Sudden and fairly brutal cough. Last night I was feeling pretty shit 'cause my appetite had tanked for the better part of two days but other than hunger and headache mostly okay, this morning my throat decided it was going to see if it could simultaneously cause my throat and my side to tear and bleed/bruise. Intensity has spaced out a bit by now (nightfall), but it's not getting much less intense. Just about made my throw up a few minutes ago, because all a throat needs besides mucus and contractions rubbing it raw is gastric acids coming to join the party
... hopefully this shit'll chill fairly rapidly, 'cause this is just about the worst cough I've had in like the last decade or two. Legit starting to get worried this is going to cause me to start coughing bits of blood, bleh. Also, after this, it's probably time to take the likely source back to the doctor. Been out of it enough I haven't noticed it they were taking their antibiotics appropriately, but they've been coughing now for like... three, four weeks, maybe, and getting intermittent spats of it since like... september or some shit. Finally appears to have got everyone else in the house, which means the stubbornness about getting a doc to deal with it is about to get kicked into the shitter. just as soon as the fever and coughing cuts out enough I can walk without having to hang on to the walls or whatever is handy to avoid hitting the ground head instead of foot first