Sick, again...

Hell.
I've been laid low for almost two weeks now with what has been diagnosed as "bronchitis" by a gal who really must be new out of MA school.  She's just to timid to work up a real treatment plan that would get me better.
In the past, I saw my doctor for this problem and was prescribed a course of antibiotics, a dose-pack and an expectorant, perhaps, depending.
This time, little Miss Timid is scared to order the dose-pack (a true miracle drug), because of my diltiazem.  Seems that the diltiazem may increase the level of the steroid, which might effect my warfarin.  SO WHAT???  I can fix that.  Just decrease the warfarin for a few days and all is well in the world.  It's really no big deal.  Miss Timid had better get cracking or she's going to spend her professional career as a slave to theoretical considerations.  Maybe with experience, who knows?  In the mean, here I sit coughing like a 1939 Packard on cheap gas.
Anyhoo, I called and asked that she order a chext X-ray for me, as I feel that there is more going on than she anticipated.  She'll call back.  I hope.
She actually had the 'interaction' between the diltiazem and steroid backward, insisting that the diltiazem would be impaired.  Wrong.  When asked for an explanation how that worked, she just answered, "That's just what it does".  Amateur!
Compounding the problem, SWMBO is not getting any decent sleep, either.  It really makes me sad, because, even though I offered to sleep downstairs  on the couch, she wouldn't hear of it.  That's her.  Then, she has to get up at 5AM and go to work by 8AM.  I drive her to her work site, but still, she works until 5PM, and it takes a lot out of her.
It hasn't been possible to turn any pens lately; just haven't had any energy, and the temp has gotten into the high 90's, which is pretty hot, even in the shaded garage, so...
There are several kits I'd like to turn and assemble, but it isn't going to happen soon, for sure.
The darned yard continues to grow; that Weed n' Feed treatment is really coming back to bite me in the tookas; can't even think about riding around in all that chaff.
The garden seems to be really exploding!  Cucumbers, strawberries, white onions, beets, carrots, radishes and green onions all coming along very nicely.  It should be a good summer for veggies.
We finally got the new vinyl slider installed on the back deck yesterday; it looks great, and is much smoother than the old aluminum one it replaces.  While there is one adjustment to be made on the slider part curtain raiser, we're pretty happy with it.
Still pissed about living here, though; we deserve much better.