Bleh..
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 6:26 pm
I've been sick for an entire month. Literally 30 days as of Today..
It started with a soar throat, congestion, stomach upset, and a fever.. So I sent my boss a text I was really bad and wouldn't be in.. I never had a fever like that in my life, I woke up a few times and wasn't even sure what day of the week it was..
After that mostly cleared up, I was left with a chronic cough, and coughing up stuff from time to time.. I kept getting better and then getting worse in a repeating cycle.. Missed 2 weeks of pay from my weekday job because of it.. Somehow managed to push through on the weekends with my merchandising, which was good because I needed every penny I could get (and still do).
I kept thinking about going to the doctor but finally today I did because I woke up and coughed up the usual stuff, but it was a different color.. I thought it might be blood or something because it was kind of reddish/brown like you sometimes see when you get blood from blowing your nose with a bad cold that dries out your sinuses.
Luckily they had an opening in 15 minutes, so I took it and drove over. Doctor said it was probably bronchitis I've never had it before, but I'm a smoker so I am hoping that is what it is.. I've got some antibiotics I have to take for 5 days, but they will work for 10.
The pharmacist said bronchitis was really bad this year, and they have sold more of the antibiotic than anything else.
I just hope I will finally get better and stop feeling like crap.. It's cost me money from work, I'm constantly tired/fatigued, and I've been trying to work on programming a Text game I've been wanting to make for a while now. Wish I had a netbook or something, at least I could program from bed
It started with a soar throat, congestion, stomach upset, and a fever.. So I sent my boss a text I was really bad and wouldn't be in.. I never had a fever like that in my life, I woke up a few times and wasn't even sure what day of the week it was..
After that mostly cleared up, I was left with a chronic cough, and coughing up stuff from time to time.. I kept getting better and then getting worse in a repeating cycle.. Missed 2 weeks of pay from my weekday job because of it.. Somehow managed to push through on the weekends with my merchandising, which was good because I needed every penny I could get (and still do).
I kept thinking about going to the doctor but finally today I did because I woke up and coughed up the usual stuff, but it was a different color.. I thought it might be blood or something because it was kind of reddish/brown like you sometimes see when you get blood from blowing your nose with a bad cold that dries out your sinuses.
Luckily they had an opening in 15 minutes, so I took it and drove over. Doctor said it was probably bronchitis I've never had it before, but I'm a smoker so I am hoping that is what it is.. I've got some antibiotics I have to take for 5 days, but they will work for 10.
The pharmacist said bronchitis was really bad this year, and they have sold more of the antibiotic than anything else.
I just hope I will finally get better and stop feeling like crap.. It's cost me money from work, I'm constantly tired/fatigued, and I've been trying to work on programming a Text game I've been wanting to make for a while now. Wish I had a netbook or something, at least I could program from bed