fucking cough

Hmm. It does feel as if it has set in. Amoxicillin doesn't seem to have touched it.

I would request a chest x-ray. I was also thinking bronchial infection but that can easily turn into pneumonia.

would only start to worry if this persists afters 6-7 weeks.

I also assume that they took a quick blood drop to see if you have an infection.

Thanks both.

I think I'm at week 5, maybe 6. Had chest x-ray on Friday. Haven't had bloods.

I have to be careful about getting any sort of cough because it always turns into bronchitis or some weird illness for me (I have asthma, so even sneezing too much will inflame my lungs). I rarely go to the doctor so when I know I am beyond sick (even though I seem totally fine on the outside, walking for miles and they don't hear anything in my lungs) and the doctor tries to brush it off, I always request that they take blood. And voila, I have an infection.

My last GP appointment was fucking horrible, going something like

"You've been to see us a lot about this, haven't you?"

"Yes - partly that's been around the timing of needing sick notes and partly because being unable to breathe, at points, has scared me."

"Go back to work. You can have some simple linctus. If you really want, come back in two weeks but we won't do anything differently."

At this appointment, I was ready for the conversation of "I don't think being off work is doing me any good, is it okay to go back?" but it was presented to me in such a "You're a malingerer" sort of way.

Two weeks later, I'm still coughing but have felt generally better in myself though just had a ridiculous pukey coughing fit after my nephew made me laugh (by being a wrong un').