Adventures in doctoring

[susandennis]

I love my doctor. I praised him on his marketing efforts and allowed as how he has proven he knows how to get repeat business but now I wanted a CURE! He listened to my chest and said that what he heard last week was gone so there's progress oh and my oxygen number is up! Not perfect yet, but better than last week.

I showed him how I was doing the inhaler and he allowed as how I was doing it totally wrong. He tried to show me how to do it right but, apparently, I am inhaler impaired. So now I have a spacer. And I know how to use it!

He had me to this puff test and I failed miserably. "Your numbers stink!"

They hooked me up to a nebulizer for a while and then tried again. Still stink.

So now I have prednizone. And a date to see him next Monday. Except he said it I was feeling 100% by then I could cancel. I am all over that option.

The pharmacists told me the prednizone had to be taken with food and she advised, taken in the morning as it might keep me up at night. "So you might want to wait until tomorrow to start it. Depending on how quickly you want it to start working."

?????? Now, you fool. I want it to start working now!

So I've just taken it and am eating lunch and if it keeps me awake, I'll deal.

Comments

[aellia.livejournal.com]

Ruby has a spacer with a teddy bear on it. That would would suit you down to the ground!
Good luck with it all.
x

[susandennis]

Oh!!! A teddy bear! Ok, I am now getting out my markers. I'm going to draw a teddy bear on mine!

[viridescence13]

Prednizone gives me a ton of energy and makes me feel hyper. So it has that as a great side effect. It also gives me leg spasms though. So hey. :)

[susandennis]

Cute doctor told me it would increase my appetite "so don't go pig out"...

And since this is right after the bong nebulizer, I'm thinking MUNCHIES!!!

:)

[viridescence13]

Oh yeah, I was an eating machine and even put on a couple of pounds when I did an 18 day stint of prednizone when my eczema was really bad. You'd think the hyperactivity would counteract that, but no.

My brother was asthmatic and he had a nebulizer but I never took a hit from it. Hmmm.

:)

[dizzdvl.livejournal.com]

Ooh a spacer! I forgot about those. I hope it helps.

[horizonchaser.livejournal.com]

Pred can be a real monster - watch out for salty snacks and alcohol!

Yay for the spacer! :D Hoping you feel better quickly now.

[susandennis]

no prob with the alcohol but i guess it's too late for those mixed nuts i had last night. oops.

and yeah, that spacer is the bomb. i'm only mildly disappointed that mine has no teddy bear on it.

thanks.