maychorian | little folded hands

Hey, guys! I saw a doctor today. Family doctor, has known me since I was tiny. The visit only cost forty-eight bucks, which was a pleasant surprise, and affordable. I feel a lot better after talking to him, even though this doctor is kind of quiet and hard to talk to (though apparently he has an easier time talking to men--guess he's shy).

I woke up this morning with my left ear feeling totally plugged, swollen and painful, and I knew I had to do something. So I called right away and got an appointment. Showed him the rash, asked about the chest pain, all that. After a few minutes of that poking stuff doctor's do, he agreed that I had an ear infection, said that he thought my chest pain was caused by acid reflux, and said that the rash didn't look like typical Lyme, but we'd keep an eye on it and do a blood test later if necessary. So...yay. I got two prescriptions (antibiotics, cream for the rash) and free samples for the hypothetical acid reflux. The antibiotics were free at Meijer and the cream was four bucks at Wal-Mart, and I bought cheese and yogurt and cat food (typical shopping purchases when I get out to that shopping plaza, which is fifteen minutes from home), and I even worked this afternoon.

And then I made soft rolled pretzels this evening, and they were delicious. Especially with homemade cheese sauce to dip 'em in.

So yes, I am feeling much better, mostly because I'm not afraid anymore. And that awful fatigue I've been fighting lately has also seemed to quit (I woke up Tuesday morning bright and early with no problem, as if I had never spent hours and hours every day fighting to prop my eyes open--weird but I'm not knocking it). So maybe, you know, I can get some kind of life back now.

Thanks for your good thoughts and advice, my dear friends. You've been a big encouragement to me.