We’re having a little too much fun with compromised immune systems here at Chez Theogeo. Did I say “fun”? Oh, lolz. I surely did not mean fun, unless you consider head-rattling coughing, ear-splitting headaches, bone-grinding joint pain, squishy fluid-filled ears, and snotty snot snot fun. This has been an interesting bout of sickness for me; I can usually be relied upon to have one whizbang of a sinus infection every winter/spring, which will start in my head and then spread to my chest to culminate in two weeks of meaty coughs. But this thing started as a tingle in my chest on Saturday and developed into a cough and just spread from there. The worst part is the lower-back pain. I can’t tell if it’s joint pain or if there are some kidney shenanigans happening.
It’s odd. I guess this is what the grannies of the world would call a chest cold. I’ve been downing expectorant and tea like clockwork in the hopes of pulling this shit out of me, but it’s stubborn. Wonder who it gets that from?
A chest cold? or … PNEUMONIA?!
Yeah, if you start coughing up green shit, go to the doctor. A couple years ago I made the mistake of waiting too long and then my doctor didn’t catch my bronchitis until it had turned into pneumonia and it was awful.
HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER!!
I am late to the party, as usual, with this comment. I went to the ER once with lower back pain so terrible I thought my kidneys were birthing aliens. It was the flu. The lower back pains were the “body cramps” that come with the flu. It was at that moment that I realized all things I had called the flu prior to that day had probably not been. I was also mad embarrassed. So for future reference, lower back pain could be influenza.
You probably already have all this squared away by now.
Hope you’re feeling better.