This Could Be Goodbye!

I never posted in the Introduce Yourself section when I first arrived at Tinnitus Talk.

Last Thursday I noticed a cough coming on,which I thought might have been my 3 or 4 cigars I smoked that day.

I've been smoking (and inhaling them deeply into my lungs) since October after a noise exposure made my tinnitus worse. At the time I knew it was bad for me and I was self harming in a way.

Anyway, Friday comes about and it's obviously a virus... headache, bones, muscles, old war wounds hurting me and sure enough I felt dreadful. And spaced out.

Then I started to cough more violently to the point where my ribs and stomach hurt. And that's when I started coughing up dark brown cigar coloured phlegm by the bucket load. The virus wouldn't let me sleep either...every time I sit upright hoping to nod off... it makes me cough violently again.

Tonight my heart was really beating fast. So I measured it with a calibrated monitor. 117 bps. That's recalled tachycardia. I took some Propranolol to slow it down and rang the NHS and I'm waiting on a call from a Primary Care Doctor.

Not sure what happens next but this virus has been so bad I've said all week it's going to kill me.

 

My heart goes out to you.

 

Lol... I survived for another night.

 

hey man keep surviving and maybe something will come along....

 

Go see your doctor!

 

Run to the ER, find out now!

It's your wake up call to stop smoking and rest, take care of yourself.

 

I agree with other posters that you should go to the ER if your condition is so serious. Don't wait for family doctor. ER is set up for urgent medical help. Don't wait.