"I'll pick up where I left off."

Wed., January 23, 1991
     I had started writing while I was waiting to see the nutritionist last week but I didn't have to wait even five minutes.  I'll pick up where I left off.
     Guy said they let him come home to rest so he could go take the chiefs' test the next morning.  He had to report back to ASF after the test.  They'd already divided up the watches and he got stuck with the mid watch at the ASF office.  He said it was so boring.  He kept asking for a different watch & they finally switched him yesterday.  He didn't have to go in last night.  He had to be in at 5:30 this morning and got off at 2:30.  Instead of the office he's patrolling on foot at the Lafayette Clinic.  He said it was cold but he liked it a lot better than sitting in the office all night.  Only thing is, he's coming down with a cold--me too.
     He got up early from sleeping yesterday to take me to my appointment with Dr. Baker at PNH.  On the way over there I noticed my throat was irritated and by the time we saw the dr. it was making me cough a lot, just a dry little cough.  He told me to try using the tobramycin 3 times a day for a week plus do my therapy twice a day.  If I'm not better in a week I'm supposed to let him know.  Well, by suppertime I had a sore throat and it started hurting really bad in my very upper chest when I coughed.  I slept better than I thought I would but I didn't feel very good when I got up.  It wasn't hurting my chest when I coughed any more but I was having to constantly eat or drink something to keep my throat from hurting.  And when I wasn't doing that I was using a Hall's.  It's been a little better for a few minutes at a time but not for long.  My nose is stopped up off & on--my ears too.  I've taken some Tylenol three times since last night.  I can't tell if they've made any difference.
     I called this aft. to ask about which Robitussin formulas it was ok to take.  The nurse I talked to said all of them are ok.  She also said that if I have a fever of 100 degrees or more for 24 hours, I'd need to come in for a strep test.  I hadn't even thought about that.  I took my temp. & it was 99.4 degrees.  Guy took his when he got home and his was 100 degrees.  He took some aspirin and was feeling better after supper.  He went to Chief's class without me.  It's been colder since Mon. so I need to stay in, especially at night.  I hope I don't get any worse & I hope Guy doesn't either.  I have no idea where or who I caught this from.  Guy said it's probably from going out yesterday into the extreme weather change.  It's been nice lately, warm even when it was raining & now it's freezing cold.  I've been trying to be good & I thought my resistance was up because I was eating so well.  So I don't know where this came from.
     The nutritionist had suggested I cut back on fats.  I'd already stopped buttering my bread but now I'm switching to 2% milk instead of whole.  I haven't noticed any change yet.  I'm up to 123 lbs. now.  She & the drs. say that's good.  Next week I have the diabetes screening and 2 wks after that I have another ultrasound.