I fought the plague and the plague won.

 

On Monday I started writing a new blog entry on the nature of the hotdog in Korea, the wonders of Costco, and how horrified Rachel’s sister in-law Doron would be at how delicious I found their all pork hot dogs. 

Then I got really sick. 

Now I had been writing for a while that I was getting worried about getting sick with the lack of medical insurance.  Well, I got really sick.  On Tuesday morning, I woke up in terrible pain, feeling weak, coughing, and terrible pain behind my eyes.  As it turns out I had Bronchitis.  Company policy says that I have to go to the hospital first before I can officially call a day off from work, because I need documentation.  As many of you know read readers, I still do not have any medical insurance.  So I went to work, miserable, dizzy and in pain. 

I finally went down to my boss’s office to ask if there was some over the counter medication that I could take.  My boss took one look at me and ordered the school’s financial officer, and our school’s translator secretary to take me to the hospital.  With this help I was able to get in to see a doctor and get some medication.  I was even given 3 whole hours off from work to rest.  Yes, I did have to come back later than day and teach.  With a bag filled with pills and cough medicine, I was shaking and a little loopy, but I managed to get through the day. 

The next day was better, I still felt bad but nowhere near what it was the day before.  Now if the story ended there it would be fine, but stick with me, it gets worse.  By Thursday my cough was mostly gone, and the head pain was completely gone.  But I had horrible lower back pain, with waves of pain shooting down my leg.  To make matters worse, my nose started running.  I purchased some small pillows from the local store and did a lot of painful stretching. 

By Saturday morning the pain is gone, but my sinuses have swollen to painful levels, and I can no longer breather via my nostrils.  To make matters worse I have started to get a sore throat too.  I have yet to have a really good night of sleep in 4 days.  As I type these words, dear readers I have a new bag filled with sinus medicine, a bottle of orange juice, and the hope that I will start feeling better sometime before this 3 day long weekend.  Else this is going to be a very sad waste of free days.