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September 2, 2010
So on top of everything else, I can barely keep my eyes open
So the start of the school year always means acting as department chair signature-machine, trying to learn student names, putting up with hot weather (it's often quite hot the first week of classes here), and scheduling the first round of meetings for every committee in the universe. On top of that I'm having a bad flare-up of gout. My doctor gave me the same medication (indomethacin) he prescribed the week before classes started in 2008 (funny that - could stress be a trigger?). I don't remember it making me so drowsy back then! The first dose of the day seems o.k. - maybe it's counteracted by caffeine. The mid-afternoon dosage leaves me yawning my way through meetings. They're dull, but not usually that kind of dull! The night dosage puts me in bed and asleep by 10, which is quite early for me. Ugh!
After 4 days of dosage it's worked, though, so I'm grateful. This morning I'm left with some redness but very little soreness - and I can bend my right big toe for the first time in a week!
Posted by CrankyProfessor at September 2, 2010 7:19 AM