I have a lung infection so I am pretty much coughing up a lung every time I turn around. I am on a megga dose of antibiotics plus increased steroids to cover my asthma, so I am sure i will improve fast.
But, because I have a lot of damage at the back of my mouth (numbness, plus lack of gag reflex due to my npsle) I am having this really weird thing happen.
I can cough normally but ickky stuff doesn't seem to make it up into my mouth. I cough, but there is nothing to spit out, but then a few minutes later there is something feeling a bit odd at the top of my throat/back of my mouth and I realise that it is the phlem (sorry) that I should have spat out. But I don't feel it until I keep breathing for a several minutes and it sort of moves a bit (it is a very hard feeling to describe) then I realise that there is something there that I need to spit it out into a tissue.
I know this is just the damage to the back of my throat area - the numbness and the lack of a gag reflex, but it all feels a little weird. I worry that I may inhale the ickky stuff when I am asleep - but then again, it'd only be going back where it came from so maybe that wouldn't be a problem, but honestly I just don't know.
I will be very happy when I am through this phase of it, it is most unpleasant.
geesh, just another weird post from raglet - some of my neuro stuff is very odd
thanks for reading
raglet
But, because I have a lot of damage at the back of my mouth (numbness, plus lack of gag reflex due to my npsle) I am having this really weird thing happen.
I can cough normally but ickky stuff doesn't seem to make it up into my mouth. I cough, but there is nothing to spit out, but then a few minutes later there is something feeling a bit odd at the top of my throat/back of my mouth and I realise that it is the phlem (sorry) that I should have spat out. But I don't feel it until I keep breathing for a several minutes and it sort of moves a bit (it is a very hard feeling to describe) then I realise that there is something there that I need to spit it out into a tissue.
I know this is just the damage to the back of my throat area - the numbness and the lack of a gag reflex, but it all feels a little weird. I worry that I may inhale the ickky stuff when I am asleep - but then again, it'd only be going back where it came from so maybe that wouldn't be a problem, but honestly I just don't know.
I will be very happy when I am through this phase of it, it is most unpleasant.
geesh, just another weird post from raglet - some of my neuro stuff is very odd
thanks for reading
raglet