One breath at a time

[susandennis]

In my 62 years, I have never had any illness that stretched out beyond a week. Really. I've always marveled at people who were able to endure long illnesses. I used to watch this program called Mystery Diagnosis. People would tell stories of having a horrible affliction for years and seeing bazillion doctors and getting no relief. I was always amazed at that.

This current bronchitis/pneumonia/coughing/shortnessofbreathness is now looking down the nose at a month. And, frankly, that's about 3 weeks too long for my taste.

Last night I lay in bed trying to breathe and managing a loud, out-of-tune, wheeze. This morning when I woke up, I lay there listening and no wheezing and relatively easy breathing and enjoyed it enormously. Then I got up and the coughing started.

Crap on a stick. It does not seem to have gotten worse over the past couple of days so I'm clinging to that for now.

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And, really, that's all I got. It's all consuming. I'm going to go to the pool today and give swimming a try. If it doesn't help the cough, it might help my attitude.

Comments

[sea-weed.livejournal.com]

Yep long illnesses suck, and people who endure them are amazing, but they are also just normal people who have no other choices. It's incredibly boring, but it happens and you just hang in there because there's nothing else you can do. Wishing you healthy lungs right away!