{"id":402,"date":"2009-09-28T23:45:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-28T23:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=402"},"modified":"2014-10-01T03:10:18","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T03:10:18","slug":"back-among-the-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=402","title":{"rendered":"Back among the living"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I’ve been pretty out of it the last couple days… funny how not feeling well can so easily reduce one’s *to-do list* to the barest of essentials, things like:<\/p>\n

finding the very softest spot on the pillow to lay my head<\/p>\n

keeping the tips of my toes under a blanket; my upper body was alternately (maddeningly!) hot or cold, but those toes had better be covered!<\/p>\n

dreaming up something (anything!) that would make my sore throat feel better… chocolate pudding (somewhat)… popsicles (didn’t last long enough)… warm saltwater (ick, but effective)… coffee (felt awful; you can imagine the state that had me in!)… chicken soup (nice, but the noodles felt like they were getting stuck way back in my throat)<\/p>\n

TMI, I know.<\/p>\n

Anyway… I was at the doc in a box place before they even opened on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

And back at the pharmacist on Sunday morning wondering if the darn antibiotics shouldn’t have me feeling at least a little bit better by now?<\/p>\n

I have to be desperate before I’ll see a doctor. Once I’ve taken that risk, I expect to be rewarded with feeling better pretty quickly. Waiting on meds to work their magic is hard when you’ve hardly slept or ate or done anything without a small measure of pain for a few days.<\/p>\n

Builds compassion for others who are genuinely sick though, I think.<\/p>\n

I felt the first tinges of an appetite returning late last night and managed a whole bowl of cream of broccoli soup.<\/p>\n

Then I slept like a zombie and this morning there was coffee again.<\/p>\n

Yum.<\/p>\n

Today I’m aching to be out with my camera capturing more of that late summer light.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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