My annual bronchitis has settled in nice and hard.
Joy.
It is bad enough that I caved and called the doctor this morning. The amazing, incredible, awesome, goddess of a woman that took my call and initially told me that the first opening wasn’t until Thursday, heard me coughing and decided that simply wasn’t good enough. She went and spoke with the staff and managed to squeeze me in for a video appointment this afternoon.
After absolute shit timing of my internet deciding to die and a rushed and panicked call into the office, I was able to do my appointment via phone.
It was honestly the best appointment I’ve ever had when it came to dealing with this yearly, all winter long nightmare. We discussed what worked in the past and some new suggestions and settled on my normal meds (thank goodness!) that tend to work best.
The only problem? The steroids I normally take and that work well are being very cautiously prescribed because it can impact your immunity. With a pandemic going on, that really isn’t a good thing.
I now have to go in for a covid test to ensure I don’t actually have that instead of my bronchitis before I can start on my meds. That could have been another epic wait, but again, the staff doing the scheduling saved my butt when a spot opened up, while still on the call, for tomorrow morning, though it isn’t at a close location.
Apparently, accessing tests in my area right now isn’t all that easy because of the growing number of cases. It really is kind of terrifying.
I’m almost 100% sure this is just my usual winter crud. Everything I’ve got going on is classic for that crud, but it is still a possibility that I’m wrong. I found out that the timing on our HVAC guy’s test was probably a lot closer than I originally thought (though still a slim chance) and BG is always going to be pretty much THE potential to bring it home. So, while I am pretty sure, that little bit of chance doesn’t make me feel all warm and fuzzy. Definitely not feeling the warm fuzzies of a potentially suppressed immune system while on these meds.
So, now I have to go get a brain poke while trying not to cough up a lung, at a place that does covid testing. You know, where people quite possibly have covid. All so I can, maybe, take the meds I need to stop coughing.
Wear your masks people!!
TJ Fox: Sharing the Experience 
Take care of yourself
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Good luck! I hope all turns out well. Did you ever think that having a diagnosis of bronchitis would be a good thing? What a world we are living in right now. Sending you good wishes. 💛
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I was actually really worried about it hitting. Since I started coughing about a week before Halloween, I’ve had it in the back of my head that just maybe it really wasn’t the usual. It’s nerve wracking. As much as I’m dreading tomorrow, I’m also kind of glad to get tested. Not that that means I can’t get it later, but at least I’ll know this particular brand of crud isn’t THE crud.
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Good luck! We were tested a week ago (both negative) and the test wasn’t as awful as expected. We did the drive through and I had David hold my hand for mine. He said I squeezed tightly for the second half of the test.
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I’m such a baby when it comes to stuff like this, so I’m a little stressed. It didn’t help that the lady I spoke with said that the more you can open your mouth, the less it hurts, but it is still uncomfortable. Sounds so fun!
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I was nervous too.
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I feel your pain. Fall bronchitis tends to linger all winter. I hope you get good news, the meds work, and you stay safe while going through all this. Thinking of you.
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Thanks! You’d think after all these years of getting this, I’d be kind of used to it, but it is just the same kind of miserable every year.
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