Macha on Nostr: Big drama last night. I have been sick all week with a horrible chesty cold and last ...
Big drama last night. I have been sick all week with a horrible chesty cold and last night I had a severe coughing fit. Being asthmatic and getting a lot of bad coughs I thought I had things under control but then I started coughing up fresh blood and quite a lot of it.
I phoned 111 and between coughing and my voice having dropped at least 2 octaves I managed to explain what had happened and was told to take myself to A&E. As you can imagine the local taxi driver was not very impressed when he picked me up and I was looking worse than an impoverished Victorian consumption victim but he took me to hospital anyway.
Having suffered many a long waits in A&E I have to say that when you turn up coughing up frothy blood they act quickly. I was rushed through triage and quickly got checked out by doctor who seemed pretty sure it was not too serious. After a few hours for scans and tests it was confirmed that there was nothing else going on and I had damaged my throat/vocal chords by coughing and popped some minor blood vessels. Apparently this is enough to make you look like the bloodiest victim in a horror movie!!!
After a few hours I was back home with a bag of medicines and strict instructions to rest up for a few days and to not talk unless absolutely necessary. If I cough up fresh blood again over the weekend then I have to go back to hospital but otherwise can just follow up with my GP next week.
At least it all made a change from me going into hospital with a parent but I could have done without it!
I phoned 111 and between coughing and my voice having dropped at least 2 octaves I managed to explain what had happened and was told to take myself to A&E. As you can imagine the local taxi driver was not very impressed when he picked me up and I was looking worse than an impoverished Victorian consumption victim but he took me to hospital anyway.
Having suffered many a long waits in A&E I have to say that when you turn up coughing up frothy blood they act quickly. I was rushed through triage and quickly got checked out by doctor who seemed pretty sure it was not too serious. After a few hours for scans and tests it was confirmed that there was nothing else going on and I had damaged my throat/vocal chords by coughing and popped some minor blood vessels. Apparently this is enough to make you look like the bloodiest victim in a horror movie!!!
After a few hours I was back home with a bag of medicines and strict instructions to rest up for a few days and to not talk unless absolutely necessary. If I cough up fresh blood again over the weekend then I have to go back to hospital but otherwise can just follow up with my GP next week.
At least it all made a change from me going into hospital with a parent but I could have done without it!