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soniaI worked Monday-Wednesday of this week while sick, partly because I was already planning to be out today and tomorrow, and partly, I realized, I'm used to working through migraines and menstrual cramps (well, not anymore), so why would some head congestion and coughing stop me.
So today turned into a sick day instead of a vacation day, because I'm still sick, darn it! Possibly getting incrementally better, but still waking up at night coughing and with my nose running.
I called in the morning and got a same-day visit at the doctor, because I wanted to be tested for RSV and Covid and flu. You can't just go to the lab, you have to use a doctor's time first, and I waited an hour to see the doctor because she was running late. She was great once she got there. She did say it's probably some other virus, and she's seeing it last 2-3 weeks (augh!). At least it changes one week of illness from impossibly slow, what the hell is wrong with me, to oh, my immune system is winning as fast as it can.
And she said now that I've seen her, if I start seeing signs of a secondary bacterial infection (colorful mucus), I can send a note and she can prescribe antibiotics without another appointment. So that's good.
The other thing I did with my sick day is call Mitsubishi about my heat pump not holding temperature. Looks like I didn't post about that before - I keep the thermostat set at 65, and it would go into standby mode in the morning and the temperature would drop back down to 60, which is too dang cold. Thermostats have one job - maintaining temperature! The installer had come back and tried to fix it a couple of times, and had not succeeded.
I wrote a long email laying out the problem with model numbers, etc three weeks ago and sent it to the Mitsubishi support address, and never heard back. So today I girded myself and called. Surprisingly, I got through quickly, to a woman who understood the problem and fully agreed that it shouldn't be doing that. She opened a case and said they would expedite a fix and to get the installer to call them with more info about what he had tried. So that's hopeful.
I don't think the temperature will drop like that again now that the seasons have turned and it doesn't get down to the 40s at night anymore, but it's nice to know I can look forward to finally being warm enough next winter. And maybe paying less in heating bills - the kicker is my electric bills got really high too.
Now that I know that it's probably the reversing valve (defroster), I found a bunch of information on what might be wrong, although my system is much smaller than the ones they're talking about.
So today turned into a sick day instead of a vacation day, because I'm still sick, darn it! Possibly getting incrementally better, but still waking up at night coughing and with my nose running.
I called in the morning and got a same-day visit at the doctor, because I wanted to be tested for RSV and Covid and flu. You can't just go to the lab, you have to use a doctor's time first, and I waited an hour to see the doctor because she was running late. She was great once she got there. She did say it's probably some other virus, and she's seeing it last 2-3 weeks (augh!). At least it changes one week of illness from impossibly slow, what the hell is wrong with me, to oh, my immune system is winning as fast as it can.
And she said now that I've seen her, if I start seeing signs of a secondary bacterial infection (colorful mucus), I can send a note and she can prescribe antibiotics without another appointment. So that's good.
The other thing I did with my sick day is call Mitsubishi about my heat pump not holding temperature. Looks like I didn't post about that before - I keep the thermostat set at 65, and it would go into standby mode in the morning and the temperature would drop back down to 60, which is too dang cold. Thermostats have one job - maintaining temperature! The installer had come back and tried to fix it a couple of times, and had not succeeded.
I wrote a long email laying out the problem with model numbers, etc three weeks ago and sent it to the Mitsubishi support address, and never heard back. So today I girded myself and called. Surprisingly, I got through quickly, to a woman who understood the problem and fully agreed that it shouldn't be doing that. She opened a case and said they would expedite a fix and to get the installer to call them with more info about what he had tried. So that's hopeful.
I don't think the temperature will drop like that again now that the seasons have turned and it doesn't get down to the 40s at night anymore, but it's nice to know I can look forward to finally being warm enough next winter. And maybe paying less in heating bills - the kicker is my electric bills got really high too.
Now that I know that it's probably the reversing valve (defroster), I found a bunch of information on what might be wrong, although my system is much smaller than the ones they're talking about.
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Date: 2025-04-11 11:11 pm (UTC)May your lurgy exit the premises soonest.
Hooray for connecting with a knowledgeable tech. Sometimes it's just the luck of the draw.
MyGuy made his absolutely last purchase ever on Amazon, and he's been trying to return it since February. Ten phone calls (and at least six hours on the phone) later he finally found someone who could make it happen.
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Date: 2025-04-12 10:37 pm (UTC)Oof that sounds so frustrating! Kudos to YourGuy for being so persistent.
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Date: 2025-04-13 10:43 pm (UTC)Hooray for knowledgeable folk who know how to navigate complex systems.
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Date: 2025-04-14 04:42 am (UTC)Yeah, I'm hoping for concrete steps forward on fixing the heat pump this week, since nothing happened on Friday.