I'm fine! It's just smoke!! whew
Sep. 15th, 2012 06:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susandennisIt was nearly a year ago that I got pneumonia that took me 6 months and about $800 to get rid of. And, in the process, I learned that I have asthma and emphysema/general COPD and have about half the lung capacity that I should have. The lung doctor (one of my least favorite people) assured me that the slightest cold, flu or any other type illness will lay me up even worse and for longer next time. I'm pretty sure he was exaggerating but he's such an asshole, I can't be sure.
So I live in fear. Not of dying, but of coughing for months and then having to live tied to an oxygen tank.
This morning on the way to the pool and on the way home, I was coughing and not in a good way. I felt fine, just coughie. I stayed quiet all day and still felt fine and the cough went away.
Tonight, on the news, I find out that our air sucks now. We have smoke and some kind of atmospheric whatever - in Seattle proper, the air is moderate - not clear but not dangerous. But, I'm guessing it is bad enough for my lungs to be saying no thank you and my being inside all day is why I got 'cured' this afternoon.
I'm enormously relieved. I can stay inside if I have to. That's cheap and painless.
So I live in fear. Not of dying, but of coughing for months and then having to live tied to an oxygen tank.
This morning on the way to the pool and on the way home, I was coughing and not in a good way. I felt fine, just coughie. I stayed quiet all day and still felt fine and the cough went away.
Tonight, on the news, I find out that our air sucks now. We have smoke and some kind of atmospheric whatever - in Seattle proper, the air is moderate - not clear but not dangerous. But, I'm guessing it is bad enough for my lungs to be saying no thank you and my being inside all day is why I got 'cured' this afternoon.
I'm enormously relieved. I can stay inside if I have to. That's cheap and painless.