jenepherre | Bad news and good news... (Reply)

~~[whine] I'm siiiiiick. [/whine]~~ Screw that. I don't have the energy or the voice to whine. i hope this is just a head cold... i hope this is just a head cold... i hope this is just a head cold...

But I swear I can feel pus pockets developing in the back of my throat.

Every time I cough, it feels like my head is being squeezed in a clamp or something. And then the head pain doesn't completely ease up when I'm done coughing. It's like the headaches I get when my neck gets sore from sleeping funny or sitting at the computer too long or something and the muscles in the back of my neck that are connected to the dura mater (they are connected, right? I know I read somewhere that they are...) pull on the dura and it feels like it's clamping down on my brain. It sucks so so bad. I almost literally would like to chop off my head and neck right now. Right at the base of the neck ought to do it. Neck pain, head pain, sore throat, runny nose, dry non-productive cough. But it's mainly the PAIN.

Dad's sick too (I got this from him - he got sick about 18-24 hours before me), so it's kinda like cough yodeling across the hall, back and forth. He doesn't seem to have the problem with head pain that I have though. Damn him.

Has anyone ever had this kind of problem with severe head pain when they cough? I mean really severe. Like, painful enough it makes me cry. And when I was sort of sleeping earlier, Mom woke me up because she said I was moaning. I'm pretty sure it wasn't a positive, life-affirming kind of moan either, you now? I wouldn't normally go to the doctor for something like this, because I'm quite sure that - for now, anyway - it's just viral, but I might have to go anyway just for some kind of symptomatic relief. Some cough syrup with a high dose of narcotic in it would be nice.

All I really know is that I'm completely miserable. Already been sick for at least 36 hours and it just keeps getting worse.

Having said all that, I actually do have something positive to say. Two awesome people are having birthdays today, and although it'd probably be better to put this in a separate post, I'm not going to so I can go to bed sooner. Sorry ladies! I still wish you both many happy returns of the day.