Cough, cough, cough... | hippieheart's Blog

This is day #13 with this nasty cough.  Of course, it hasn't been ugly the whole time.  It started off innocent enough, just another cold, I thought.  But then I started coughing so much and so hard that my chest began to hurt and I had a hard time catching my breath.  I had so much phlegm that I actually became nauseated from all of it.  Haven't been able to eat because of the nausea, feel weak because I haven't eaten and, all the while, just coughing and coughing and coughing, like there's no tomorrow.  I woke up throughout the night last night because I was having hot flashes and was feeling rather nauseous.  I finally crawled out of bed around 6am, coughing all the way to the bathroom, where I sat, with diarrhea, while trying to just not puke.  After a few bouts of diarrhea, I drank some water but still felt very nauseous.  After the water, I promptly threw it all up.  Great.  Have you ever coughed so much that you peed yourself?  Have you ever coughed so loudly that people stare?  Have you ever had so much phlegm that it makes you sick to your stomach, to the point of puking? 

I would've sworn I had Pneumonia again.  But I don't, thankfully.  Just got back from the doctor.  He gave me a shot in my arm of steroids and sent me away with three prescriptions, two of which are controlled substances and all of which are supposed to make me drowsy.  Ok, wonderful.  I am a stay-at-home-mother to a 2 year old and I have no friends or family within the state, besides my husband.  What am I supposed to do?  I guess I will just take the meds that I can at night, after my husband is home and hope for the best.