girlfiend

Because I’d been coughing for over two years I tried to make an appointment with a pulmonologist. But the pulmonologist wasn’t seeing new patients until November so I started seeing an ENT. I’ve seen him several times now, and Boyfiend’s aunt works in the office so she and the other women who work there watch the kids during my appointments. When they  call to remind me that I have an appointment they ask if I’m bringing the kids for them to watch. The one time I didn’t they were disappointed.  They give the Fiendling candy to eat and crayons and stickers to play with. He has a blast and the baby is so good natured he’s thrilled to be with anyone as long as they keep him entertained. The ENT is a good guy and just about everyone in the family has seen one of the doctors in the practice for something.

The ENT gave me a few different nasal sprays which helped the coughing a bit, but eventually I saw the pulmologist who confirmed my asthma diagnosis and gave me a bettter inhaler. I’ve been cough-free since I started the new inhaler early in November. It’s awesome.

I am so happy not to be coughing. Aside from the fact that coughing sucks, I will now be overly honest and tell you that if you’ve had two babies the good old fashioned way your pelvic floor muscles don’t recover no many how many fucking kegels you do. When you are coughing uncontrollably you will pee.  Every time. Every night I would wake up coughing and every night I would pee in my pants. I always thought those enormous, boat sized pads were for the elderly, but really they’re just for women who have had babies and have bad coughs.

Anyway, I had an appointment with the ENT today just to check out my post-nasal drip. (I am so sexy.) The doctor asked if my face hurt  and I said yes, just the left side, without thinking anything of it. Turns out I have a sinus infection and didn’t even notice it. I was so ecstatic not to be coughing and so excited that I was no longer peeing all the time that I didn’t even tell an Ear Nose and Throat doctor that I’ve had green snot and painful sinuses for a week. Really, the snot and painful sinuses are just a non-issue compared to the cough, so it didn’t even occur to me that it was a problem. The doctor just shook his head and said, “If you were a man you would have been crying about the pain.”

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