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So Sick :( Posted: 12-09-07 16:06pm
I need a place to complain, haha. I have
been really sick the past two weeks. I
thought it was just a cold (stuffy nose,
cough), but this morning I woke up and I
felt a lot worse. I figured it's not good
to have a cold that long, so I went to the
doctors.
Turns out I'm developing pneumonia AND
bronchitis. Ugh.
I'm SO worn out. Getting out of bed seems
like such a chore, but I'm so bored laying
in bed all day.
I have so much to do, too. I have papers
to write, projects to do, and I even have
a final that I have to go to tomorrow
night. I can't concentrate on writing or
studying at all, though.
I can't sleep because I can't breathe
through my nose at night, so I breathe
through my mouth and then my throat gets
dry and I start to cough and wake up
literally every 45 minutes or so. I am so
exhausted its not even funny.
Also, I feel like I need/want a backrub
really bad, but then whenever my skin is
touched, it feels terrible and sore
I need something to occupy myself
with/cheer me up. Sorry for complaining!
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Maddie34
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Posted: 12-09-07 16:18pm
Try sleeping with a humidifier, that may
help your throat out a bit.
I think its a rule to feel like absolute
junk during finals week.
I'm in the same spot but I've only been
sick around a week. And winter finally
decided to show up so the cold wheather
plus chlorine has chapped my skin
to an unbearable point.
Night time I just take some night cough
medicine and wait for it to make me fall
asleep. I may wake up like 5 hours later
for whatever reason but at least I got
thoes hours right?
Good luck on finals and I hope you feel
better soon
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Tylanas
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Posted: 12-09-07 16:20pm
Oy I know about the chlorine, I did swim
team in highschool. Sometimes I just
wanted to fill a tub full of lotion and
soak in it XD
Yikes, pneumonia and bronchitis!!! You'll
feel better soon once the meds kick in
I'm lucky... I feel
just fine this week and it's finals for
me, too.
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Maddie34
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Posted: 12-09-07 16:33pm
lol thats exactly how I feel right now.
Swimming used to be in the fall for me so
I never had to deal with this winter and
chlorine thing although you'd think I
would have remembered this from my
freshman year!!!
My face is the worst part, and the only
lotion I have at the momment is also for
acne so its like acid to the skin so I'm
avoiding it at the momment or at least
until I can beg my roommate to bring to
target for something better.
You are sooo lucky for being healthy! I
have yet to make it through the end of a
semester and not feel junk!
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PenguinsRus
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Posted: 12-09-07 16:35pm
Thanks! I haven't even gotten to take my
meds yet. I just got them about two hours
ago. You have to take them every 12
hours, though, so if I took them now that
would mean I have to take them again at
4:30 in the morning and that doesn't make
sense. I'll have to wait until 10 or so
tonight so I can get it on an even 12 hour
schedule.
I just coughed up a lot of green stuff and
then it triggered my gag reflex from
coughing so hard/making stuff come up, and
it made me throw up ughhh. Hope that
doesn't happen during my final!
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Tylanas
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Posted: 12-09-07 16:37pm
Eew yeah, that's gross stuff. My mom had
bronchitis but hers was a really severe
case. Your's won't be that bad!!
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Lion79
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Re: So Sick :( Posted: 12-09-07 19:24pm
PenguinsRus
wrote:
I can't sleep because I
can't breathe through my nose at night, so
I breathe through my mouth and then my
throat gets dry and I start to cough and
wake up literally every 45 minutes or so.
I am so exhausted its not even
funny.
I hate that, when I have a cold. Try
putting a little olbas oil (dunno if you
have that where you live? It has
eucalyptus, so maybe anything with that in
will work too) on a tissue and put that in
your pillow cover. It clears your nose
while you sleep. You can also put a bit in
a bowl of hot water and leave it in your
room overnight.
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PenguinsRus
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Posted: 12-09-07 19:40pm
Thanks for the ideas I think I might
try the bowl of hot water tonight (since I
don't have any of that oil or a humidifier
in my apartment).
On a side note, I am getting worse. My
cough won't stop, my nose feels like it
has two cinderblocks in them, the sinus
pressure is giving me a killer headache,
and now I have a fever of 101. Hopefully
the meds will start to work soon :/
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Maddie34
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Posted: 12-09-07 20:17pm
Ah! And you have a final tomorrow?
Good luck getting some rest tonight, I
hope everything goes well for you
tomorrow!
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PixieKat
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Posted: 12-10-07 02:37am
Ohh im so sorry! I hope you start feeling
better soon! *hugs*
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PenguinsRus
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Posted: 12-10-07 10:30am
Thanks so much! I feel a bit better in
some ways this morning, but a bit worse in
others. My fever is minimal now (down to
99.4!), but now when I blow my nose its an
ugly yellow-green mixed with blood...ugh.
I hear its usually
because you're blowing too hard when that
happens, but I've been trying my best to
blow gently. Oh well.
My cough is still killer, too. Luckily I
only have one final today. It's not until
6 at night. I don't know if it's good or
bad. It could be good because I have a
bit more time to study and time to let my
body get better. It could be bad, because
my sickness is usually worse at night and
I might be so exhausted by then. It's a
30 min commute which I really don't feel
like doing, haha.
Anyways, thanks for the suggestions and
nice words everyone
I'm lucky... I feel
just fine this week and it's finals for
me, too.
