The Seal Has Entered the Chat
🌼 Date: Sunday, March 1, 2026
⚡ Energy: Running on Antibiotics & Determination
💗 Status: Sinuses in Revolt, Lungs Filing Complaints
🤧 Outlook: Hoping We Stop at “Gross Cough” and Skip Pneumonia
Well… things escalated overnight.
I woke up this morning feeling even worse than yesterday.
The sore throat and sinus situation are still hanging around, but now we’ve added a brand-new symptom to the party:
The deep seal cough.
You know the one.
That barky, chesty, “did someone sneak a sea lion into the house?” kind of cough.
And let me tell you… it’s a productive one.
We’re not going to get too graphic here, but let’s just say my lungs have apparently decided it’s time for a full spring cleaning.
Good times.
After a few rounds of coughing that made me question my life choices, I called my doctor.
Within a short amount of time, I was officially prescribed antibiotics, and he also added Sudafed to my ever-growing list of medications and remedies.
At this point my daily routine includes:
• Cold medicine
• Sinus rinses
• Homemade cough syrup
• Antibiotics
• Sudafed
• And a whole lot of tissues
Honestly, I’m starting to feel like a small traveling pharmacy.
But here’s the upside I didn’t expect…
Apparently having cancer has one strange benefit: when you call the doctor, they take you seriously very quickly.
Priority service when it actually matters.
Not exactly a perk I would have chosen… but I’ll take the fast response time.
Now the goal is simple:
Stop this nonsense before it decides to move further down into my lungs and turn into pneumonia.
That’s a hard pass from me.
So, for now I’m resting, hydrating, medicating, and doing everything I can to convince my body that this is not the direction we want to go.
Fingers crossed the antibiotics kick in quickly and the coughing circus calms down.
Because between chemo recovery and this respiratory rebellion…
My body has already had more than enough excitement lately.
💗 Tina –
One Badass Day at a Time
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