Walkin' Pneumonia Blues

So, last week I started a new temp gig at the Theatre Dept (from whence I acquired my degree 30 years ago - will that be here, or to go?). They were desperate due to the abrupt illness of the academic secretary just before the beginning of the semester. I settled in quickly, and Pat, the executive secretary, fell ill Wed afternoon and called in sick Thursday am. I'm glad that she felt she could, though it's been a trip...

Friday morning I woke up with pain in my chest, an ugly cough and a sore throat. Though I didn't find out till Monday, Pat went into the hospital with her pneumonia on Friday as well. Saturday I dragged myself to Ft. Wayne for Midwest Madness ('cause I'd promised to run) and did indeed run for about 10 hours with barely a voice and a lot of Chloraseptic.

Today I finally dragged myself to Redicare. I hate paying the $85, but I was just getting worse, and it felt like I was swallowing through shards of broken glass. The doc called it Mycoplasma pneumonia, a classic case by the symptoms. He said he could have diagnosed it over the phone. "Walking pneumonia" , by virtue of it being mild enough pneumonia that you can walk around with it for weeks and just think you have a really vicious cold. The nice doctor gave me enough samples of antibiotic for 10 days an promised me I'll feel better in a couple of days. I'll be coughing for a couple of weeks, due to the damage done to my lungs, but all in all not too shabby.

EDIT: Almost 24 hours later, and I'm waiting to feel better. *sigh*

EDIT: I did feel better after 48 hours, almost to the hour, but was then stalled with a painful, wet, deep cough till yesterday. Last night (Wednesday 1/26) I finally slept through most of the night and today am feeling nearly human. Of course, I've been spending my evenings napping through TV on the couch, cats strewn across me. I was so slagged last night I didn't even have the energy to get up and get the remote, and thus watched WifeSwap. Heaven help me... (and I'll take the bad housekeeper/loving disciplinarian new ager over the Tammy Faye look-alike who has spoiled her kids so badly they'll be menaces forever)