Diagnosis

Three weeks ago during the week of parent-teacher conferences, I got sick. Cough, sniffles, sour throat, fuzzy head. You know, the works. I got "better" a few days later but never got rid of the cough.

Last weekend I was experiencing some major coughing and eventually chest pain. I woke up in the middle of the night with my left arm tingly and numb. Great, I thought. I'm having a heart attack. Well, better go back to sleep! In the morning I went to Urgent Care worried and nervous. I was diagnosed as being 'full of crap', and because of my size, caused my muscles in between my ribs to inflame. Basically, I beat myself up from the inside out.

I was told to take ibuprofen for the pain. Well, being allergic to it, I asked the doctor for another pain medication. He was still persistent that I try to take some type of medicine with ibuprofen in it. I was adamant that I didn't want to return to Urgent Care for a different ailment.

So, one week later, I still have a cough, pain in my side, and plans to "take it easy." We'll see how taking it easy goes. I've never been very good at that....