Andromeda
11-05-12, 03:10
I feel like i'm always repeating myself but here goes;
In november i had flu like symptoms.
I'd never had the flu before and it was awful.
I noticed it went into my chest and i had horrible breathing difficulties and a constant high ever etc.
Anyway long story short, after seeing a million doctors/nurses/whatever during the course of my illnes, they all agreed i had got pneumonia (probably viral)
Anywho, i felt officially recovered about mid feb maybe?
But soon after i just felt like i had a constant cold.
i.e. mucus in my throat every morning and clear runny nasal mucus.
My sinuses just feel constantly bunged up.
I went to the doctor last week, he listened to my chest and said it was all good.
He looked at my throat and it was raw.
He asked me if i had acid reflux and i said yes. He suspects that it's causing the mucus and that this mucus is unrelated to my 'xmas illness' which is fine i accept that.
But fastforward to today and i feel like i'm coming down with the flu all over again and it's sending me into massive panic mode!
I obsessively check my temperature these days now anyway and it hasn't gone over 37.0 so far but even 36.5-37.0 is high for me, i'm usually around the 36.2 mark. It's currently 36.8
I know i sound ridiculous but the illness over Christmas brought my anxiety back and now i'm having panic attacks all over the place.
My nose is so congested and i feel hot and sweaty and sick and achey and i'm so worried i'm going to die :weep: i can't tell if i just have a cold or not!
A girl i work with recently returned ater being off for months with meningitis and also someone i used to work with died at the weekend (he was only 26) so my health anxiety is just going crazy!
It's 3am and i have no one else to talk to and i'm just terrified!
I was going to phone the nhs helpline thing but they've always been useless with me so i'm just stuck!
In november i had flu like symptoms.
I'd never had the flu before and it was awful.
I noticed it went into my chest and i had horrible breathing difficulties and a constant high ever etc.
Anyway long story short, after seeing a million doctors/nurses/whatever during the course of my illnes, they all agreed i had got pneumonia (probably viral)
Anywho, i felt officially recovered about mid feb maybe?
But soon after i just felt like i had a constant cold.
i.e. mucus in my throat every morning and clear runny nasal mucus.
My sinuses just feel constantly bunged up.
I went to the doctor last week, he listened to my chest and said it was all good.
He looked at my throat and it was raw.
He asked me if i had acid reflux and i said yes. He suspects that it's causing the mucus and that this mucus is unrelated to my 'xmas illness' which is fine i accept that.
But fastforward to today and i feel like i'm coming down with the flu all over again and it's sending me into massive panic mode!
I obsessively check my temperature these days now anyway and it hasn't gone over 37.0 so far but even 36.5-37.0 is high for me, i'm usually around the 36.2 mark. It's currently 36.8
I know i sound ridiculous but the illness over Christmas brought my anxiety back and now i'm having panic attacks all over the place.
My nose is so congested and i feel hot and sweaty and sick and achey and i'm so worried i'm going to die :weep: i can't tell if i just have a cold or not!
A girl i work with recently returned ater being off for months with meningitis and also someone i used to work with died at the weekend (he was only 26) so my health anxiety is just going crazy!
It's 3am and i have no one else to talk to and i'm just terrified!
I was going to phone the nhs helpline thing but they've always been useless with me so i'm just stuck!