Everyone around me seems to be suffering with coughs and colds, but I seem to have avoided all of them! I have suggested that others try the Rituximab, but no-one has taken me up on the offer yet...
However, over the last couple of months I've had a cough and at the beginning of March had a bit of excitement. I woke up in the middle of the night with a very strong pain in the middle of my chest. It didn't go away, and eventually Keith called 999 he was so worried. After a few minutes of questions, they sent an ambulance with a very helpful paramedic. He checked me over and said that the pain was not my heart, but probably I had pulled a muscle in my chest from coughing. Painkillers soon sorted it out and in a day or so I felt much better - if I didn't laugh, cough or sneeze!
The cough didn't completely go, and at the end of March got much worse so that I was taking cough mixture several times at night and getting tired and breathless, so went to the GP. He gave me antibiotics and sent me for an xray, so I went to the walk-in clinic in Cobridge. They called me back the same afternoon to tell me they wanted a CT scan as well, so another appointment early the next week. The CT scan showed 'changes' in an area of my lung (they have so many scans they can compare!) so an appointment with the respiritory consultant in a couple of weeks to see what they think. Last weekend lost my voice too which I think maybe connected, but will be able to find out more soon.
