Hope it all goes well for you. I'm sure it will :) I'll be thinking of you and yours and my fingers are crossed you get your action plan sorted swiftly.
I don't hear any whining. I think you're doing a better job of coping than I would have done in the same circumstances (my God Of Pointless Anger tends to visit me at moments like this and demand attention from everyone). I do think you should grant yourself a more cheerful book :-)
Thanks, Mike! My husband does the God of Pointless Anger thing. I've got more of a Goddess of Pointless Anxiety. (Which is why I worry I sound whiny when I'm just processing a personal experience.)
I knew a book about Jane Seymour wouldn't be the cheeriest reading material, but I am a sucker for all things Tudor and stuff like this is usually a bookish fuzzy blanket for me. I'm just amazed at the timing of getting to the parts about sweating sickness while in the ER to get tested for the modern-day plague. I mean, what are the odds?
Definitely neither privileged nor a whinge. What an awful day -- anybody who'd go through that and NOT come home totally done in on pretty much every single level would need to have their head, their psychology, and a whole lot of other things investigated. (Not to mention a basic test whether they're human or a robot in disguise to begin with.)
I hope once it's established with medical certainty that you really do have the asthma that your GP already knew you have and not a bout of Covid-19, you can finally get the asthma action plan you were hoping to get in the first place. My commiserations to you and your entire family.
Thanks, TA! Sometimes I wouldn't mind being a robot in disguise (cue the Transformers cartoon theme song!), but I definitely won't need that basic test. I feel almost hungover today.
The ER doc, who was visibly upset that she couldn't do anything for me re: the asthma issues, said she was very sorry I was getting the runaround and if I have any trouble getting into the clinic after my results come back the hospital will call them. But I can't even be mad at the clinic staff. Better to be safe than a community transmission hotspot of disease.
That does sound rough and anxiety inducing, although I'm with Mike that fuzzy-blanket feelings aside, maybe a different book for just today may have been better?
I am so sorry you're having to go through this. I hope your test results come back negative, and that you're able to get an action plan in place to treat your asthma.
DP you handled that SO much better than I would have; I'd have had a small hissy fit about a GP turning away someone in medical need (it does my head in that they can do that), and I'd have insisted (I'd have tried for politely, but 50/50 as to how I'd fare) on the asthma prescription based on established history before going to the ER. In other words, I'd have gone all princess on them, and it would not have been my best moment. I'm not even going to speculate on how badly I'd have handled the swabs. You should absolutely pat yourself on the back for your grace under pressure.
I was too bewildered to be angry. Maybe that will come later. But you know what? I think maybe today I won't fight the urge to do some online retail therapy.
They had a short lived free shipping thing a few days ago - it probably was the impetus for the inventory wipe-out; I *almost* went on a binge myself, just before the free shipping thing, and they had all the pop-tart flavours in stock - even the unfrosted ones, which being a weirdo, I like - but I held strong against the processed food calling out to me. Plus, what I really want is the Pillsbury crescent rolls, and they won't deliver those to me, and I'm too lazy to go across town to pick them up. :p
Aw, nuts. Free shipping would have been nice. I should have timed my need for retail therapy better. And boo to them for not shipping the crescent rolls! You shouldn't have to go across town just because the biscuit tube might explode in the post. XD
It's basically dough in a lined cardboard tube, and bad things happen if they get too warm. I found a video that's only a slight exaggeration of the possible consequences... ;D
Those little suckers can be very temperamental. Sometimes they're Fort Knox and you need a hacksaw to get the dough out, and sometimes they pop open before you can get them home from the grocery store. XD
I'll have to go back to the doctor as soon as I get clearance, but if going to the dentist is anything like what I went through yesterday, I think I'll just let my teeth rot. :/
Sounds like you and your family are holding it together pretty well, complaining isn't a bad release valve for the tension. Hope you get speedy and good news test results :)
Thank you! I've got a good support system here. My sis-in-law volunteered to be our grocery runner for the duration. I hope she doesn't have to be on call for long. :)
I hope your negative result arrives soon.
I knew a book about Jane Seymour wouldn't be the cheeriest reading material, but I am a sucker for all things Tudor and stuff like this is usually a bookish fuzzy blanket for me. I'm just amazed at the timing of getting to the parts about sweating sickness while in the ER to get tested for the modern-day plague. I mean, what are the odds?
I hope once it's established with medical certainty that you really do have the asthma that your GP already knew you have and not a bout of Covid-19, you can finally get the asthma action plan you were hoping to get in the first place. My commiserations to you and your entire family.
Love the comfort bunny!
The ER doc, who was visibly upset that she couldn't do anything for me re: the asthma issues, said she was very sorry I was getting the runaround and if I have any trouble getting into the clinic after my results come back the hospital will call them. But I can't even be mad at the clinic staff. Better to be safe than a community transmission hotspot of disease.
Oh and I love the bunny too!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU8Ro-JkOV0
Barely an exaggeration, I'm sure...