Funny creatures

I was thinking yesterday afternoon about what funny creatures we humans can be sometimes. Or maybe it's just me. Case in point:

I've been sick for two weeks. It's a sinus infection. It's bacterial. This I know based on the color of the mucus, and on my own personal history. I just know it's bacterial, and if I could get an antibiotic, it would kick the infection in the butt in two days. I'm absolutely confident of this.

Tuesday afternoon I had an appointment with my obstetrician for my routine 6 week postpartum checkup. I told him I'd been sick with a sinus infection and didn't have a primary care provider to go to. He didn't look down my throat, up my nose, or in my ears. He listened to my lungs, but I think that may have just been a normal part of the visit anyway. At the end of our visit, he gave me a script for Zithromax and sent me on my way.

Zithromax works great for me. It has in the past at least. I was excited and relieved to finally have something to make this nasty infection go away. Later that day, though, I was second guessing whether it was truly bacterial, or whether it might be viral. Why? Because the doctor didn't check me out thoroughly. I knew that it was bacterial, but I was second guessing because the doctor just took my word for it.

Funny creatures, we humans.