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January 19, 2007
Give me the drugs and no one gets hurt....
I'm sick of sounding like I've been chain smoking for the past 40 years, so today I turned myself in to my doctor's office. They gave me a form to fill out listing every possible physical symptom a person could complain of. I think checking ten or more symptoms results in a hypochondria diagnosis, but I've not tested that theory. (Nor have I ruled out testing it in the future.) At the top of the paper it asks me to list the reason for today's visit. I wrote "I'm sick and I want drugs". Honesty is the best policy, right, it's best just to officially notify the doctor this is a shake down. He looked me over, checked my vitals with all sorts of interesting instruments and pronounced that I was right, I'm sick. Like the past two weeks weren't a good enough indicator. I got the drugs alright, and all it cost me was the $25.00 copay and a pinky swear to call him immediately if I felt any worse. I'm sure by Monday I'll be back to tearing the place up again.
Posted by Anna at January 19, 2007 7:39 PM
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I don't think we caught it from each other (since we're separated by Kentucky), but I have had the same thing since last Wednesday. It's been miserable. I was off work for 3 days. I managed to stay out of the doctor's office. I just kept drinking hot tea, eating cough drops and hot vegetable soup, and taking Day-Quill and Ni-Quill. I think I'm OK enough to go back to work tomorrow.
I had to pretend I was feeling fine when I talked on the phone to my Mom, though. After the first time I talked to her and she found out I was sick, she badgered me to go to the doctor every time I called her. And she told me I was sick because she just KNEW that I had gone outside without my scarf, mittens, etc. I hope you got some real good drugs, and I hope you start to feel much better soon.
I hope your Mom doesn't think you were playing in the snow without your mittens too.
Nancy
Posted by: Nancy at January 22, 2007 3:24 PM