dragonsanddemons wrote:
Since I woke up this morning, it hurts for me to breathe, particularly on the inhale. The pain is distinctly in my trachea, at the very bottom of my throat and the upper part of my chest. It got a lot worse when I lied down to try to get a little more sleep, then eased up a bit when I sat up again. Not sure what’s up with that. But at least I’m not having any difficulty breathing, so hopefully it’s just one of those random things my body does for no apparent reason and will resolve itself soon enough.
Edit - ah, I realized what is the probable culprit. Last night before bed I took some ibuprofen dry and had a little trouble getting it down, so it may have stuck in that area for a while and caused irritation/damage. I’m just going to have to wait it out, then - but at least it means it’s probably nothing serious.
My mom asked Doctor Google (it wasn’t me this time, I swear) and it replied that it may be several days until my trachea starts to feel better because it’s probably got an open wound from the ibuprofen right now. Ugh, it hurts SO VERY MUCH when I lie down (I’d rate it as only a little less painful than a migraine at its worst, pretty much can’t do anything besides try to wriggle into an upright position), and my head and body keep insisting that they really want to
be lying down because of the anemia stuff. It hurts when I go from sitting to standing and vice versa as well, but not quite as much (but still a lot), and I also have some swelling in a place where feeling it by swallowing makes me nauseated. I suppose I should be thankful that I don’t have COVID-19, which would probably feel way worse even if it didn’t turn potentially deadly, but gosh-DANG, it hurts.
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Yet in my new wildness and freedom I almost welcome the bitterness of alienage. For although nepenthe has calmed me, I know always that I am an outsider; a stranger in this century and among those who are still men.
-H. P. Lovecraft, "The Outsider"