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Woo! I’m bonkers!
So once again I end up with another ENT problem. Sore throat, blocked nose, ears that feel like they’re popping and oozing the whole time. Coupled with my general increasing down-ness it’s no wonder I ended up having a spontaneous cry yesterday morning. There was a general feeling of “will this never end?”
So I went to see the doctor* this morning, assuming I’d get a pat on the head, some anti-biotics and a quick bums-rush out the door (actually they’re not unattentive at the surgery by any means, but I do try and take as little of their time as possible) but no, bless her… she was actually rather concerned. The fact I’d managed to end up with another infection – aside from about two other standard colds – of the last four months worried her and so she started to talk, ask about how my life was working out.
At which it all poured out.
The result is that I’m now signed off work for a week due to stress and depression (which I have to say sounds utterly feeble when written in three words, but hey – it was quick for her to write and is technically the cause of my current gradual collapse). She’s also recommended – as opposed to anti-depressants – a referral to the practice counsellors which, whilst it won’t happen for weeks (they’re quite busy) is definitely a preferred option as far as I can see.
Still, I actually feel that now something is actually being done by someone else it’s like I have a bit more power over things too. “The power of two will get us through”, or something.
Perhaps with people behind me (albeit not in that way) I may actually be able to move forwards, as opposed to continuing the terrifying paralysis I’ve come to find myself subjected to over the last few weeks.
* Yes. Yes I did type it with a capital “D” orginally. Doctor, for me, is first and foremost a proper noun after all.
Posted on April 18, 2007 | Filed Under Health and Fitness, My So-Called Life
Hopefully the week off will do the trick, get out and enjoy the sunshine, top up you Vit D, take a trip to the seaside and all that.