

In spite of the monetary expense, our want to get better from any physical un-wellness moves us to seek medical attention.   I had no choice but to do just that.  My recently acquired colds accompanied furiously by a nasty cough, overrunning nose, and face-contorting sinusitis have all gotten me grouchy and impatient.  I have also begun to dislike my internal weather, so … there - a trip to the doctor’s office I took!  The wait at any doctor’s office is never a picnic, but that one particular trip took the icing --- almost a our-hour wait!  Before she saw me in her office, the med doctor also aggravatingly, asked for several tests to be done: blood platelets’ analysis, x-ray, and urinalysis.  I was furious! I was overwhelmingly irritated because I thought the tests were unnecessary, and irrelevant to my need from cough relief!  After going through the motions of ear, throat, chest check (of some kind!), she prescribed eight medicines, complete with instructions of how they must be taken in intervals.

The doctor’s office wait was not the most irritating, mind you.  After taking only two doses of recommended medications, I developed rashes --- reaction to the medication, that ‘til now give me over-the-hill discomfort!  I should just have listened to old, tested remedies of water/fruit and rest therapy.  This irksome rash all over my body tests my patience!  I now wish for a magic wand that could whisk away this annoying rash … as quickly as it came!

What lesson did I learn from this experience?  Take three Aspirins, take regular fluids, and then just stay in bed.  From now on, no more trips to a doctor’s office over colds!