A poetry of cold

Yeap, it's confirmed, i've caught myself a cold. The full blast effect started yesterday and early this morning. Urghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh :S

Guess what peeps, I found a poetry on catching a cold!!! LOL

Ugh: I’ve Caught a Cold

I’ve caught a cold and I’m so bunged up.
My legs they feel like lead.
My bones ache. My throat is sore.
And there are pains inside my head.
I’ve taken lots of remedies,
In the hope my ills to cure,
But my nose it is illuminated in the brightest of reds
And I no longer look so demure.
I’m having to stay in my room all day,
My family has left me alone.
They claim they can’t take time from work,
So not much sympathy have they shown.
But now I’ve got the house to myself
I can snuggle down and have a nice rest.
I might have a cold, but I think you’ll agree
That with a day in bed I’ve been blessed.

Christine Ramsay

.....let's just say I'm stucked in bed and I have nothing better to google about :P

Mo damam or not?

Masochism = an act of deriving pleasure from physical pain.

I am not sure if I have this but I certainly do always find it pleasurable when I am in pain. Simple kind of pains like sore neck, sprain ankle, cramp legs but there is one thing i never enjoy - gastritis and food poisoning kind of pain. Pain paling palui nie di dunia. Bek plang ku sakit kepala or tegugur tegelincir dalam long bath nie (yes, many times this has happened :P).

I sensed that I'm gonna catch a cold soon, in the next few days. Liat tia saja. Always when i see other people damam, i am weird in the sense that I want to be damam jua. No, its not because I want to seek attention, I just want to feel the pain their experiencing. Macam nyaman wahhh lol. Awu aku aneh (as Sab would say).

Truthfully, i don't want to get sick at this time. See, just when I don't want to be in pain, I'll usually get it at the most inconvenient times. Exam period, or during travelling or vacations or when I am having a wonderful time. Ngok.

The weather is sooooooo nice outside! It's sunny and breezyy!!!!! I feel like going out jalan2 out in the park. I'm Edahless, boring nada dangan kan jalan2 keluar. I wish ada dangan kan jalan2 :( Going out alone is alright, but I would end up feeling even more lonely like that.

I finished covering one topic and I'm bored. Anyone fancy a walk out in the park? ;)

Unwell...

Me as a patient:

I've not been feeling great for the past one week. My cough, which I have been having for almost 3 weeks now, has gone worst such that it has become a productive one, yellow greenish phlegm but no blood. I've been feeling nauseous and vomiting after every coughing episodes. Today, for once, I feel dehydrated. And to make things worst, I got gastric some more after all that vomiting. Didn't think the coughing will go this bad. Could it be the weather? A doctor, who was once my lecturer, told me that it might be a mild asthma...:S erks, my asthma is back? No fever what-so-ever neither do i'm in pain.

Me as a medical student, analysing:

• Main Presenting Complain - 1) coughing episodes 2) Vomiting
• Onset - 3/52
• Character - productive (1/52) with yellow green sputum, no hemoptysis
• Radiation - no chest pain
• Associated Symptoms - 1) Nausea & Vomiting 2) Gastric pain
• Timing - on and off
• Exacerbating Factors - Worst on exertion, at nights, early morning and on exposure to very cold weather
• Relieving Factors - Didn't take anything to relieve, cough relieves on resting
• Severity - it affects my sleep

History of PC

• No previous hx of similar complain
• 4 weeks ago - Had sorethroat, cold and mild fever that last for a week

Further History

• Vomiting - no blood, vomitus of previous meal, variable amount depending on severity of coughing episodes
• Gastric - usually happens after the coughing fit and vomiting episodes, of moderate severity, still able to walk and do work
• No sore throat, chest pain, hemoptysis, no fever

Medical History

• Previous hx of asthma since child, resolves as I age
• Hormonal Imbalance disorder
• No allergies except to prawns :(

Past Surgical History

• No previous operation

Drug History

• Didn't take anything for the cough or other symptoms
• No drug allergies
• On hormonal therapy

Family History

• FH of DM, HTN, Asthma, Eczema

Social History

• Doesn't smoke or drink
• No pet
• Cough has been affecting my sleep, sometime disturbing what I was doing

ICE

• Ideas - Thinks it's mild asthma triggered by the cold weather, and the vomiting episodes could be due to gastric pain which can be worsened by the coughing fit
• Concern - fear that it might be more than just asthma and if it is asthma, hope it won't be serious
• Expectation - that it will soon be gone, and i know, i have to get anti-tussives meds

Soo..if there's any medical student, jnrs, snrs, doctors, anyone who can help me hypothesise and diagnose my problem, please do leave me a comment/msg yea :D

I shall now get some rest~