Sore Chest

On Friday I started to develop a really horrible productive cough and just couldn't stop coughing and coughing stuff up, it was never ending! I did an extra hypertonic saline to try shift some mucus but no sooner had I done it there was more to replace it. I was planning to go swimming but unless the gym don't mind bits of green mucus floating all over their pool, it wasn't going to happen! By Friday afternoon I was getting pains in the middle of my chest, especially on the right side. I didn't sleep well as I coughed during the night and the pain didn't help. On Saturday it was still bad but by Saturday afternoon I was coughing less and by Sunday night the pain seemed to have gone. I'm still really productive but the cough seems to have calmed down abit. I was going to call my team on Monday if it still hurt but I have Outpatients next week so since the pain has gone I didn't see the point.
I don't know if it's infection, or the cold and weather. It seems I was on my IVs at this time last year which makes me think it could be because its turning cold. I always have a more difficult time during winter, it's cold, your don't get as much exercise and there are loads of colds going around. I still haven't had my flu jab because my GP's are a pain in the arse and basically try to make it as difficult as possible!

Pete and I went to see the film 'Let Me In' on Saturday, its about a young girl that is a vampire and makes friends with this young boy. We both thought it was really good, it's not glamorous or sexy like your typical vampire film these days, it's more of what I think it would be like to be a vampire!

On Sunday we went to see Pete's family and went to this buffet lunch, there were starters and a carvery and desserts. You also could get pasta cooked infront of you and pick what went in it, it was really good for a buffet! Pete's got an Iphone now and has this app where you speak to this cartoon and then it repeats what you have said but in a squeaky voice, Pete's nephew who is about 2 and a half found it so funny and was laughing loads, it was really cute!

The other night Pete was making tea and found a caterpillar in the lettuce! We didn't want to put it outside as thought it would die so have put it in a jug and are giving it bit's of lettuce each day. After surviving on a lettuce in the fridge for 6 days, I felt it our duty to try give it a chance! I have tried to find out what type of caterpillar it is but I can't find out, so not sure what to do with it! Most stuff on the Internet is how to kill them! I can't see it this morning amongst the leaves so hope it hasn't crawled away!

Today is remembrance day and it's about to be 11am so I shall finish my entry for today and take a few minutes to be silent xx