I went to the doctor today. It’s not that my cough is any worse, it’s that I’ve been breathing snot into my lungs, and that needed to stop. *jibblie* I had run out of most of the cold medicine in the house, and I just wanted to ask what I should buy at Wal*Mart so I could stop wasting my money.
Well, he said I should buy Mucinex (more on that later), wrote out a prescription for an antibiotic and then said, “… I’m going to send you home with an inhaler…”
I really didn’t hear anything he said after that because I was instantly thrown back to the 6th grade when I bold-faced lied to my mother and told her that I was having trouble breathing – all because I wanted a cool Primatene Mist inhaler like my friend Barb had. (I was a total, total dork, and I’m so sorry, Mom.)
I then told that story to my doctor, who looked blankly at me and then scribbled some notes in my file.
Back to the Mucinex: When we were waiting for my antibiotics at Wal*Mart, Lloyd helped me shop for Mucinex. He was going to get me the best deal, which translates to ‘milligrams per penny’, and since he loves me so much he bought the most mg’s possible – Maximum Strength Mucinex!! It has twice as much guaifenesin as regular strength Mucinex……. because (brace yourselves) the pill is twice as big.