--meds to go

After a week of coughing, (so what else is new? this is getting WAY old!) I called my PCP and he was booked. Went to urgent care and saw a very nice lady doctor. She listened to my chest, 'heard' some sounds but sent me for a chest x-ray to see what is going on. She then proceeded to put me on steroids (guess I won't be playing any major league sports any time soon!) So it's prednizone for a month; starting with 4 a day for a week, then 3, etc...by month's end I should be good to go? Or will I? She also mentioned that radiation and my GERD (acid-reflux) have a lot to do with the mucous lining in my esophogus. Radiation dries a lot of it up and it takes a while to recoup that back to 'normal'. She' having me take a Bactrim (antibiotic) 1x a day for a week to see if we can clear up the 'sounds' in my chest.
Now I'm feeling like a walking pharmacy. I used to laugh at my Mom taking so many pills in a day as well as my mother in law. NOW I AM ONE OF THEM!! I take 10 YES, TEN, pills a day to get by. That has to be a record. Can I look back on all this in a few months and laugh?? Let's hope so!!!
Gearing up for my Relay for Life walk in June. AND my birthday celebration/revitalization weekend in the BIG APPLE next week. Can't wait to laugh and see a Broadway play and have dinner at ELLEN'S STARLIGHT DINER where they make 'big' of your birthday complete with singing waiters/waitresses!!!
Along this road I travel there are many highlights!!!