Bronchitis Here I Come

Last night I felt kind stuffy and wheezy in the chest. I was hoping it was just allergies or something but now I find out I have bronchitis...my doc is calling in antibiotics for me. She said with all the steroids that my body is producing that I am getting sicker and that it is likely causing me to develop the borderline kidney infection last week and then this week’s illness.

My cat is getting worse as well…he has another bald spot from stress grooming. I think it’s the change in environment with a new roomie and stuff. I have to call the vet if he continues to do this over the next month to get him some meds too. He is not used to being able to roam where he wants and we had to move his litter box because he wouldn’t go in his usual spot. I think it’s a change of smell in the apartment – it no longer smells just like us. Hopefully he hates Vaseline since the vet told me to put that on him because he is getting quite raw…but it appears he likes it. Now he’ll probably get the “runs”. More mess to clean up.

I had gotten another new fish a few weeks ago when the other one died and he is still kicking…he has a salmon colored body and blue watercolor fins. Very weird Betta fish and he is a snob. He only likes to eat little frozen fish shrimp. So I’m starving him for two days and then trying to make him eat the flakes since they have other nutrients the fish needs. He needs his veggies basically. It looks nice out today but I don’t want to make my lungs susceptible to any other diseases/cold/ etc. out there right now since I know a lot of things are going around.

I talked to the pain management doc and he changed my regimen slightly and is sending me the new pill prescription. I only take one pill for pain and I take it three times daily so he doesn’t see that I have any addiction problems. It’s something one worries about when it’s an opiod and there are addiction problems on one side of the family. He said as long as I don’t take more and don’t take it when it is not needed than he sees no problem and upon physical examination he sees no problems either. There are many medical articles about the use of strong pain medication not causing addiction in people who truly have pain and do not use it recreationally.

I’m still waiting for my NYC doc to call with results and the next steps. All my results are in I just have to wait for her to analyze it and call me back in a day or so probably. It shouldn’t be long to find out next steps. I have a list of symptoms since seeing her to discuss after coming off the steroids.

Anyway, enough rambling for today…