Go Away Sick

Being sick sucks. Being sick and having a sick kid and having to take care of your sick kid while sick, sucks. Monday I coughed. All day. Tuesday I woke up and felt like straight ass. Thankfully, Khai's fever from Monday was down and his spirits were up and he was a very helpful little boy. Caring, considerate. I spent the day dying.
Wednesday morning I decided I better call the doctor because it was apparent this wasn't going away, plus I have a child to think about. Motivation. The doctor said she thinks I MAY have had the swine flu. MAY. She can't be 100% sure, said that we are at the cusp of the season, where the regular flu season is starting and had I come in earlier in the month, she would have definitely said Swine. However, regardless of swine flu or just flu, she says, I am young, healthy and strong, and have fought it off (which I fail to understand how it is possible in just 2 days, but i'm no doctor)... now I just have an upper respiratory infection and since I didn't come in yesterday, I have passed the 48 hour window where Tamiflu would have worked... and so now she's prescribed me some other antibiotic to take for the next 5 days. On top of that, I'm to take Mucinex, Sudafed Sinus, and a number of other stuff. I feel like an old woman with the number of pills I had to swallow today. So over the course of the next 5 days, I faithfully take my horrible antibiotic, which twists my stomach and makes me dizzy and by the 2nd day I'm feeling much better. My only issue in the end is coughing. I still cough. Alot. Its one thing to cough here and there. I have accepted that likely I'll have this cough for some time. However what I cannot deal with is the coughing fits... i.e. some 30 mins of straight coughing to the point of tears and gagging. Water doesn't help, honey doesn't help, lozenges don't help, cough syrup on top of the Mucinex with cough suppressant doesn't help. I finally emailed my doctor and am patiently waiting for a response while I cough to death...
Tomorrow I am due back to work after being out all week. I'm going to be the cougher. That person in the office that everyone is annoyed at, who they wonder why the hell came to work when they are sick and don't be coughing all over me with your sick coughy germs.
Bah.
Karma is a bitch.. I shouldn't have talked shit about the other coughers...