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a brief history of the deterioration of my health:
had approx. a week of flu-like symptoms, a persistent fever that could only be surpressed with consistant dosages of advil, etc. horrible cold/cough... feared it could be whooping cough considering its current prevalence at fhs. went to the doctor, was told it was just the flu, and received antibiotics.
it went away after a few days, but the cough/cold stayed. this lasted about a week or 2.
then another week of feverish flu-ness... the cough was worse, and near the end of this week i started noticing that i was coughing up blood, especially alot of it in the mornings. told my rents about the blood, after a couple days of it i mentioned it again and they happened to actually be listening this time. mother called doctor. they checked me out for a whopping couple of minutes, and then concluded that i had probably just "ruptured a blood vessel" from coughing so hard, and that must be the cause of the blood i was seeing. i was instructed to take muscinex, and that was the extent of my 2nd doctor visit.
which brings us to now. the last doctor visit was probably about a week or so ago... the muscinex def helps w/ the congestion. however, i had one major issue w/ my doctors "ruptured vessel" theory. that would explain one instance of alot of blood. how that explains a good 5 consecutive mornings of coughing up blood i do not understand. so whatever, i let my distrust of her diagonosis float to the back of my mind, hoping she was right. but aha, the elusive blood was seen yet again today. i dont doubt that ive had it in between now and last time, because as you all know, youre not always conveniently in a position to cough stuff up, spit it out, and look at it when youre coughing madly. especially since im at school all day~ most of my heavy coughing and congestion gets done within the first half of the day, when im at school and thus unable to spit into a sink and see. sorry if that was a bit more graphic and detailed than you would have liked, but whatever, im freaked to the point where i dont care how graphic im making this for the online public.
so my conclusion? my doctors a douchebag. she doesnt know what shes doing and im pissed that she didnt take this more seriously. ESPECIALLY because everyone i tell is like "OMG alyssa thats a really bad sign, have you gone to a doctor, gotten tests done, etc?" and everything im reading online says that coughing up blood is a really serious symptom that needs prompt and thorough attention.
oh yeah and on the online-information-topic, im reading about possible causes and getting really scared. eek. i need all the smiling faces and warm voices i can get, so please dont hesitate to lend me yours. i hope all is well w/ you kids, i love you all and wish you impeccable health. :)
had approx. a week of flu-like symptoms, a persistent fever that could only be surpressed with consistant dosages of advil, etc. horrible cold/cough... feared it could be whooping cough considering its current prevalence at fhs. went to the doctor, was told it was just the flu, and received antibiotics.
it went away after a few days, but the cough/cold stayed. this lasted about a week or 2.
then another week of feverish flu-ness... the cough was worse, and near the end of this week i started noticing that i was coughing up blood, especially alot of it in the mornings. told my rents about the blood, after a couple days of it i mentioned it again and they happened to actually be listening this time. mother called doctor. they checked me out for a whopping couple of minutes, and then concluded that i had probably just "ruptured a blood vessel" from coughing so hard, and that must be the cause of the blood i was seeing. i was instructed to take muscinex, and that was the extent of my 2nd doctor visit.
which brings us to now. the last doctor visit was probably about a week or so ago... the muscinex def helps w/ the congestion. however, i had one major issue w/ my doctors "ruptured vessel" theory. that would explain one instance of alot of blood. how that explains a good 5 consecutive mornings of coughing up blood i do not understand. so whatever, i let my distrust of her diagonosis float to the back of my mind, hoping she was right. but aha, the elusive blood was seen yet again today. i dont doubt that ive had it in between now and last time, because as you all know, youre not always conveniently in a position to cough stuff up, spit it out, and look at it when youre coughing madly. especially since im at school all day~ most of my heavy coughing and congestion gets done within the first half of the day, when im at school and thus unable to spit into a sink and see. sorry if that was a bit more graphic and detailed than you would have liked, but whatever, im freaked to the point where i dont care how graphic im making this for the online public.
so my conclusion? my doctors a douchebag. she doesnt know what shes doing and im pissed that she didnt take this more seriously. ESPECIALLY because everyone i tell is like "OMG alyssa thats a really bad sign, have you gone to a doctor, gotten tests done, etc?" and everything im reading online says that coughing up blood is a really serious symptom that needs prompt and thorough attention.
oh yeah and on the online-information-topic, im reading about possible causes and getting really scared. eek. i need all the smiling faces and warm voices i can get, so please dont hesitate to lend me yours. i hope all is well w/ you kids, i love you all and wish you impeccable health. :)