pertussis?
My stupid cough is still with me. What's worse, it's changing. Using my excellent problem-solving skills (hindered, admittedly, by my lack of knowledge), I've concluded that what I have looks a lot like Whooping Cough. Crap.
I knew I should have made that creepy doctor guy do a bacterial culture. I now have an actual whooping cough, so I'm past the phase where a more specific anti-biotic would be effective. I know I should go see a doctor and get this little suspicion confirmed (nobody's phoned me about the results of my chest x-ray, which is a good thing, I suppose). I don't have any contact with them myself, but I'd hate if this got passed on to any young kids. And I'm not 100% sure. My paroxysms don't last very long, and I never really had the sneezing or runny nose symptoms... Bronchitis still seems to fit as well, except that it's not responding to the antibiotics.
This sucks. The smog isn't helping, either. Less than five minutes after stepping outside after work yesterday, it feld like my whole chest was being crushed in a vice. I'm feeling okay now, but I'm dreading leaving the office. Fortunately, I'll be going home on the weekend, and I think I'll make my parents turn the air conditioning on while I'm there. That should help.