So confused...

MCGrad2006 · Oct 2, 2007

So I started coughing again a few weeks ago, got the full blown cold, got the oral abx and now I am better. I kinda got better right after the abx started, but then I kind of hit a wall. I have been on the meds now for one week and I called my doc yesterday because my cough felt so tight and irritated still (even though it was MUCH less frequent). My doc was ready to admit me right then and there...and I was kinda like ummm...i dunno. So I am going in tomorrow for a check up and PFT's, they have reserved a bed and scheduled a PICC placecment (which can all be cancelled if I check out ok).

The thing is...today my cough is better. I am so confused...I thought after a week of abx my cough would be much better and when it wasnt I called the doc...now it is better and I am doubting whether I should have called at all. And the other thing, usually when I am coughing a lot, my PFT's go up (ya know all that natural exercise..lol). When I workout at the gym, I am still coughing uncontrollably. Will my PFT's be high or low tomorrow? That is the question...I try to think about how I felt breath-wise, but then I cant remember and if I think about it too much, I get paranoid and think my PFT's are very low (when in fact they are not).

Does anyone else feel this way? I am getting myself so worked up about getting admitted that I am telling myself I need it...which I probably dont. I think I just want the two week 'vacation' to be honest with you...lol. I just want two weeks off, so I am telling myself that I will be admitted...even though I dont really WANT to be admitted. So sorry to bore you all, but I just want to know that I am not alone in my craziness...<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif" border="0">. I want my doctors to tell me what to do, so I do not have to make that decision. Wish me luck either way!

Thanks!

MCGrad2006 · Oct 2, 2007

So I started coughing again a few weeks ago, got the full blown cold, got the oral abx and now I am better. I kinda got better right after the abx started, but then I kind of hit a wall. I have been on the meds now for one week and I called my doc yesterday because my cough felt so tight and irritated still (even though it was MUCH less frequent). My doc was ready to admit me right then and there...and I was kinda like ummm...i dunno. So I am going in tomorrow for a check up and PFT's, they have reserved a bed and scheduled a PICC placecment (which can all be cancelled if I check out ok).

The thing is...today my cough is better. I am so confused...I thought after a week of abx my cough would be much better and when it wasnt I called the doc...now it is better and I am doubting whether I should have called at all. And the other thing, usually when I am coughing a lot, my PFT's go up (ya know all that natural exercise..lol). When I workout at the gym, I am still coughing uncontrollably. Will my PFT's be high or low tomorrow? That is the question...I try to think about how I felt breath-wise, but then I cant remember and if I think about it too much, I get paranoid and think my PFT's are very low (when in fact they are not).

Does anyone else feel this way? I am getting myself so worked up about getting admitted that I am telling myself I need it...which I probably dont. I think I just want the two week 'vacation' to be honest with you...lol. I just want two weeks off, so I am telling myself that I will be admitted...even though I dont really WANT to be admitted. So sorry to bore you all, but I just want to know that I am not alone in my craziness...<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif" border="0">. I want my doctors to tell me what to do, so I do not have to make that decision. Wish me luck either way!

Thanks!

MCGrad2006 · Oct 2, 2007

So I started coughing again a few weeks ago, got the full blown cold, got the oral abx and now I am better. I kinda got better right after the abx started, but then I kind of hit a wall. I have been on the meds now for one week and I called my doc yesterday because my cough felt so tight and irritated still (even though it was MUCH less frequent). My doc was ready to admit me right then and there...and I was kinda like ummm...i dunno. So I am going in tomorrow for a check up and PFT's, they have reserved a bed and scheduled a PICC placecment (which can all be cancelled if I check out ok).

The thing is...today my cough is better. I am so confused...I thought after a week of abx my cough would be much better and when it wasnt I called the doc...now it is better and I am doubting whether I should have called at all. And the other thing, usually when I am coughing a lot, my PFT's go up (ya know all that natural exercise..lol). When I workout at the gym, I am still coughing uncontrollably. Will my PFT's be high or low tomorrow? That is the question...I try to think about how I felt breath-wise, but then I cant remember and if I think about it too much, I get paranoid and think my PFT's are very low (when in fact they are not).

Does anyone else feel this way? I am getting myself so worked up about getting admitted that I am telling myself I need it...which I probably dont. I think I just want the two week 'vacation' to be honest with you...lol. I just want two weeks off, so I am telling myself that I will be admitted...even though I dont really WANT to be admitted. So sorry to bore you all, but I just want to know that I am not alone in my craziness...<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif" border="0">. I want my doctors to tell me what to do, so I do not have to make that decision. Wish me luck either way!

Thanks!

MCGrad2006 · Oct 2, 2007

So I started coughing again a few weeks ago, got the full blown cold, got the oral abx and now I am better. I kinda got better right after the abx started, but then I kind of hit a wall. I have been on the meds now for one week and I called my doc yesterday because my cough felt so tight and irritated still (even though it was MUCH less frequent). My doc was ready to admit me right then and there...and I was kinda like ummm...i dunno. So I am going in tomorrow for a check up and PFT's, they have reserved a bed and scheduled a PICC placecment (which can all be cancelled if I check out ok).

The thing is...today my cough is better. I am so confused...I thought after a week of abx my cough would be much better and when it wasnt I called the doc...now it is better and I am doubting whether I should have called at all. And the other thing, usually when I am coughing a lot, my PFT's go up (ya know all that natural exercise..lol). When I workout at the gym, I am still coughing uncontrollably. Will my PFT's be high or low tomorrow? That is the question...I try to think about how I felt breath-wise, but then I cant remember and if I think about it too much, I get paranoid and think my PFT's are very low (when in fact they are not).

Does anyone else feel this way? I am getting myself so worked up about getting admitted that I am telling myself I need it...which I probably dont. I think I just want the two week 'vacation' to be honest with you...lol. I just want two weeks off, so I am telling myself that I will be admitted...even though I dont really WANT to be admitted. So sorry to bore you all, but I just want to know that I am not alone in my craziness...<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif" border="0">. I want my doctors to tell me what to do, so I do not have to make that decision. Wish me luck either way!

Thanks!

MCGrad2006 · Oct 2, 2007

So I started coughing again a few weeks ago, got the full blown cold, got the oral abx and now I am better. I kinda got better right after the abx started, but then I kind of hit a wall. I have been on the meds now for one week and I called my doc yesterday because my cough felt so tight and irritated still (even though it was MUCH less frequent). My doc was ready to admit me right then and there...and I was kinda like ummm...i dunno. So I am going in tomorrow for a check up and PFT's, they have reserved a bed and scheduled a PICC placecment (which can all be cancelled if I check out ok).

The thing is...today my cough is better. I am so confused...I thought after a week of abx my cough would be much better and when it wasnt I called the doc...now it is better and I am doubting whether I should have called at all. And the other thing, usually when I am coughing a lot, my PFT's go up (ya know all that natural exercise..lol). When I workout at the gym, I am still coughing uncontrollably. Will my PFT's be high or low tomorrow? That is the question...I try to think about how I felt breath-wise, but then I cant remember and if I think about it too much, I get paranoid and think my PFT's are very low (when in fact they are not).

Does anyone else feel this way? I am getting myself so worked up about getting admitted that I am telling myself I need it...which I probably dont. I think I just want the two week 'vacation' to be honest with you...lol. I just want two weeks off, so I am telling myself that I will be admitted...even though I dont really WANT to be admitted. So sorry to bore you all, but I just want to know that I am not alone in my craziness...<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif" border="0">. I want my doctors to tell me what to do, so I do not have to make that decision. Wish me luck either way!

Thanks!

dbtoo · Oct 2, 2007