Urgent care could give you an inhaler thing for the shortness of breath.

Urgent care could give you an inhaler thing for the shortness of breath.

I have a new one, from earlier this week. It's not really helping.

So, I went to have my air filter changed and have a looksee on the car before I drove it to Richmond, and it turns out that my mechanic wants to change the transmission fluid. The transmission is sealed, so it's a process . As in, it needs to be there all damned day. And it's going to cost $200. Not insurmountable, but puts a kink in some plans.

if you are hearing anything in your lungs head to urgent care

If you think you've got those symptoms, urgent care Steph.

You are in law school, and you are an adult. If you cannot advocate for yourself, then you will not be able to advocate for your client.

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Well, that's that. I may have nothing more than regular headache and crappy feelings. Or it could be the beginning of my sister's flu. Since it's only 2 hours away from the party and I still can't tell, I'm calling it. Spent all this morning making cupcakes for nothing. *grump*

Steph, take care of yourself, lady. No-pneumonia~ma to you.

Baby's party is tomorrow. Still have so much to do. Argh!

I'm just completely gobsmacked that a parent would approach a college professor and ask this. For their adult child. It makes me sort of sick to my stomach.

How else are they supposed to grow up and become POTUS?

Steph - did you a see a Dr today to get the Rx cough meds? Because they should have thoroughly checked you for pnuemonia while you were in the office and not let you off with just couch meds if you showed decreased lung function or low oxygen saturation.

I say this because after getting badgered by 3 coworkers all laid up at home with severe step throat (apparently it's been "going around" like every other illness known to man that enters the secure, air-locked front door of our workplace) to make sure it isn't strep before patiently waiting out the rest of the misery. I did score prescription cough syrup (w/ codeine! watch me sleep tonight!) and prescription daytime cough pills.

Seriously folks, if you want the big-girl meds just tell the Dr you work for 911. They seem pretty eager to whip out the codeine when emergency services might be delayed by a wracking cough.

eta: i went to the Dr today. and the pharmacy. i think that part got ommited from my compound sentence there. might be time for another dose of vitamin I

How else are they supposed to grow up and become POTUS?

I guess it just blows my mind. I'd heard tales of helicopter parents but I wanted to think they'd be relegated to legend or myth. Like the Yeti. Or welfare queens or trickle-down economics. Now, here it is in real life and it's sort of gross.

Steph - did you a see a Dr today to get the Rx cough meds?

No, I just called and the doctor called me back. When I talked to him, I told him my cough was more persistent, but that's all. And the reason for that is because it was early in the morning and I hadn't been moving around much and exerting myself yet. The whole realization of oh-my-god-my-lungs-hurt came after I went to CVS to get the prescription. Just that little bit whipped me good.

Believe me, if I had realized earlier that my lungs hurt, I would have told him. But, again, I have no fever, am not coughing up green junk (actually not coughing up anything), am not wheezing or making rattly sounds in my lungs. I have this barking cough, and my lungs hurt, and I'm breathing shallowly (but that might be because I'm trying to avoid deep breaths because I cough when I breathe deeply), and I'm exhausted and achy.

If it *is* pneumonia, it's not severe, and most likely not treatable with antibiotics (because of the lack of green snot or other proof of bacterial infection). So all I would do is treat the symptoms and keep an eye on it. Which I'm doing anyway.

But wow, I really want to feel better.