If you can breathe without pain right now, be happy

[thistlechaser]

Unsurprisingly, after two weeks of nonstop coughing day and night, I've pulled(?) something in my chest. (Unless I snapped a rib, which is possible to do from coughing, but I don't think I did.) This morning it only hurt when I coughed ("only", though I'm still coughing a lot). Tonight it's every time I inhale.

I sneezed three times this afternoon and thought I was going to die from the pain.

Even blowing my nose makes my chest hurt. I'm trying so hard not to cough, but the tickle builds and builds until I can't resist it anymore. Ow ow ow. I took my bottle of painkillers (over the counter stuff) to Alaska with me, and the bottle opened in my backpack so I had to throw it away, and I hadn't replaced it yet. Sure do wish I had saved some of the ones that were rolling around in the open, I'd happily take some now.

And in sick cat news: Ellie took her first dose of liquid medicine surprisingly well, though half of tonight's went on her cheek instead. Ugh. The blood tests for this cost about $150, so I don't want her to miss any doses and for us to have to go through this again...

Comments

[tersa.livejournal.com]

You may have cracked a rib (it is possible), but more likely is that you pulled a muscle or popped a rib slightly out of joint; they're not connected by more than cartilage and ligaments in the back to allow for expansion when you breathe. It's the same thing that's happened to me a couple times in the last year or so (especially if the pain is in the back, near your spine/kidneys).

A good chiropractor can pop the rib back into place, or it will eventually work its way back in. In the meantime, it's pretty agonizing, I know. :/

[isyris.livejournal.com]

Oh, owww, that does not sound good :( I hope you get feeling better soon!

Does tea with lemon and honey soothe it any, or is it all in your chest not your throat?

[vorrick.livejournal.com]

DDD: Oh agh, I hope that it heals up on you soon. Good thoughts for that and Elliecat. Between the pair of you, there's some getting well to do!

[liedra.livejournal.com]

I cracked a rib when I had bronchitis as a teenager, it was terrible. It's apparently pretty easy to do, so my doctor said. Not much you can do about it, sadly. I wouldn't worry too much about it (even though it's very painful!). It'll probably get better as your cough gets better.

Get well soon!!

BTW there is a shop here in the UK called Jenson's, and they sell DIY type stuff, but also to builders and things. The one near where I live has a poster outside for Thistle plaster products, which always reminds me of you. http://www.british-gypsum.com/products/thistle_plaster_products.aspx The poster says something like "For the best of British, choose Thistle!" so there you go. :-)

[thevressclan.livejournal.com]

You might ask the vet if Ellie can get her meds in food. I had a small dog that absolutely would not take any meds, pill or liquid, so we had to crush them up and mix them with a small amount of his wet food. He would gobble that down without a second thought.

[ani-mama.livejournal.com]

If you haven't been to the doctor yet, you should go! Take care of yourself too.

[teaandfailure.livejournal.com]

THISTLE YOU NEED TO HAVE THIS LOOKED AT AND MAYBE GET SOME MEDICINE FOR YOU.

Also if Ellie loses her teef, she may be happier than she ever has been. One of my girls has the same virus and has lost like, all her back teeth (another reason we are Atkins Diet Soft Food Only at Casa Del Tea y Failure) and she's way happier than when they were in there and rotting.

But seriously: you have been sick this long and there is that pain, there may be fluid in your lungs causing that pain GO TO THE DOCTOR.