Scribblings from the Mitchy Side

So that was another fun 10 days :P Chest infection pretty much kicked my arse for all of last week. Tuesday (7th), not only was I spiking a fever, coughing up a lung and attempting to thwart a killer headache from hell, but my lower back muscles decided to get in on the act and started spasming like it was going out of fashion. It was agony. It was so bad, I made the supreme effort to get dressed and drive very sloooooowly to my doctors for the emergency surgery that afternoon.

Doc was ok, she gave me some non-coated antibiotics and a course of steroids, to treat the infection and the asthma, and after I whined extensively, she grudgingly wrote a prescription for some anti-spasm pills. My argument was it was all very well her saying "well you need to give it xyz hours, take paracetamol and give it time to work", but that was lousy pain management. c.f. temps, cough, headache etc. Anyway, it worked - Tuesday night I was able to sleep with the back spasms reduced enough that I could ignore 'em.

After that, it was a case of slowly but surely. I started feeling better, properly better, on Friday and I actually stopped coughing over the weekend. Still pretty sluggish but that's to be expected. I've got a follow up appointment with the asthma nurse this coming Friday and we'll see how it goes. It feels better, i suspect there's room for improvement.

Yesterday, I felt well enough to go to the movies and to the Capital One Cup game at Stevenage. Had a lovely time :) I saw "The Bourne Legacy" - good film, but very much a "To Be Continued" movie, with more questions than answers. But I liked Renner lots and I've always liked Rachel Weisz and they had a good chemistry together. I'm liking how they're folding in this new series with the old trilogy, very nicely done.

The football was excellent, Stevenage won 3-1! So they go through to the next round. Good to see all the new players working well together. Weather was absolutely glorious - I took a heavy sweater with me but never needed it, it was that mild a night. Lovely! First proper League game will be on Saturday and I'm looking forward to it :)

Today, apart from a quick trip to drop off a repeat prescription, I've taken it easy. I know how easy it is to have a setback after a major chest infection so I'm being cautious. The cat approves, he's spent all day snuggling up with me, bless him :)