acute coryza

so that's apparently a term for the common cold. of which i have. and i went out and bought some pineapple juice. because apparently, it's a great cough remedy.

not that i have a cough yet. but i'm prepared. because i know it's coming. it's what always happens after the sneezy, stuffy head phase.

as i told you, i'm quite grateful that i have this cold now. then i don't have to worry about being ill for my trip. but dang, it made last night and this morning rough. i just don't function well, when i'm congested. you could ask me my name, and i'd barely know it.

you know i've thought about it. and i actually think there has to be some good reason for people to get colds. i think they protect you from something or other that's far worse.

so i'm having this health care crisis. i need to make an appointment to get some more thyroid medicine. but since my new doc has joined up with this health care team, he switched from being a nice and disinterested old doc to this "what new diagnostic test can we give you?" health care provider.

see, what i've learned over the years is that it's just not good to hand yourself over to these health care people. they'll sign you up for whatever is the latest craze. they'll diagnose and procedure you right into death.

and i don't want that. i want my thyroid medicine. i know from experience that i cannot go without that. but i just do not want a heart scan, a lung scan, a Pap smear, a full chemistry lab, a mammogram and a colonoscopy. and so maybe i'll die without all those things. but i'll tell you what, i'll probably die with all those things as well.

and i just think that in the meantime, as long as i feel well, i'm doing just fine and that we should just do things naturally and you should leave me the hell alone. if i'm feeling sick, i'll call ya. if i'm not, give me my thyroid medicine and leave me alone and i'll be just fine. thank you very much.

in the meantime, i've got my full box of kleenex, my pineapple juice at the ready, and my vicks. and my acute coryza will go do it's job and then go away.