#chronic bronchitis

[nonbeans]

I cannot stop coughing. I have had lingering horrible bronchitis for over a month now since my last virus, then bacterial infection.

If you can avoid getting COVID, take the preemptive measures. It's worth it. I went to a school as an immunocompromised person and teacher, and now I have had trouble breathing and a cough for two months (got initially sick on Sept 5th, the third day of school.

And now who fucking knows when I will be 'better'.

[emi-thestarlightsapphic]

As someone in the world of working in theatre who deals with chronic illness and pain, I’d love to be more open about my experiences, and also be a resource and advocate for those who are also experiencing chronic conditions in the workforce. I’ve talked about my experiences on my blog before, but have never been specific about my actual conditions, but I’m sharing them so that if someone is also struggling with these conditions, I can speak more about what I’ve learned that works and how I’ve learned to cope and make it through the day and succeed in a high demand industry.

Below, I’ve just listed my main diagnosed conditions with a brief description of symptoms and information. I am more than happy to speak more on each individually and to document more about how each affects my day to day, and how I overcome them to be successful in my craft. Because what I’ve learned, is that I’ve had valuable experiences and have gained so much insight. And I don’t want to hide that my life isn’t perfect and going swimmingly lol.

And, on the flip side, I am also still learning constantly and would love to learn from others what they have learned!

POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome)

- A condition that affects circulation, causing an abnormal increase in heart rate when standing up. It can lead to symptoms like dizziness, fatigue, brain fog, and palpitations, often as a result of issues with the autonomic nervous system.

Photophobia

- A condition where the eyes are overly sensitive to light, causing discomfort or pain. It can be triggered by bright lights, sunlight, or even normal indoor lighting. Symptoms may include migraines, nausea, body pain, or excessive tearing when exposed to light.

Chronic Bronchitis

- A long-term inflammation of the bronchial tubes, causing persistent coughing with mucus production It is a form of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Symptoms include coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, and frequent respiratory infections.

[oneshortdamnfuse]

*slaps my chest like the hood of a car* these lungs can fit so much mucus

[newhologram]

Holograms, I had a rough sudden chronic bronchitis flare the past week. At first it was my usual winter lung bullshit, just icky feeling. But I pushed myself too hard and it suddenly got worse and seemed like I was going to be really sick like I always was in childhood. I can’t do inhalers anymore, my body doesn’t tolerate them at all. I attribute it not progressing and reversing in a few days to not just my nebulizer 2x daily, strong homemade herbal tea blends, sea moss gel, overdosing on 3 different kinds of garlic a day, but my ✨wedge pillow✨. Bad lungs who?! For real. Usually sleeping this time of year feels like I’m drowning. Wedge pillow changes everything. I can breathe! 😭

[pebble-beak]

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[doomspaniels]

I claim this knee in the name of Spainiel!

Yvaine has been having some difficulty breathing since her last surgery, when we changed a bunch of her meds. X-rays suggest she has chronic bronchitis--not surprising, with all these years of severe allergies, and it's causing problems because we removed her daily steroids. Changing her meds around again, and she's finally comfortable putting her chin up on my knee again.

I originally started teaching pets to wear hats and glasses because Merlin had such a bad response to his inhaler (chronic lung damage from heartworms when we adopted him). He hated the mechanism on his face, was so tense he held his breath. The whole point was to inhale the meds, buddy.

The face desensitization came in handy for the goggles Yvaine wore this summer... but now we have come full circle. Yvaine's reaction to the inhaler is that it's a non-event, can she have her carrot please?

[lovedsammy]

So I found out when I went back to urgent care yesterday for a chest X-ray that there is noticeable scarring on my lungs that is permanent. The doctor told me that I’m going to keep getting sinus and bronchitis infections because of all of the scarring.

I can’t even really sleep anymore. I wake up with my throat drowning in mucus/phlegm and I need one of my family members to pound relentlessly on my back to try and breathe properly.

I’m on steroids + an antibiotic and that usually helps clear this out but not this time. I’m honestly kind of miserable right now and I go back to the doctor in 2 days to talk about what else we can do short of admitting me.