Really in bad shape

[pegkerr]

I have been coughing so much that my sides hurt. My voice is a rasp. Cough drops and Claritin have done little to help. I tried to exercise today, but it was dreadfully hard. I did a little weight lifting (only one rep) and tried a brisk walk on the treadmill, but even that, rather than elliptical, left me gasping after a mere eight minutes. Not the usual story.

Then tonight at karate, I went through my form twice, and then more or less collapsed, gasping. Sensei told me to stop.

I may have to renew my inhaler prescription. Damn.

This will not be a writing night. And I'm not going to feel guilty, dammit. *Glares around the room* If I had my icon-making software on the new computer, I'd make up one from the Mordor chapters, something like "Breathing was painful and difficult." Instead, I'm going to bed.

Comments

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

This is probably unnecessary and intrusive mothering, but have you been told to hold a pillow to your middle if you're coughing that hard? I ask because I cracked a couple of ribs coughing a few years ago, and they told me I should grab a pillow in my coughing fits to try to minimize the likelihood of doing it again. It was absolutely no fun at all having cracked ribs, so I tend to go around asking if people know about this just in case.

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

I've been worrying about cracked ribs, actually; I've been coughing so hard. Good tip. Thanks.

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

I've been told a teddy bear also is a great grab and squeeze item--they give them to heart patients in the hospitals, sometimes. 8^)

Sending you a virtual flowering tree!

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

Are you sure this is allergies? You're having an awfully rough time of it. Any idea as to what? Do antihistamines help?