Been feeling somewhat run down for about a week and a half, with an intermittent cough, and some light chest congestion. No fever, no discolored anything, but finally went to see the doctor this afternoon. The practice I go to is one I’ve been going to since 1998 or 1999, and seeing the same doctor, who’s about ten years older than I am. He’s been making moves to keep the practice going, but clearly looking toward retirement as well, and so is adding more doctors and nurse practitioners to the group (he’s had other doctor partners over the years, but I think they’ve all retired at this point, so he needed more). Saw one of the new guys, welcomed him to the practice. Didn’t find anything specific, because it’s not really presenting as anything, so he gave me a script for an inhaler to calm my lungs down and told me to monitor for any discoloration or change in the no-fever situation. First time using an inhaler, which is an odd thing to get used to. Still glad to have gone in and had it checked.
Work is still playing catch up to get operations back and running. We’ve gotten partial back pay while the payroll processor figures out all of the missing deductions and what not. In theory we should get the rest this week, then I can figure out what goes where and try and clean things up, financially.