My lungs sound like a sun chips bag! Crinkle, crinkle, crinkle. I did too much today.
I noticed it yesterday morning but this morning it was louder and more prominent. This crazy crackling, popping, almost gurgling sound in my lungs, especially on an exhale. The cough also suddenly felt looser, had a rattle, and almost sounded productive.
This morning I was on the kids so Mike could have a work meeting. I was feeling better, and I thought I was up for it. But walking around, and talking (why is there so much talking?!) quickly wore me out. By 10:30 I was laying in a ball on the couch, exhausted. Breathing, but breathing heavy, labored breaths. I cannot remember now whether or not it hurt to breathe at this point, it just felt exhausting. Talking felt like too much effort. The kids were great and entertained themselves.
I had google meet classes scheduled to today. Luckily it was my lighter day, only two classes, 30 min each. I worked from noon to three, with classes during that time, catching up on emails. By the time I was done at 3, I was done.
I crawled into bed and it was the first time I realized how tired I was and how bad I felt. My lungs felt like they were filled with shards of glass, every inhale was fire. I wouldn't say I was struggling to breathe, it was just heavy and painful. I just rested. The longer I rested to more the pain subsided.
During this time I did some googling, and Dr. Google made it sound it crackling lungs means pneumonia. That certainly made me worry. All my symptoms line up with viral pneumonia (and Covid-19 is a form of viral pneumonia). But maybe I just have another form of viral pneumonia? I left the doctor a message.
At 5 I pulled myself from the bed to snack, (realizing I hadn't eaten since breakfast, which isn't like me at all) hang with the kids for a minute and cook some dinner (roasted some broccoli and sauteed some chicken breast that needed to be eaten!), and went back to bed around 5:45. It's 9:00 now and I'm ready for sleep!
My body seems to be telling me that is just needs to rest. Every time I try and do too much (do much of anything at all) I seem to collapse into exhaustion and more pain. Whatever I have, healing is going to be uphill climb, and today made it clear that it is going to take a lot more time and rest before I am ready to go back to my normal everyday activities. If you get this virus (or something similar) take it SLOW and listen to your body! Good night!
I noticed it yesterday morning but this morning it was louder and more prominent. This crazy crackling, popping, almost gurgling sound in my lungs, especially on an exhale. The cough also suddenly felt looser, had a rattle, and almost sounded productive.
This morning I was on the kids so Mike could have a work meeting. I was feeling better, and I thought I was up for it. But walking around, and talking (why is there so much talking?!) quickly wore me out. By 10:30 I was laying in a ball on the couch, exhausted. Breathing, but breathing heavy, labored breaths. I cannot remember now whether or not it hurt to breathe at this point, it just felt exhausting. Talking felt like too much effort. The kids were great and entertained themselves.
I had google meet classes scheduled to today. Luckily it was my lighter day, only two classes, 30 min each. I worked from noon to three, with classes during that time, catching up on emails. By the time I was done at 3, I was done.
I crawled into bed and it was the first time I realized how tired I was and how bad I felt. My lungs felt like they were filled with shards of glass, every inhale was fire. I wouldn't say I was struggling to breathe, it was just heavy and painful. I just rested. The longer I rested to more the pain subsided.
During this time I did some googling, and Dr. Google made it sound it crackling lungs means pneumonia. That certainly made me worry. All my symptoms line up with viral pneumonia (and Covid-19 is a form of viral pneumonia). But maybe I just have another form of viral pneumonia? I left the doctor a message.
At 5 I pulled myself from the bed to snack, (realizing I hadn't eaten since breakfast, which isn't like me at all) hang with the kids for a minute and cook some dinner (roasted some broccoli and sauteed some chicken breast that needed to be eaten!), and went back to bed around 5:45. It's 9:00 now and I'm ready for sleep!
My body seems to be telling me that is just needs to rest. Every time I try and do too much (do much of anything at all) I seem to collapse into exhaustion and more pain. Whatever I have, healing is going to be uphill climb, and today made it clear that it is going to take a lot more time and rest before I am ready to go back to my normal everyday activities. If you get this virus (or something similar) take it SLOW and listen to your body! Good night!
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