I have it.

I was sick with the flu….and then as I was getting over it, started noticing reoccurring fevers at night. I believe inflammation gets worse at night compared to during the day….so I went to the doctor. Turns out I did have inflammation…of the lungs. Pneumonia.

I’ve been on antibiotics for 5/10 days now but I still feel chest congestion.

On a plus note, I don’t really have a cough anymore, except from my chest congestion. That’s a HUGE bonus for me. Chronic cough tends to plague me for months. Here’s hoping I don’t have the cough after I’m sick. Generally, a dry hacking no productive cough can be caused by Post Nasal Drip, which I’m 100% I have. Fortunately, I got a Neti Pot. What a Neti Pot is….you boil water, put salt and baking soda in it, and like….stick the pot into one of your nostrils. The (warm) water flows through your sinus, washing away the nose mucus that keeps being created in your sinus. Anyways, I’ve been using it the last few days…hopefully this is why my cough is gone. It’s really weird to use…but I’m having fun with it :) I like doing the procedure whenever I can :) It’s gross but cool.

Anyways, I’ve also been sick for 2 full weeks now.

It sucks, I have no energy….body aches…coughing up blood the last few days (only in the morning)….fever….headache pain…..like, there are a lot of things wrong with me, it’s not just a few things. I don’t think I’ve ever been this sick, and for this long. I mean, I’ve had lingering coughs…but I’m not really “sick” for that.

Seriously noticing my health and immunity strength weaker the last year or two. I need to take better care of myself, because I’m no longer young to the point where my body can just fight it all, without me even trying. Like, I know other people my age that are fine…don’t notice the weaker immunity…but I take it that they take better care of themselves :)

I thought I was making progression in how I was feeling…but waking up today was the sh!t (in a bad way). I felt like I had taken 5 steps backwards in recovery. I don’t know what else to do….I rested quite a bit on the weekend. Problem is that a cough that occurs whenever you’re about to fall asleep wakes you up like a fire alarm. So I couldn’t sleep whenever I wanted, I had to wait until I was just exhausted….to fall asleep. Which was probably detrimental to getting better.

Anyways, hopefully with the cough gone, I can sleep better. I slept a lot today, it was nice :)

Having weird dreams. Had a Prince of Tennis dream last night where I was Echizen and I was playing doubles with Kikumaru….VS Fuji and Inui. I was doing Higuma Ootoshis….in the end, we won because Inui made a mistake on the last shot. That was trippy, but cool. I love anime dreams :D MOAR PLZ.

Off to take a nice hot shower, brush my teeth, gargle salt walter, use the neti pot…..my daily sleeping routine lately. I’m seriously trying my best to get better…I think my problem is that I’m stressed (because work is not stopping, and it’s still my busiest 2 months) and I keep working when I can. I think that if I work, I can be less stressed. And therefore, get better faster. As opposed to rest, but still be stressed. Unfortunately, no amount of me working seems to make me less stressed. There’s just TOO MUCH. I just wanna give up. And die.