Thursday, October 29, 2009
Knee doctor visit
When the automatic door to the Doctors' offices opened yesterday, I immediately smelled a sweet, not unpleasant fragrance and a little tickle started in my throat. Where ever it was carpeted there was a pleasant odor. Pleasant or not we are wheezing and coughing now. We believe it is the carpet cleaning products used because we encounter this often in the entrances of other stores, office buildings, etc. Sometimes I feel as if the whole world stinks!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
More stuff in the air
The silverberry bush, which emits a lovely fragrance this time of year, is coming to the end of its bloom cycle. As much as we love the odor, it's way too strong for us.
It's been quite cool for the past week, and some of the neighbors have started up their woodstoves and fireplaces, which means that after 5 p.m., no going out without a mask.
Tomorrow's plan is to cut some of the grass, wearing a mask, of course. As uncomfortable as they are, having my chest be even tighter than it's been is an option I'll pass on.
Seeing the doctor for the quarterly visit next week. We'll see what happens between now and then.
It's been quite cool for the past week, and some of the neighbors have started up their woodstoves and fireplaces, which means that after 5 p.m., no going out without a mask.
Tomorrow's plan is to cut some of the grass, wearing a mask, of course. As uncomfortable as they are, having my chest be even tighter than it's been is an option I'll pass on.
Seeing the doctor for the quarterly visit next week. We'll see what happens between now and then.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Fresh country air
Hah! The only difference between rural air and urban air is what's mucking it up.
The usual fall odors are afoot. Folks burning stuff - leaves in the yard and wood in the house - chicken manure on the fields, corn and soybean harvesting.
Our house is closed up, and any trip outside requires a mask. Big fun now!
The usual fall odors are afoot. Folks burning stuff - leaves in the yard and wood in the house - chicken manure on the fields, corn and soybean harvesting.
Our house is closed up, and any trip outside requires a mask. Big fun now!
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Doctor's office
We went to the doctor yesterday for my sweetie's first post-op visit. It was a cool, cloudy, but very pretty, and the drive over was nice. The folks at the check-in desk were, as always, friendly. We only had to wait, literally, two minutes before we were called back to an exam room.
Then it all broke loose. We walked into the small (10' x 10') exam room and BOTH started hacking. We went into the hall and I hung onto the wall and coughed without interruption for two minutes or so, and off and on for the next three hours, even after using the inhaler and taking cough syrup. We had to be moved to another exam room, throwing a kink into their computerized works.
All because the person who was in there before had on so much perfume that the scent lingered for more than 10 minutes after he or she was gone.
It made the rest of the afternoon a little tougher, as that much coughing leaves me overly sensitive.
Then it all broke loose. We walked into the small (10' x 10') exam room and BOTH started hacking. We went into the hall and I hung onto the wall and coughed without interruption for two minutes or so, and off and on for the next three hours, even after using the inhaler and taking cough syrup. We had to be moved to another exam room, throwing a kink into their computerized works.
All because the person who was in there before had on so much perfume that the scent lingered for more than 10 minutes after he or she was gone.
It made the rest of the afternoon a little tougher, as that much coughing leaves me overly sensitive.
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