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Now that all the flu symptoms are gone and the stiff/sore neck has almost unloosened, I'm not really "sick" per se. Just easily tired pretty much all the time, and with the attention span of a . . . um . . . one of those things over there. You know, running up the walls and eating the neighbor's birdseed. Makes me want to shout "You damn kids, get off my lawn!" Anyway, Lyme disease reminds me a lot of mono. Only without the fun parts, where you get the disease in the first place. Of course my bout with mono didn't have any of the fun parts either. I came down with it several weeks after a four-hour trip to get dumped.

Right, focus. $manager is awesome and allows me to work from home. Of course, today that meant I had to come in for half a day to put out the fires that sprang up in my absence (which consisted of reading the email thread that was rather amusing in its increasing franticity, writing to a half-dozen people to say, 'It doesn't really matter to me, so go with that one,' and convincing all my co-workers that I haven't died yet) and set up the work computer for VPN/VNC access. This did convince me that I probably oughtn't be trying to do eight hours' worth of work in an eight-hour period, since four in four nearly wiped me out. Thankfully working from home means I can do eight in more like twelve, allowing for breaks for things like letting my eyes glaze over for ten minutes or so, or forgetting where in the red-pen-covered document I am in converting changes.

If I'm not back to at least functional by Monday I will be displeased. I suspect $boss will be as well but I might be making that up. I don't really know.

On Monday Patient First in Laurel gave me a prescription for ten days' of doxycyclene (antibiotic) which they filled there (the max that they'll fill), and another for eleven days to complete the three-week regimen. I tried to fill the eleven-day prescription today. Turns out United Health Care, my insurer, won't cover the second prescription until next Monday. It's "too soon." Stupid bloody insurance system.

Origins post next. Probably tonight or tomorrow.

Date: 2007-07-13 12:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elvenyukiryu.livejournal.com
I love email chains like that.

Hope you feel better soon. Ra-chan still loves killing her new toy. I should try to take a picture of it for you. Juggling the camera and the toy might prove too difficult though. *grin*

Date: 2007-07-14 03:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elvenyukiryu.livejournal.com
mine is unposted by default, although I have been musing on putting up a locked entry with it for emergencies. Will find your email and then email said contact info to you. *grin*

Date: 2007-07-13 01:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] uilos.livejournal.com
Right. Because you can totally OD on doxy or sell it on the street. Insert snort of derision here.

Date: 2007-07-13 02:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] uilos.livejournal.com
Oh yeah, all that demand black market penicillin. You have to be careful about those guys, no telling if you get the good stuff or if they cut it with Tylenol.

Date: 2007-07-13 01:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tirani.livejournal.com
It was 2-3 weeks before I could work a full day of work and not be 'drool on myself and there's no way I'm driving through THAT traffic' tired afterwards. Sorry :/

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