Drive through Clinic - Almost...

Just got back from the Walk in clinic 2 hours ago.* 

Benylin for congestion, Dayquil, Airborne, assorted Buckley's, Cotridin, Mersyndol
Cough lozenges, puffer and lots of water.......

I have been sick with an upper respiratory infection since mid December - got it from another nurse at work.  The first week I was miserable with breathing problems,sore throat, draining sinuses and congestion.  Slight cough. I used my puffers, a decongestant and Airborne.

The week after Christmas I lost my voice and started coughing.   And coughing.  AND coughing.

I was pretty sure I hacked up a lung.  I resorted to Buckley's Mixture and also threw in a couple Mersyndol (antihistamine with codeine and tylenol) and continued to use my puffers and when I wasn't sucking back the Buckley's....I was sucking on Halls lozenges.  My dear husband went out and got all our supplies, plus juice, plus a vaporizer.

Finally, I decided -  since I couldn't sleep more than 1/2 hour without having my cough wake me up....I thought I would visit the local WIC for an RX for Codeine cough syrup. It had been 4 days since I got more than 2 hours sleep.

I was desperate. And near delirious.

There was no one else in the waiting room.  It made me anxious - did everyone else know something I didn't?  After the preliminary bookkeeping, I was escorted to an examining room.

Doc enters:

Doc: "Hey there, how are you?"  He looks like he could be Bill Murray's brother.

Me: "Well, I have been better but I need help with my cough. Lungs are clear ( ya, I used my own stethoscope)  and I don't have a fever.  Don't want or need antibiotics - this is probably a virus - I've coughed up all the phlegm I can and now I just need something to cut the cough long enough so I can get some sleep.  I am taking guaifenesin Buckley's during the day...."

Doc: " How about some Cotridin (higher octane cough medicine than what one can get OTC)syrup?"  as he listens to my lungs.  "All clear" he proclaims. Yup I knew that.

Me: "Sounds good. Thanks! Oh, and by the way, I need one more Hep A immunization if you don't mind.....if you could add it to the RX???? Thanks!"

And I was out the door.  I felt like I had just had a "Groundhog Day" experience.

Picked up my cough syrup, more Buckley's and cream for my coffee.......and wandered on home.

Fastest I have ever seen a MD and got my RX filled - ONE hour total - from home, to WIC to drugstore and home!

Must be some kind of record.  My husband was disappointed that I didn't bring him home a pizza.

I am sitting here awake.....waiting for the codeine to kick in.

Still coughing.

Get me the Buckley's. Taste's bad.  But - at least it works.

Taste Tests done for Buckley's, FYI:










Now you know why my blog postings have been few and far between as of late.




* I had just finished work (no patient contact, isolated in my office) and my own MD was 1 1/2 hr drive away....thus the late WIC visit.