Hello … I had a very bad night and reached out to the doc for help this morning. The days of them calling something in I think are gone. I had to have a virtual visit and saw a Nurse Practitioner. She told me what I already knew that I had a Maxillary Sinus Infection. Since I am allergic to most of the common antibiotics that would really go after this I got Doxycycline. She pushed up the dose and extended the length of the treatment in the hopes that it would get me back to being well. The whole process was rather simple but I hated having to go through it when it would have been just as easy for them to send something to the pharmacy. I really was hoping for some steroids but didn’t ask and if things don’t get any better with the antibiotics then I will reach back out and ask. Mainly I am looking for the sinus pressure to decrease so my gums and teeth aren’t bothering me. That and all of the crud I continue to blow out of my nose.
It took a little bit for the pharmacy to get the medicine ready and then I reached a stopping point where it was time for lunch and I broke off a little early to go grab my prescription. Then back home to enjoy a new soft drink. Sprite Zero Chill (Cherry Lime). It’s really good. Had that and a Grilled Cheese along with some Peanut M&M’s and my first pill of the antibiotics.
My iPad arrived and I was really surprised that it had an 89% charge on it. It was quickly up to 100%. I walked away from it and plan to set it up tonight, provided that I am not interrupted by work.
My boss reached out this morning to see how things were going. It started off calm but got crazy, then calm and back to crazy. Now that were in the afternoon and I am all caught up things are back to quiet again. I just hate to walk away from the computer because I know that something will happen to bring me right back. I was told that my mistake making co-worker was going to reach out to me today and he had plans to help me out tomorrow. He won’t answer my phone calls for anything. I did send him an email and told him that I’ve got everything under control and that if he would just take care of a couple things on Thursday & Friday I would be happy with that. It’s much less work load for him and it would seriously help me out so I could enjoy my time off. After the bullshit I have been through today once I sign off tomorrow and call it a day that’s it, unless something comes up on-call on Wednesday. Funny thing is that my boss said he updated the on-call calendar but he just updated his local copy and not the copy on the server so it actually looks like the mistake maker is on-call and not me. I could be kind and fix things but nope not this time. I hope that he gets pestered instead of me if things go south.
I did make it a point to tell my boss that I’ve been sick since Christmas and that I am still working despite how bad I feel. I told him that I had a follow-up with the doc later this morning. Clueless he only read half of what I wrote, he never really truly pays full attention to me and that’s getting old.
At any rate at least there are no dumb ass meetings today. I’ve got to run one tomorrow but as it stands at the moment it will be short and quick.
My hope is that I can have a holiday as well as enjoy my two days off and that I will feel better and can actually do something besides sleep in and loaf around here. I’ve got nothing going for about an hour so I plan to head up and maybe give the iPad a go if the cats will permit that.
Hope your Monday is going well. Take care!
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