Hack...wheeze...
Many of you may have noticed that I was not at Windycon. I'm sorry for that.
The reason I was not there is that I've been sick. For a month. I had an annoying cough that would not go away. No fever or other symptoms. Just an annoying cough. After a couple of weeks of that, I called Doc, who told me not to worry overmuch, that this year's colds seem to be taking 3 weeks. A couple of days after that, I seemed to come down with a second, more usual cold: slightly feverish, scratchy throat, dry eyes, etc, etc. That was Windycon weekend. That lasted the usual amount of time (3-4 days) and then I was back to just the cough. Which would not go away, but seemed to get less frequent and more severe.
Friday last I was driving along and suddenly I was coughing so hard I was vomiting, and I'd had enough. Monday afternoon I saw Doc.
Turns out that I have pneumonia. Best guess is that I had a viral something or other, and then a second viral something or other on top of that, and while I was too busy suffering to fight it, I contracted some sort of bacterial infection in my lungs.
So now I'm on antibiotics and bedrest. Apparently a few days of this and I'll be better. I know that right now the cough is less severe and more productive.
(originally posted on dreamwidth. I'd like to keep all my comments in one place, so I'd rather you comment there by creating an openID cross-site login.)
The reason I was not there is that I've been sick. For a month. I had an annoying cough that would not go away. No fever or other symptoms. Just an annoying cough. After a couple of weeks of that, I called Doc, who told me not to worry overmuch, that this year's colds seem to be taking 3 weeks. A couple of days after that, I seemed to come down with a second, more usual cold: slightly feverish, scratchy throat, dry eyes, etc, etc. That was Windycon weekend. That lasted the usual amount of time (3-4 days) and then I was back to just the cough. Which would not go away, but seemed to get less frequent and more severe.
Friday last I was driving along and suddenly I was coughing so hard I was vomiting, and I'd had enough. Monday afternoon I saw Doc.
Turns out that I have pneumonia. Best guess is that I had a viral something or other, and then a second viral something or other on top of that, and while I was too busy suffering to fight it, I contracted some sort of bacterial infection in my lungs.
So now I'm on antibiotics and bedrest. Apparently a few days of this and I'll be better. I know that right now the cough is less severe and more productive.
(originally posted on dreamwidth. I'd like to keep all my comments in one place, so I'd rather you comment there by creating an openID cross-site login.)