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Posty McPosterson
Jun. 26th, 2014 12:13 amThat's me alright.
( I made a decision today. )
I also picked up my inhaler from the pharmacy today. My endo sent the script electronically because albuterol isn't a controlled substance, and I didn't see until today that I'm supposed to use it four times a day. My previous inhalers were either for emergency use only or twice a day, so either this is a different concentration or my asthma is way worse than it was before. Also, I used it and didn't feel immediate relief. I'm still coughing up mucus all damn day and apparently making a wheezing sound when I do it. I'm going to try to make an appointment with my GP just in case my endo was wrong about the congestion, since that's a problem I'm more familiar with. I guess I have trouble believing that the feeling of not having enough air in my lungs is caused by constricted airways rather than fluid build-up just because that's happened more to me over the past four years.
I chickened out on picking up my prescription for T. I have about a month's worth of 1% gel left in the pump, plus over a month's worth in packets. When I got to the pharmacy, I asked if I had refills on the 1% pump and they said yes and started filling the prescription. My insurance apparently thinks one box with two pumps is a 60 day supply (when it's actually a 120 day supply), so they won't let me fill the prescription for the higher dose until late August, after I move. I should be excited about starting the higher dose, but I'm actually really nervous. I feel like I have a good thing going here and don't want to fuck it up by increasing the dose. I can fill one and then have the other mailed to me in NYC but haven't yet decided which to fill first. I've had enough difficult decisions for one day so will deal with this one tomorrow.
Oh, also, I told my Ph.D. advisor-to-be that I'm transferring and he's happy for me! He didn't even ask me to terminate my contract. I feel badly about spending his start-up-money when he's not getting a Ph.D. student out of it, but he didn't take up my offer, and I could really use the cash right now. He had some advice about who I should work with, and I'm glad that it was advice I was already taking. He actually wanted me to get started with someone there right away, so that's what I'm going to try to do! I was actually drafting an e-mail for faculty at the new place before I heard back from my advisor, so that's a good sign that I'm not totally incompetent, right? Okay, actually going to sleep now.
( I made a decision today. )
I also picked up my inhaler from the pharmacy today. My endo sent the script electronically because albuterol isn't a controlled substance, and I didn't see until today that I'm supposed to use it four times a day. My previous inhalers were either for emergency use only or twice a day, so either this is a different concentration or my asthma is way worse than it was before. Also, I used it and didn't feel immediate relief. I'm still coughing up mucus all damn day and apparently making a wheezing sound when I do it. I'm going to try to make an appointment with my GP just in case my endo was wrong about the congestion, since that's a problem I'm more familiar with. I guess I have trouble believing that the feeling of not having enough air in my lungs is caused by constricted airways rather than fluid build-up just because that's happened more to me over the past four years.
I chickened out on picking up my prescription for T. I have about a month's worth of 1% gel left in the pump, plus over a month's worth in packets. When I got to the pharmacy, I asked if I had refills on the 1% pump and they said yes and started filling the prescription. My insurance apparently thinks one box with two pumps is a 60 day supply (when it's actually a 120 day supply), so they won't let me fill the prescription for the higher dose until late August, after I move. I should be excited about starting the higher dose, but I'm actually really nervous. I feel like I have a good thing going here and don't want to fuck it up by increasing the dose. I can fill one and then have the other mailed to me in NYC but haven't yet decided which to fill first. I've had enough difficult decisions for one day so will deal with this one tomorrow.
Oh, also, I told my Ph.D. advisor-to-be that I'm transferring and he's happy for me! He didn't even ask me to terminate my contract. I feel badly about spending his start-up-money when he's not getting a Ph.D. student out of it, but he didn't take up my offer, and I could really use the cash right now. He had some advice about who I should work with, and I'm glad that it was advice I was already taking. He actually wanted me to get started with someone there right away, so that's what I'm going to try to do! I was actually drafting an e-mail for faculty at the new place before I heard back from my advisor, so that's a good sign that I'm not totally incompetent, right? Okay, actually going to sleep now.
