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exsequar ([personal profile] exsequar) wrote2008-07-08 06:45 pm

I'm just hoping there isn't some kind of cosmic punchline

Wanna know something hilarious? I probably have whooping cough! Yep, the one that makes you think of little kids in the 1800s. WHOOPING COUGH! It's bacterial but they can't do anything. The doctor (who was lovely and sweet) prescribed a cough suppressant that I had already bought over the counter for myself and doesn't work very well. So basically the doctor's visit was a waste (I had to pay full price since my insurance is BULLSHIT) except for confirming what I already suspected, thanks to [livejournal.com profile] bexone.

Awesome.

On top of that, I got not one, but TWO parking tickets today. Let's not talk about it.

On the other hand, things in the lab are for once the best part of my day. I got a beautiful snowy white product in 90% yield today (that's very good) and it made me quite happy. Finally things are going right!

The other good thing that happened today was that my 102 Dublin prints arrived. They're so PRETTY you guys. I want to roll around in them forever. I can't wait to put them up on my wall!

So uh, way to go karma for giving me freaking whiplash. Ugh.

(Seriously, WHOOPING COUGH.)
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[personal profile] jebbypal 2008-07-09 10:46 am (UTC)(link)
I admit to not knowing everything about it. However, I know that the antibiotics are an option because my old boss's husband caught it and she didn't realize what she had till it was pointless to give him antibiotics --- and she felt bad since whooping cough can take up to 3 months to clear up (it's frequently also called the 100 day cough). Which is why I mentioned you might want to badger to see if you can get antibiotics for it or not....

Yeah, plane is probably likely. Just thought you might mention it in case --- most people have had a vaccine to it too, it just depends if their pertussis vaccine was recent/effective or not.