Bronchitis Sucks Balls

Who the hell gets bronchitis in June?!

I thought I was hungover at first. I went to dinner with some friends on Thursday night and ended up having a few glasses of white wine (it was a gorgeous night, I cannot be blamed) and I ended up having no voice on Friday. Didn't help that I had to teach 7 hours then went out to the bar then met up with a friend and stayed up very late only to get up and day booze all damn day on Saturday...it was a fun weekend. Sunday, I felt awful and I couldn't talk. Pretty soon, my breathing was becoming labored and I figured it was just my asthma so I went to the ER with my friend.

Oh, man. This was, without a doubt, one of the worst experiences I've had in this country. The male nurse was the biggest asshole ever who clearly did not like foreigners. He took blood from my wrist without explaining what he was going to do. It HURT!!!! He wiggled the needle while it was inside me and it hit bone. I was yelling in pain (Steve was shushing me....) and I was freaking out after that. I refused to let them do anything else to me and just used the breathing machine. After I was done, they didn't check my breathing again or anything, just told me to go home and come back the next morning to the clinic.

The rest of my experience has been fine but man, was I pissed about the ER visit. My wrist is still bruised and why WHY on earth would a nurse draw blood from there when I have perfectly good veins near my damn elbow? Anyhow, got x-rays done and the diagnosis was bronchitis. I've been taking anti-biotics since Monday and seriously, they made me feel overall worse but my breathing is a ton better. I really hate anti-biotics but I understand that's what you need to do for bronchitis. I get tired so easily so I have to rest a lot and its really frustrating. Work is absolutely exhausting and I've had to leave work early the two days I've worked this week. Sucks balls.

This weekend will be spent doing fun and sober activities. Not sure what those are yet....