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Gave myself almost-pneumonia and my couch looks like a damn stock photo.
Since the whole time I’ve been like, “Am I living one of my shitty fanfictions? Coz this sucks.” Let me tell y’all a story.
Cold weather sucks as a severe asthmatic. I moved to the South so I didn’t have to deal with the frigid winters of upstate NY. I’m basically on and off sick until Spring comes (and then there’s allergy season but I digress). I think it’s helped some, but my lungs are just fucked up ok?
Anyways I went to a concert last Saturday and it was freezing. Then I went to the zoo on Sunday with a friend and it was also cold and swarming with kids who don’t know how to cover their mouths when they cough. It was a great weekend but by Tuesday I was sick - great. I had some warning bc my friend I went to the zoo with said they got sick yesterday. But it just seemed like a minor cold and I’ve been through this a million times, I truly did not think it was gonna get too much worse. My asthma was mostly under control and I rested a lot all week.
Thursday I’m more tired, but I start nebulizer treatments and even skip ice skating class and reschedule it for Saturday bc hey, I’m responsible. But Friday I start to feel worse. Like to the point where everybody at work is like wtf go home and one of them told me she’s gonna get me holy water. But it’s okay, it’s still been SO much worse and I’m really fine.
Saturday morning I wake up and I feel like I’m cured. So I go to ice skating class. And maybe I take a little walk in the rain. Bad fuckin idea. By the end of the day I’m having full blown asthma attacks one after the other and sweating like crazy. My abdomen is aching from coughing so much that it hurts to sit up. But I really don’t want to go to the ER. Not again. So I message my pulmonologist and hope I can just say never mind I’m good now by the time he answers on Monday.
That brings us to today, Sunday. I woke up at 6am after only 4 hours of sleep because I can’t stop choking. I’m sneezing and coughing up fluorescent green stuff, my throat tastes like blood and I have a fever. I really, really didn’t want to go to the doctor but it’s time. I drag my sorry ass to urgent care where the entire hour I sit in waiting, everybody who walks by gives me a ‘goddamn’ look because I’m coughing loud enough to alert the entire damn office. I’m so embarrassed bc what if they think I’m being dramatic and wasting time - again? I awkwardly explain my situation and the doctor sends me for CXR. When it comes back he says “Well, you don’t have pneumonia yet but see alllll this stuff here? That’s inflammation. I’m gonna prescribe antibiotics and (way heavier) steroids and you might have bronchitis already but your asthma is so bad that it’s indistinguishable by now. Also with your lungs you probably won’t be able to tell you have pneumonia until it’s pretty bad.”
So anyways, that’s my week. At least I got a lot of writing done for Whumptober - didn’t have to dig very deep to find enough misery to go around to all my fav OCs lol.
#self obs#taken before I got a 10x higher dose of steroids and also antibiotics#brought to you by ~asthma~#almost pneumonia bc the doc said I probably have bronchitis but my asthma is so bad they’re indistinguishable at this point#CXR questionable#so that’s fun#anyways it’d be hot if it wasn’t me so here ya go#sicknario#snzario#snz#snzblr#snz kink#snzfucker#flu whump#illness whump#asthma#coughing
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sometimes being disabled is just like "hey why do I feel so trash?? :/ it is but a mystery...." <- can't breathe
#extanttalks#actually disabled#disabled#disability#asthma#and my other various Respiratory Disorders that i dont feel like remembering the sciency names for#my lungs are FUCKED#this post was brought to you by the Shitty Lungs Committee#it is also brought to you by. i am stupid.
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The liberalism leaving people’s bodies when someone points out that teachers are treated just as badly if not worse than other types of service worker
#Polly rants#the inability for some people on this website to have empathy for teachers is astounding to me#I get it if you’re still a kid but if you’re an adult… bro#anyway this post was brought to you by worrying over my middle school teacher mom’s health because the kids are literally killing her#with raised blood pressure and spraying fragrances in her classroom that give her asthma attacks
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if I can't breathe nobody can *eats your lungs*
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Sick fic where Roy stumbles into the office clearly unwell, and says he can work anyway but Riza demands he go home before he infects everyone like he did last time.
Roy goes home by himself and sleeps and stays hydrated for three days.
Riza smiles at him when he comes back.
It's an office romance.
#Roy Mustang#Riza Hawkeye#fanfiction mini#Fullmetal Alchemist#Royai#this story brought to you by my last week: common cold asthma influenza
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i'm sorry but i do not want to be your vacuum cleaner breathing in your dust i've got asthma
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I gotta say on the one hand it's kind of frustrating that I can't get diagnosis or treatment for my symptoms disease*, and on the other hand it's more than a little funny that the medication that just so happens to treat my symptoms disease** is also the medication given to me by doctors for asthma or allergy flareups.
Also, the medication that's been like "doesn't fix it completely but sure as hell helps a LOT" was not actually prescribed for my endocrine issue! It was prescribed for salt wasting syndrome, a thing that is not actually a diagnosis (because two opposite things are called that)***
I am not a medical professional do not take any of this as medical advice, I'm just venting
*aka whatever is wrong with my endocrine system. I don't have an official diagnosis, just many different specialists going "yeah that's...not supposed to happen. Sounds like something is wrong with your endocrine system and it might be autoimmune"
**corticosteroids
***there are two things that can be called salt wasting syndrome: cerebral salt wasting syndrome, and SIADH. From what I've heard from various doctors, the treatment for the two things are pretty much the complete opposite, even though the symptoms present the same.
#the person behind the yarn#medical mention#medication mention#as it was explained to me: SIADH is when your body keeps too much water and because of that it lowers your salt#cerebral salt wasting syndrome is when your body gets rid of too much salt and because of that it lowers your water#SIADH you restrict fluid intake#cerebral salt wasting syndrome you add a LOT more salt and drink a LOT of water#and sometimes take fludrocortisone (the salt levels go up medication)#but! cerebral salt wasting syndrome usually lasts a few weeks and can sometimes last a few months#and does not require long term treatment#I have had symptoms for more than ten years and have been on fludrocortisone for nearly five years#I do not think it's cerebral salt wasting syndrome#all this is brought to you by: I had a bad asthma flare up and was put on short term corticosteroids#and I have no symptoms. None. My breathing is fine my blood pressure is fine my heart rate is in the 70s!!!#I don't have hypoglycemia! I'm not dizzy when I stand up! even my darn muscle spasms have stopped!!#I didn't get enough sleep last night and I'm not sick because of it!
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You’d be surprised how often the concept of diffusion really just fucks my whole shit up.
#the elf talks#pro tip: if you spray something with a highly concentrated scent in one room that scent will spread through the whole ass house#brought to you by my asthma#this is a constant problem and made worse by the fact that IM SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING WHERE I TALK CONSTANTLY FOR ANOTHER HOUR
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Q has Asthma
Fair Warning: I do not have asthma and have no idea how asthma attacks work.
The first thing Q noticed after opening his apartment door was the urge to cough. The sound came out dry, deep from his chest, making his ribs ache.
His flat smelled like the back alley next to a shady pub, filled with cigarette smoke and the smell of alcohol.
Q rid himself of his coat, bag and shoes before walking all the way through to the living room. He passed by Bond lounging on his couch and opened a window.
"How many times have I told you not to smoke in my flat? Not to mention, not breaking in at all?"
Bond didn't answer. Instead he pulled out another cigarette, placed it between his lips and lit it. He looked directly at Q while taking a long drag and immediately exhaling again to blow as much smoke into the room as possible.
The Quartermaster turned around, facing the window, and tried to take as many long controlled breaths as he could before the next coughing fit would inevitably erupt from deep within his chest.
James smirked. "Let me guess. Stress-smoker in college, and after kicking the habit you can't take the smell anymore?"
Q didn't know whether he should laugh or cry. On the one hand, he could now say for certain that Bond hadn't broken the encryption on his medical file. On the other hand, he wasn't quite sure how long he could take the agent smoking on his couch without grabbing his inhaler from his bag, and then his secret would be out anyway.
Knowing that he wasn’t a great liar, Q opted to say nothing and simply nodded, grateful he didn’t have to look Bond in the eye.
But even his strategical placing by the window didn’t help for long, his coughs getting more regular and rougher.
The agent frowned and finally stubbed out his cigarette.
“Are you getting sick, Q?”
Q shook his head, not trusting his voice to respond without breaking.
It was the wheezing, only moments later, that finally clued Bond in on the condition of his dear Quartermaster. He jumped to his feet, rolling his eyes about the young man favouring his pride over his health.
He padded down the pockets of Q’s jacket before picking up his bag and simply turning it upside down above the couch, so that everything came falling out.
At this point, Q was tumbling towards the couch, using the walls and the table for leverage before crashing against an unprepared Bond, sending them both to the ground.
“So- ry,” he heaved out.
“Oh, what’s a few more bruises,” James mumbled absently, finally spotting Q’s inhaler in the pile and handing it to him.
Q used it and then sat up as straight as Bond had ever seen him do during the years they had known each other. He tried to take long breaths and the agent couldn’t help but silently count along, his own breath slowing down with his Quartermaster’s.
After what felt like forever, Q used the inhaler a second time and then slowly let his head drop to Bond’s chest, eyes closing in exhaustion.
James wrapped his arm around Q in relief, barely stopping himself from pressing a kiss into his hair.
“Bond?” Q’s voice was scratchy and barely even above a whisper.
“Yes.”
“Don’t ever smoke in my flat again.”
Bond grinned, this time really planting a kiss on Q’s head. “I promise.”
Betaed by the wonderful @melynen
#007 fest 2022#teambondvillains#00Q#james bond#Q has asthma#i tried to do some research i really hope i didn't write total crap#Brought to you by the queue#Cause I am on a road trip#when this comes out i should be in copenhagen#remix eligible
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had an appointment with my asthma doctor on thursday to hopefully address the "two-months-long cough" situation and was forced to confront the fact that i do indeed have A Literal Chronic Disease that will most likely require life-long maintenance in order to live a mostly functional life and i'm like, outrageously fucking annoyed about it tbh
#shut up chocolate#this post brought to you by me having to remember to do my nightly wixela shot#personal#to be fair i actually have MULTIPLE chronic conditions#i forget about the high blood pressure but it's there and i finally got my chronic migraines diagnosed a couple years ago#ableism is a hell of a drug let me tell you#i've had asthma since i was a literal child and i'm still like hmmm sounds fake
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I'm sure it seems like a reasonable thing to do in the heat of the moment, contemplating PTO and having to close early at the last minute and whether u can get someone in to cover so you don't have to close but that would make it even more last minute and whatever tf else bosses be thinking... but
It should be so fuckingggg illegal to have a worker come to you in so much pain that she's willing to lose pay that she desperately needs to support her 2 kids and disabled fiance and say she needs to leave early, and to just say. No. You can't leave. And she can't! She would be leaving people dangerously un-cared-for if she left without permission! And also breaking the law!
#this post brought to you by my suppressed rage on behalf of my coteacher who has asthma and chronic back pain whos dr just had her start#a bunch of new meds and the asthma ones are working but the pain ones are fucking not!#and how that gave me flashbacks to the one time i was in charge of a coteachers coverage and she was so scared to ask off for migraines!#babe you do not need to spend 4 hrs in the sun witb a migraine! i will not let it happen!#cause guess what? we had as many subs to call as we POSSIBLY could#and there was only ONE time we had to close for teacehrs being sick#anyway im just fucking pissed#also they told her if she runs out of PTO they will also take away her benefits and that makes me want to FIGHT#give C a FUCKING BREAK YALL
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Blind Channel in the chorus:
Fans with disabilities and chronic illnesses:
#that's my contribution to the don't fix me debate. just that#this post was brought to you by my asthma & well-meaning family pressuring me to bend my whole life over backwards for a 'cure'#(note: there is no cure for asthma)#instead of being content with the fact that i'm managing my illness well and can lead a basically normal life#blind channel#don't fix me#the remaining lyrics? corny. cringe. but i think we can be allowed a little cringe as a treat#meme corner
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step one in fixing this country's garbage healthcare system is insurance companies cannot be allowed to deny prescribed treatments for any reason. If a doctor prescribes it and you have insurance it should be covered. Period.
Step two is fix the fucking deductibles and step three is socialize it but let's just start with step one for today
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Knowing about burnout is great and all but sometimes you are just ill
#this post brought to you by thinking I was work exhausted but actually I had a bad chest infection and asthma flare up#LOL
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Ciel being asthmatic means so much to me you don't even know. I could only name you two other asthmatic characters and both of them are supposed to be jokes.
#You got Ciel Phantomhive Carl Wheezer and Osgood. Those are the three asthmatic characters I know.#Legit I think not a damn person who isn't asthmatic even pays attention to that fact. I kinda wish it was brought up more to be honest.#He's a brat but I'll let it slide cuz his lungs don't work. Just like me. <3#Black Butler#Sentiments of a vampire.#You guys know of any other characters that have asthma? Cuz I don't.#Shout out to Mikey Way cuz he for real has never seen asmthatic representation. Lest we forget what he did to that inhaler.
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Something that has not changed my entire life is me misplacing my inhaler
#technically i should be using my nebulizer with how much im using it but i hate using my nebulizer#and my asthma is still flaring because of covid#anyway i just remember more times than i can count how much i would dread telling my parents i lost my inhaler#theyd be yelling while i frantically searched the house when we had to leave for school in like 5 minutes#maybe i dont miss being younger#they dont really get mad like that about it anymore but i still get nervous to tell them for some reason lol#this post is brought to you by im wheezing and cant find my inhaler anywhere#miles rambles
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