As if my life weren't complicated enough already...

[grammargirl]

My lungs hurt.

Something awful has been happening to my respiratory system over the past few weeks. For a while, I thought the extra coughing and sneezing was due to increased allergies from living with a cat for the first time in five years. Then I developed this weird cough in the mornings that would mostly go away after a couple hours; some people suggested that I might be developing asthma. A few days ago, I found myself with an inexplicable sore throat. Today I woke up hacking up a lung and with a voice that sounds like I'm talking from inside a tunnel.

Have I mentioned the obscene craziness that is going to be the next week? I absolutely cannot be sick right now. No. Uh uh. NOT ALLOWED.

Anyway, I don't know what to do. I have insurance, but it's out of state and I don't know how that works, plus god knows how long it'll take to be seen by someone. Also, I have no idea where to begin looking for a doctor in this city. Oh yeah, and just about every penny I own is about to be fed into a security deposit on an apartment, and even with insurance a doctor's visit and related medications would take a chunk out of that money.

I still have some decongestant left over from the last time I got sick, so I guess I could try taking that for a while and see what happens, but... gah. I so do not have time for this.

Comments

[scarlet-sangria.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's the sucky amount of pollution in a place like NYC. A change in that sort of thing can really screw up your lungs.

[scarlet-sangria.livejournal.com]

Also, the best over-the-counter stuff for cough is Mucinex DM... it's in the green bottle. Works like a miracle :P

[ma-ee-uh.livejournal.com]

It could be a cat allergy + pollution.

Is your insurance co. national?

I would call them and get a referral.

Or I could give you the name of my doctor...

You know...

[go-toonces.livejournal.com]

... you should really come back to A2 and go to UHS. Several of the symptoms you've described directly correlate either to pregnancy or mono. ;)

Miss you babe, hope you feel better soonly!

[haikon.livejournal.com]

It sounds like your lungs might be pregnant....

[elephantgiraffe.livejournal.com]

I'm sure her lungs used protection