Life decided to greet my entrance into my forties by giving me a bout of pneumonia!
In the past I’ve always beaten back my colds by just waiting it out with some guaifenesin, but when things slowly kept getting worse, and my chest started feeling funny, it was time to go in.
After a couple chest x-rays it was confirmed to be pneumonia and I’m on an antibiotic and steroid for a week.
And this is when you are reminded the value of western medicine. In an earlier era I can easily envision a scenario where it gets worse to the nth degree.
Ideally it would have been preferable to avoid it (a reminder to do those qigong exercise I should have been practicing), but once you need it, goddamn it’s good to have.