i was pretty much asleep. then another coughing fit started and i almost threw up i was coughing so hard. this has been a common thing this week. Annoying. The past two days, Ive felt well enough during the day to not need the cough medicine, and since it knocks me out (ie: sleeping all day and night), i have gladly not taken it. However, the coughing comes back at night. I do not understand why. Nathan thinks maybe its because I get tired and my body has a harder time fighting it off. I was at Nathan's house Saturday night when it happened. It wouldn't stop and I could hardly catch my breath. I almost threw up in his living room, in front of his parents. Lovely, no?
I'm considering skipping philosophy in the morning. I'm not too afraid of coughing too much during class, since, as i've said, the coughing has only been bad at night lately, but rather because it's 12:35 am and I'm still coughing (i just took the codeine cough medicine... so i should be asleep once i stop coughing. Thank you, codeine). I have to get up at 6:30 to get ready for class. This leaves me less than 6 hours of sleep right before a day when I'm on campus for 13 hours. This does not sound like a good idea. I feel bad skipping class though, since I missed the majority of it on Wednesday. and because it's an accelerated class, missing one lecture is the same as missing an entire weeks worth of lectures. So basically I'll be missing 2 weeks worth of classes.
So. I don't know. Maybe i'll try waking up at 6:30 and decide then when I know how tired i am.
stupid bronchitis
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5 comments:
it's normal for it to be worse at night. you're lying still and it all gets a chance to settle into your lungs. your body's natural reaction is to start coughing to get rid of it.
hope you start feeling better very soon. i had this over winter break and it sucked big time.
it comes back when im not even when laying down yet most nights though.
actually- its pretty much back full force since this afternoon. Woohooo.
i dont know if there is anything to get out... the cough hasn't been productive. it doesn't feel like there is anything in there that needs to come out. just a really deep cough that won't end!
the good thing is- i don't feel sick at all. it's just the cough. so that's managable. :)
I hope you kick your cough soon.
You need a chest expectorant if you want to loosen up the mucus to get it out. Mucinex. That way, the coughs you have will, well, cough it out of you.
It's going away. My T-lymphocytes have successfully killed the virus i think. Go T lymps! :P
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