In 2013 I contracted bronchitis three times, the last being a truly awful case that I noticed the beginnings of on the morning of December 24 , and was obvious by nightfall, and was full-blown by the next morning. It has now been a full year since I’ve contracted bronchitis (not a full year since I’ve *had* bronchitis… that’ll have to wait until January, and certainly not a full year since I’ve bee free of the side effects of bronchitis… that won’t be until March or so).
While it’s good not to have had bronchitis, the fact is that 2013was so filled with it, and the last case so bad, that instead of just being happy to not have it I’ve been paranoid about getting it again. Bronchitis gave me hypochondria.
The second and third cases in 2013 were preceded by being in proximity to sick people (the third case came with a dose of H1N1, for added awesomeness). Since then, I’ve avoided sick people… and have largely abandoned physical model work. Dust and solvents and such probably don’t help. Nevertheless, I do have some model projects that I’m way, waaaaaaay behind on, so it’s back to the solvent mines.