I don’t ask that many questions, but this one is really weighing on my mind. You see, I am 28 years old, but the last time I had a contagious illness of any kind was in March of 2010 when I was still 26 and had a very mild head cold. So basically, the whole year when I was 27, the age I turned that following summer, went by for me with ZERO COLDS, making it the best year of my life!!! I even bought myself a cheap plastic trophy with a golden palm tree about 5" high and typed a label on this computer saying, "Zero Colds at Age 27 in 2010-2011," taping it over the words "Tropical Trophy," to commemorate what was the healthiest year of my life!!! I thought about how I hoped the rest of my life would be filled with years like my 28th (hint: your 1st year is when you’re 0-11 months), thinking it was more than possible for me to get through the rest of my 20′s without another cold.However, that all changed on Wednesday, November 2nd, when I thought my throat being sore was just my imagination. (I also couldn’t miss college because if you miss a lab practical, you get an incomplete in the course until the Spring 2012 class takes that same one 5 months later because he cannot set-up the room like that again until then.) I mean, it’s not like I haven’t had a few "close calls" like that when I woke-up with a scratchy throat that faded away within hours, so I thought this had to be yet another of those cases. However, when it only felt worse after I took a nap that evening, I began to worry. So I took another Cod Liver Oil pill, which I haven’t missed a SINGLE DAY of taking in over a year (sometimes I take 2 because I can’t remember whether or not I did in the morning), then put a dropper full of Hydrogen Peroxide in each ear. But neither of these things helped, and I spent Thrusday blowing my nose because it’s like there’s no end in sight!Then I developed a low-grade fever, and the sore throat went down into my chest, something it hasn’t done in YEARS! I mean, I haven’t seen a doctor about a cold since 1992 when I was 9 years old, but if I keep hearing this high-pitched noise when I breath deep I may have to. I mean, like I said, I’ve tried EVERYTHING, but nothing seems to do much good. I need to keep Aspirin in my system at all times just to feel normal because my fever peaked at 101.7*F and makes me shiver violently. So what I would like to know is, WHY would I be getting sick for the first time in what would’ve been 20 months around November 20th had I made it that long, and why is it so much worse than the few colds I’ve had in the past 5 years? Why would I be getting such a serious cough for the first time in so long that I can’t remember when I had this much phlegm or sounded like this last?I only average maybe one very mild head cold every 12-18 months, having gone 15 months between my last 2 before this one (Dec. 2008 – Mar. 2010), and have just beat my record high of 17 months with this cold-free streak. So I would like to know, why isn’t my Cod Liver Oil pill working like it used to and why would I be getting so sick this time if I live a clean, healthy lifestyle (i.e. no drinking, smoking, or tattoos), have NO FRIENDS or children, am a virgin by every definition, and have never missed a day of my vitamins? I often drink vegetable juice instead of a better-tasting soda with a meal just to get the health benefits and am also on an iron pill that contains 100% Vitamin C as well, so why, between all these things I do to stay well, am I sick with this frightening cough that has me barely able to talk after 19½ months of perfect health?
wow-ur human, it happens. Its nothing serious where you should be losing sleep and worrying. If anything you should be getting more rest. Your body changes throughout your lifetime and during this time people generally come down with viruses and colds and the weather changes dont always help. It will pass and then you can buy a trophy for getting through it.
have you ever thought maybe its possible its something else but has the same symptoms , you really need to go to a doctor because answers here can mislead you
