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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Errrrrrr!!!



Here is James in front of his Science Project. He is giving me what I like to call the 'Jeff smile.' Because really, it's more of an 'I'll humor you while you take the picture, Mom' look. He was quite happy to take home a certificate, a ribbon, and a free Water Ice coupon. Speaking of water ice, yesterday was the first day of spring and that means free water ice at Rita's! I still haven't figured out quite how to describe Water Ice to my non-PA friends, other than its like a slurpee meets a snowcone, but better. I actually hate slurpees and snowcones so maybe that's not the best description. Anyway, while I do feel that in the world of water ice, Dairy Delight is where its at, Rita's is also good...and free on the first day of spring. Back when I was young and fancy-free, my sister and I went to several Rita's locations on free day and loaded up. Good times.

In other news, I went to the doctor yesterday to get my Thyroid checked and guess what I got diagnosed with? Asthma! Woo! Who knew. He asked me if I ever got short of breath. Uh, no. Then he diagnosed me with asthma. When I asked him why, he said because he could hear a slight rasp in my breathing. Huh?! He prescribed me an inhaler (that I can use up to 4 times a day as needed, you know, for when I get short of breath and all) and Singulair. He also kept my thyroid dose low, even though he told me that my dose will need to keep increasing as I get older, and this is the lowest dose I've been for as long as I can remember. All in all, very discouraging and now I feel that I must find a new doctor...again. I didn't fill the prescription for the inhaler or Singulair, because I am pretty sure if I had asthma, I would have noticed.

3 comments:

Terry and Linda said...

Believe me you would have noticed. I have lived with that nasty stuff all my life. Maybe you have/had a slight cold.

Linda
http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com

Trish D said...

I went to Bucks County Family Practice (in Langhorne, right off of 413, near the Newtown Bypass) and was always really happy with the doctors there. Even hubby "tolerated" them, and he DESPISES anything medical related. Not sure if they're even an option with your insurance, but might be worth checking out.

Oh, and I really miss water ice!! (especially since we have a kid who is lactose intolerant, so ice cream isn't exactly a good family treat option)

Schwartz's said...

RIDICULOUS!!!