Tight

I and my family celebrated an important occasion last Sunday. Two of my friends, helped me in everything, including going to the market to buy fruits and ingredients and cook the menu.

It was raining last Sunday. Because I have not been sick for quite some time, I forgot about my mortality. I went back and forth the makeshift kitchen we built few feet from the house braving the rain. When Monday came, my chest was heavy and tight I remembered a check up I had with my chain smoker doctor. The 2d echo result showed that the valve of my heart does not close after it releases blood such that some of those released blood gets back in. He said this is a congenital defect. He asked me if I sometimes run out of breath or if I feel the tightening of my chest.

I did not experience that two symptoms until after last Sunday. So, I warned my friends I may not last anymore. Even though I felt bad I had to honor an appointment in Quezon City. Luckily, my wife left her car, so I had my brother drove me. After around two and a half hours, we were back at the house and I noticed I did not have the discomfort I was feeling before we left. I said the car air conditioning system must have a good effect on me.

But the shortness of breath and the tightening of my chest came back intermittently and I noticed I had a slight head ache around the frontal area of my head down to my nose. I also felt a slight itch in my throat. I was also a bit irritable. I took my Seretide puffs twice daily and I also started taking another bronchodilator tablet.

None of them were of any help. My sore throat seemed to be getting worse and my condition was deteriorating. So, I bought anti-biotics and started taking them yesterday.

I had a peaceful sleep last night but I was coughing around morning.

I would like to think that the little tightness in my chest and the shortness of breath are but symptoms of slight asthma. I should be feeling a little better by tomorrow or two days from now.

Itch in the Throat

Here I am again suffering from asthma, four (4) months after my last post.

The strange headache I felt two days ago made me realize I did not have an ordinary allergy, but a cold virus because the headache was accompanied by a little awkwardness in the throat.

In ordinary allergy, I would exhibit symptoms of cold. I would be blowing my nose but after sometime I would forget about it. But when the symptoms of cold is accompanied by a headache and the awkwardness in the throat, I know immediately that I caught a virus and not an allergen.

I had to do something because I could not afford to miss a once a week seminar in the University of Santo Tomas. So, I once again referred to my previous posts here which (posts) served as my guide to the medicines to buy.

I started inhaling Seretide and taking Cefixime two nights ago. I should be taking Ansimar too to relieve me from the itchiness in my throat.

Aside from these asthma symptoms, I also feel pain in my right buttock near the bottom of my backbone. My coughing triggers this pain.

A vain, or a muscle must have gotten out of alignment.