Hi. I don't know if anyone will read this, but going to write anyway.
Basically, I've had the flu at least twice since September, plus some bad colds and now a possible chest infection. The most time I felt well between each illness was 2 weeks and the whole time I've had post nasal drip coupled with a bad sore throat. I feel like I'm never going to get better.
Anyway, I got antibiotics a few weeks ago that did nothing to help so I self medicated with raw garlic which seems to have been helping me slowly get over this latest virus I have. All my symptoms seem to be getting better little by little.. except for a new, worrying symptom. Coughing up blood. It only happens in the morning. I wake up feeling so wheezy that it feels hard to breathe. I spend the next 5 or so minutes coughing like a maniac till I get the phlegm free. For the past 3 or 4 mornings it's had bright red blood in it. I'm still coughing a lot throughout the day due to the cold I just had but I only get the blood in the mornings after waking.
I saw the GP yesterday and she took a spit sample and sent it off to get tested. She also told me to go get a chest x-ray, which I'm doing tomorrow and prescribed a different antibiotic for me to try.
I'm so worried about all of this. In the one hand, the GP said I could wait for the results of the spit test before I took the antibiotics if I didn't feel worse. On the other hand, she said that I needed to see her again if I got any worse as I might need hospitalised! So of course now I'm afraid to even go to bed incase something bad happens. She kept stressing how coughing blood was not normal. I'm so freaked by all this. I haven't even had the chance to freak out over having to get the x-ray!
Urgh..