My 11 days are up and I saw the doctor today. After waiting 1 1/2 hours. We're tapering off the old and onto the new and hopefully I will be feeling better soon.
But we spent less time dealing with the fact of depression than we did with the fact that I'm sick. Sunday morning I pulled a muscle in my back and Sunday afternoon I started a cold. (I have a friend who says the two are related but...) These are my symptoms: headache, congestion so bad my teeth hurt, itchy ears, sore throat, cough, simultaneous stuffy and runny nose, feeling like I have a fever, but it doesn't show up on a thermometer, and basically just feeling lousy all over. The back ache and the sore throat have been getting a little better, but the other symptoms are staying constant.
I didn't go to the doctor any sooner because I thought I had a cold—and who bothers to go to the doctor for a cold. Turns out, I have the flu, a sinus infection, a bladder infection, and strep.
So nice man that he is, the doctor gave me a bunch of freebies, then sent me to my local Walgreen's to get the rest. (One of which my insurance won't pay unless the doctor gets pre-authorization and they can be sure it's medically necessary. Excuse me. But isn't the written prescription a sign that it's medically necessary?)
Now I'm home and going back to bed because this has been a miserable week. I even had to cancel "Grandma Day" with my two little cuties this week.
In fact, the only good thing of this week? Walgreen's, where I went to get my drugs, had Sugar Free Peeps! I've been having my husband and daughter searching for them all over town to no avail. I almost ordered them online last night but the shipping was just too high. (This is the best price I've found for them.) I'm soooo glad I didn't because not only did Walgreen's have a whole slew of them but they were only 99¢. I will post a full product review as soon as I regain my sense of smell.