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OK, update. Well I ain’t gonna lie, this cold hit me hard. I’ve been flaring up repeatedly/continuously since yesterday and I haven’t really slept which honestly just makes it so much worse. I’ve had lots of lost study time as you can imagine but I’m also impressed at how I can make myself study through it if I really, really want to. Finding that I had exhausted all my at-home resources and my prednisone stores had been depleated, I called my doctor’s office to see if they could get me in this morning, and they could.
Saw my doc, who gave me a script for some pred and of course the “you know where to go if you get worse” talk. This is exactly what I expected and indeed what I went to see him for. But I gotta say, my family doctor impresses me every time I see him and he just makes me feel so good. He is extremely perceptive, thoughtful, he asks me lots of questions and takes my questions seriously. He is interested in creating a plan we can work from. He admits that he doesn’t think there is much else he can do for me, which is a bit sad. But, he has sought the advice of many other professionals on how to “handle” me and I’m impressed and very grateful for this. As far as physicians go, he is everything I want to someday be, and I hope I will always think of him as an example. You know, when I’m a doctor and stuff.
However, becoming a doctor depends on tomorrow’s biochemistry midterm! Hahaha well not really, but it is stessing me out a bit. Partly because I feel like I haven’t studied as much as I would have liked, and partly because I’m worried that I won’t be well enough to write it at all. If I don’t write it, the entire weight of the exam would be deferred to the final exam. And while I can work with this, it also scares me. Especially since this is such a difficult and important course. It’s just a lot of weight to have on the final exam.
So, my mission for the evening: 1) not stressing 2) studying as much as I can 3) aggressively treating this thing so that I can breathe tomorrow (and tonight, preferably). I’ll let you know what goes down. But I probably won’t resurface until after the exam.
PS I’m not normally a wheezer, I’m more the silent type. But MAN, I sound freaking ridiculous today! It’s comical really, but also not so good.
PPS EDITED TO ADD: Wow, terrible grammar today. Sorry about that!
Hee hee. Last night when I considered setting my alarm so I would wake up for my early class this morning I decided against it seeing as “my lungs always have me up long before that anyway”. Well they didn’t this morning! So I overslept but was able still to make it out the door on time. Thanks for being unpredictable in a good way for once, lungs!
Today was an OK day. I performed my very first anaesthesia… on fruit flies! Using CO2!! Then I looked at their girl/boy parts under a microscope. Oh biology labs.
I’ve got to study some more for my music midterm tomorrow. Then I’ve got dance practice, should be fun! TTFN!
OK, so something very weird happened this morning. Pics first, explain later.
So you see, I have this puffer. It stays in the pocket of the ratty old fleece I wear around the house all the time. I used it early this morning, and when I went to take it right before leaving the house, it came out in many pieces in my hand. Huh?? I’m not too sure what went wrong here people. I was wearing the fleece the whole time, except while I was in the shower. Weeeiirrd.
I should add that the pressurized canister was intact, so it’s not like it was caused by an explosion or anything.
Anyway, I had a pretty bad night last night. I seem to have almost completely rebounded though. This is unusual for me, but it’s a very good thing. Here’s hoping for a sounder sleep tonight! Off for some maaad studying.
Well I went out for a skate this morning. The weather is absolutely wonderful and the ice is great. Unfortunately my adventure didn’t end very well. I had been happily going along at quite a clip but had to slow down to catch my breath. As I was slowling down, this kid pops out from behind his dad and starts skating right at me at full speed. I didn’t have much time to think but this is roughly what went through my head ”Well, this is weird, can’t he see I’m right there? Oh, he’s looking right into my eyes, he must have seen me so he is going to move any millisecond now….yup anytime now buddy” and then PAF! Collision. We both went flying then just sort of looked at each other for a minute without saying anything before I had the sense to ask him if he was OK. He was mostly fine but his lip was bleeding. Fortunately his dad was there and fortunately he had a helmet on. I didn’t get injured.
It was the weirdest thing, you’d think this kid had a death wish or something. He just flew right into me, even though I’m sure he saw me because his eyes were right on me. And he was a good skater too so I don’t really understand what happened. Of course I could have swerved as well but I was just so sure he was going to move because like, who just skates into people? I got off the ice right after that because I had the wind knocked out of me and I was a wee bit frazzled.
I came home and finished off my music homework. yess!! I have GOT to get outside again because it is so sunny!! yay. And after that it’s back in to study. Have a great weekend everyone!!
Barack Obama is coming to Canada today. He will not be making any public appearances but will instead have closed-door meetings with the Prime Minister, the leader of the opposition Michael Ignatieff, and the Governor General. Still, I’ve been hearing of people taking buses to Ottawa from all around Ontario just for this. Mr. Obama certainly has been creating waves (understatement of the year). This is a good thing.
Yesterday was kind of a crappy lung day. I didn’t accomplish a whole lot, except for 3 loads of laundry and some biochem studying. The concert last night was absolutely amazing, my violin idol did not disappoint. I will not bore you with my detailed review, but suffice it to say that I loved it.
Well, since my sloth day on Monday, I have actually been productive! Yesterday, I woke up early to go skating. I actually skated pretty hard and it was so glorious as the sun was shining and the ice was nearly deserted! After this I went home and studied for a bit, then went out again for a long walk. After a mini-nap and some dinner, I had dance practice. We really worked hard last night and I felt really good : ). And my lungs didn’t make a peep all day! This morning they are all grumbly though so I’m off to a slow start. I’m pretty sure they’re perking up so maybe I’ll go out for another walk, although I hear it is supposed to snow today…
Isn’t it just freaking weird how I talk about my lungs as if they are people, like they have a mind of their own or something? I don’t know why I do that, I guess it helps me to make light of the situation, make it seem less serious or something. It’s kind of a weird habit.
Oh, and I almost forgot. Tonight i am going to see my favouritest violinist ever!! EEEE I can’t wait. OK, lungs are happy now. I shall go and attack my pile of biochemistry studying.
