The long lasting cough I've had has finally seemed to go away. After an in-depth spirometry examination it turned out I was missing a significant percentage of lung capacity. Turns out there's some damage in there. So far I'm on a bronchdilator and steroid inhalant, which seems to gradually be returning lung capacity.

For the first time in over a decade breathing doesn't hurt, and I'm gradually getting less annoyed, less cranky, and more physically active. The side effects suck, though. My hands are really shaky, and the disruptions to my sleep cycle are a bit annoying, yet preferable to how things were before I started on the inhalers.

After a little discussion, things have been smoothed out with the recording studio and tomorrow afternoon, I'll be headed over there to set up my return to technician and recording duties there. Spending the last year and a half cooped up has really, really sucked. Fortunately, it looks like that's over.