Coughing
I saw the pulmonologist today and was quite disappointed, as she didn't have a lot of useful stuff to offer. Her main advice was this: "Keep doing what you're doing, and eventually the coughing will stop, though it may take months." Yay? She also urged me to continue to minimize my physical activity, because anything that makes me breathe ( Read more... )

( Notes for the Pulmonologist )

I've been resting and resting, coughing and coughing, but things may finally be improving!

1. April 7 (seven weeks ago): The cough became violent & my chest often felt tight, like my lungs couldn't inflate enough & I couldn't get enough air. (Apparently, this is what docs call "shortness of breath.")
2. April 14 (six weeks ago): GP diagnosed bronchitis.
3. ( Read more... )

LJ Entry

I haven’t written much the past month! Mostly I’ve just been sick & stuck at home, resting, because I’m slowly getting over the bronchitis.

On the Cough
I started the harsh coughing on April 7th & it only subsided in the past week or so. I still tire very easily & start coughing again if I overexert myself. It’s annoying ( Read more... )

Another bad night of coughing. Very little sleep. Lots of hot water with honey. Lots of cough drops.

I don't know why my body has this passionate love affair with bronchitis, but I wish they'd just break up already ( Read more... )

No coughing in quite a while. Maybe a week? I'm cautiously optimistic and, per the pulmonologist's instructions, I am tapering off the meds she gave me, one by one, and crossing my fingers.

( Possibly triggering but fairly brief weight-related stuff )