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...I seem to be sick. First time since 2019 IIRC. So far it's throat and lungs, no GI involvement yet (knock on wood). Covid test ... well, the first one was expired by three years and didn't have enough liquid to work, but the second one worked and was negative.
Symptoms started Monday with my throat feeling wrong when I swallowed, but I wasn't entirely sure if I was sick or just had a super dry throat. Tuesday started lung involvement, including a cough that burned my lungs, plus my voice has dropped in pitch and sounds raspy. Early this morning I woke up coughing and had this cycle of listening to my breath get increasingly crackly until I coughed, which jolted me back awake but reset the breathing noise. Eventually fell back asleep.
So far it's not too miserable but I'm very aware that lung things are bad for FOPers -- rib cage and spine fused immobile with bone means it's harder to cough stuff up. But I'm staying hydrated and trying to take things easy
(which is weird because my default is "push through discomfort to get shit done" (chronic pain is fun, yo) so doing the opposite feels Wrong lol)
and if it gets worse I can get cough drops or something ... so far coughing is pretty productive but there's things like Mucinex if that changes
Symptoms started Monday with my throat feeling wrong when I swallowed, but I wasn't entirely sure if I was sick or just had a super dry throat. Tuesday started lung involvement, including a cough that burned my lungs, plus my voice has dropped in pitch and sounds raspy. Early this morning I woke up coughing and had this cycle of listening to my breath get increasingly crackly until I coughed, which jolted me back awake but reset the breathing noise. Eventually fell back asleep.
So far it's not too miserable but I'm very aware that lung things are bad for FOPers -- rib cage and spine fused immobile with bone means it's harder to cough stuff up. But I'm staying hydrated and trying to take things easy
(which is weird because my default is "push through discomfort to get shit done" (chronic pain is fun, yo) so doing the opposite feels Wrong lol)
and if it gets worse I can get cough drops or something ... so far coughing is pretty productive but there's things like Mucinex if that changes