My sister and I had a (literally) painful conversation today. She called to discuss our Thanksgiving plans and we chewed the fat on a variety of topics.
Our conversation was punctuated by fits of coughing, at both ends of the connection.
We began to compare notes, and--get this!--we are sharing the same symptoms. Hers started weeks ago with the nasty, scratchy, painful, dripping sinuses, that then progressed into her lungs.
She is currently on antibiotics for bronchitis. Her doctor suggested that the very heavy allergy season began the whole sorry mess. Her description of the postnasal drip: felt like strep throat, only at the back of the nose. A perfect limning of mine.
How could this happen? She lives in Eastern Massachusetts and I live in Upstate New York.
I have no answer, except that now I am firmly resolved to get an early flu shot this winter.
This is just a gawd-awful illness that hurts my chest, tires me out, then ruins my sleep and, lastly, makes me a disgusting, coughing and grunting, drippy vector of the first real bug of the season.
pb
Little Pond
3 comments:
I have allergies but I cannot imagine them being so bad as to feel like strep. Doesn't sound like allergies to me it sounds like what I usually get when there's a change of season. My immune system can't take it and I get whatever's going around.
That sucks. I hope you and your sister get better soon.
A two for one genetic special, perhaps??? Whatever the cause, it doesn't really justify feeling like crap, no matter HOW you look at it...so sending you healing vibes of mucous free living!
Linda D. in Seattle
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