sick and tired

I can't sleep, because every time I get into anything resembling a semi-reclined position (even propped up with pillows), I cough and wheeze and gag. Sitting up, typing, like this, I have periodic bouts of it, but it's nowhere near as constant as when I'm reclining, even a little bit.

I'm being whiny, but there aren't a lot of other emotional options when you're as tired as I am and it's 3am and sleep is an impossibility.

It feels as if there's a weight resting on top of my chest. When I cough, I sound like an old person or someone with a 2 pack a day habit. And I don't smoke. At all. Bad for the vocal chords, among other things.

I. Hate. This.

Trying to think of something I could write about. Surely, as close as I am to dreaming right now, I could tap the subconscious, come up with something interesting. So far no luck with that.

I tried to see the doctor today. He's on vacation until Monday. They said if I needed to I could go to the ER or a walk-in clinic before then.

I don't feel like I'm going to die or anything. I just feel miserable.

Sleep. Need sleep.

Barring that, I really wish I could write. But nothing's coming.

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