I have a horrible cold that’s pretty much robbed me of my ability to breathe and speak. My throat is on fire, breathing is dangerous, and my eyes can’t stop watering.

It’s the perfect condition to spend an hour in an MRI machine, right?! Lying perfectly still, taking shallow breaths, pretending I didn’t want to die from the misery. Yep. Easy peasy!

Either way the brain and spine scans look good and my doctor was happy. Now I need physical therapy and a bunch more doctor’s appointments for other things. My thyroid isn’t looking too hot, they found a cyst on one of my kidneys, and just a bunch of minor stuff I need looked at.

But first I need to stop trying to hack up a lung. Take your vitamin C and zinc tablets people! No one wants this nasty disease. Trust me.