My mom and I were laughing the other day at the vague-ness of the swine flu symtoms. According to the Wikipedia article:
Symptoms include fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. The 2009 outbreak has shown an increased percentage of patients reporting diarrhea and vomiting.
Of course, with this cold, I have had a [...]
Quick updates…
I don’t know how long I’ll be able to be totally online. We have the potential for a really wild storm tonight- across the state line, this system is dropping tornadoes left and right, but nothing really bad here yet. But I want to be ready so that I can shut down my pc, [...]
Since I haven’t posted in a few days, I figured I should post something.
Not much to say though. This cold had been really killer. I can’t get rid of the cough, and lately when I blow my nose it has messed up the equalibrium in my ears. So I have to make sure I’m sitting [...]
Not a whole lot to say today. I spent most of the day coughing. This winter, in the midst of all my illnesses, I discovered the wonderful over the counter cough medicine called Delsym. It is the only cough suppressant, short of prescription strength Histussin HC Cough Syrup, that ACTUALLY WORKS for me. The only [...]
Today was not good. My voice is improving oh so slightly, but I am just exhausted. My whole body is sore and I’m always fighting a headache. I cough almost nonstop. Also I get random cold chills. I really, really hope that this goes away… I can’t afford to be sick.
Otherwise my day was quiet. [...]
Yesterday I wrote about having this awful laryngitis. I still have it. When I first woke up I was actually feeling a lot better- still sounded awful, but I had a little more energy and a little more appetite than yesterday. However, I now have this persistant dry cough. Ugh. After a day of coughing, [...]
I don’t have a whole lot to say tonight but I still wanted to update before I go to bed.
I am still home “sick”, meaning… I’m just not quite peppy enough to be working full time. I actually feel pretty good, aside from a nagging cough and some wheezing and chest tightness (classic bronchitis!). I [...]
EDIT: I thought I published this earlier today but apparently I didn’t but now I am.
It helps that I wasn’t called to work today, so I don’t feel guilty about staying home. But I decided last night that I wasn’t going to try to work today. I’m glad… I just feel icky enough that I [...]
I’m feeling a little better, but still coughing and hacking quite a bit. However, instead of giving you the detailed (and disgusting!) descriptions of my illness, I decided to write out a memory of another time when I was ill. (I don’t want to lose readers from the “colors of my sputum” series!)
Anyway. I believe [...]
It’s official… whatever my mom has, I also have.
It’s really just a dry hacking (uncomfortable) cough. No nasal issues, no runny or stuffy nose, no sneezing… just some mild achy-ness and a terrible hacking cough.
On the recommendation of a pharmacist, I bought a bottle of Delsym cough suppressant, and just took a dose a few [...]