It’s been a Lung week…

Well, it’s been a rather long, or should I say “lung” week. Bad pun. I’ll blame the meds.

I got my H1N1 shot early because I’m asthmatic, which is the good news. As with every shot, there’s always the chance of some side effects. Well, I was one of the lucky ones who got some flu-like side effects, which would have been fine, except I’m asthmatic, and it went to my lungs. To make a long story short, I ended up in the hospital last week.

This is me all masked up, making my best really annoyed to be here face.

After a while, the venolin and o2 gave me some relief, and I was in a more friendly and playful mood. (I was also likely a bit high from all the ventolin.)

Then had to go on pretnizone, a steroid i affectionately refer to as the devil. It does excellent work, but it has unpleasant side effects. BLEH!

Despite my little ordeal, I’m feeling pretty lucky. My brother in law’s uncle got H1N1 and has been in the hospital on a respirator for 2 weeks. Now THAT is scary.

I’m still rather weak and wheezy, but getting better daily.