After fighting a reoccuring cough for 3 weeks, I finally broke down and visited a doctor today. Because Kirksville is the birthplace of Osteopathic Medicine, there is only one M.D. in town — everyone else is a D.O. (and I’m suspicious of all that manipulation stuff they do). Fortunately, I was able to get an appointment the same day I called.

He couldn’t really find anything wrong with me (even with me sitting in front of him, hacking up my lung tissue), so he placed me on 2 strong pills, a liquid for nighttime, and a nasal inhaler. In case that doesn’t work in 10 days, he gave me a backup prescription for a bronchial inhaler. Then he gave me a 5 minute lecture on the importance of regular exercise and safe sex (both of which I wish I had more of in my life).

So hopefully I’ll be back up to speed soon. I start teaching a Web Workshop at our campus library for the freshmen class on Monday. I’m terribly behind on reconciling the budget for my bulding. And I’ve got tons of reading to do for the Queer Theory class I’m taking this semester. And there’s always this website to worry about.