Doing The Wrong Thing

[bunn]

I have a cold, and I'm going to have to take it to the doctor. This is annoying. I'm pretty sure the doctor doesn't want my cold, and nor do all the people in the waiting room. Plus, there I am tying up important NHS-type people with an untreatable minor virus that will get better on its own. Taking a cold to the doctor is one of those things you aren't supposed to do, right?

The reason I need to take the little bugger in is that is has provoked my (normally almost non-existent) asthma into a show of rampant wheeziness whenever I lie down. If I were a careful and provident asthmatic, this would not matter, I could just have a good whiff of my inhaler at bedtime and go to sleep. But I'm not, I'm a lazy and optimistic asthmatic with no current inhaler - so I've just spent a couple of nights wheezing like a very elderly set of bellows, propped on a mountain of pillows. I haven't slept well, and the cold has taken advantage of that. Bastard.

Because the silly asthma is usually so utterly insignificant, I have basically ignored it for years, so when I phoned up today to ask if I could have a new inhaler, they said 'no, you haven't had once since 2001 so you need a checkup first'. Which I suppose makes sense, but it's not like the checkup is going to find anything significant. Bleh.

Comments

[sigisgrim.livejournal.com]

*sympathy*

I know exactly where you're coming from; I had pretty much the same situation last year. I too have mild asthma, which is under control so I don't need to use an inhaler on a regular basis.

To make it worse for me the nurse at the new practice (having moved two years ago) declared that I wasn't asthmatic. I don't fit their narrow set of rules. When I did get to see the doctor at Christmas she reversed the nurses decision. *Yes!*

Do you get your 'flu' jab?

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Nah, I'm far too lazy to organise myself extra heath-related hassle!

[sigisgrim.livejournal.com]

Last year's tripple infection probably wouldn't have been quite so bad if I had had last year's 'flu' injection.

[chainmailmaiden]

My asthma's a bit like that. I do have an inhaler somewhere, but I'm sure it's well out of date by now, I think I got it about 4 years ago. I probably should get another one when I get round to registering with a GP somewhere near where I live.

Hope you feel better soon.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

In case you haven't tried it, I recommend against using an inhaler that's way out of date. I did: it does sort of work still, but it does very strange things to your heart rate and makes you feel very odd.

[chainmailmaiden]

Salbutamol tends to give me palpitations and a dizzy feeling anyway, which is why I tend to avoid it unless the only other option is not being able to breathe :-) Generally I just avoid being in a situation where I need it /lazy. Not much you can do when you have a cold or chest infection though :-(

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

*hugs cold better*