Thanks everyone.
I've been drinking some sort of tea type concotion... something I saw online.
Ginger, pepper (cayenne) and clove.
I didn't have actual ginger, but I have ginger latte (very strong!), I mixed in 1/4 tsp clove and 1/8 tsp cayenne. It's strong, but it really helped soothe my breathing last night (also got rid of the annoying tickle in my throat, and cleared up my sinuses).
I also adopted a cold steam humidifier (not really that COLD) for my room. SO I was not up coughing all night last night
I think this was the first good sleep I've had in a few weeks.
I would take time off work but I can't for two good reasons.
This week and next week is finals. My cover off people get pissy and my bosses get angry at me if I leave it to the cover off (It gets super busy... but heck, It's not THAT bad).
I also have no more sick days. Zilch. We are all given 10 sick days a year. I used 8 of them since August (2 in the spring) because I've delt with:
Aug - Bronchitis/sinusitis/ear infection
Sept - flu (cold, headache, fever, vomiting etc etc)
Oct - Strep throat/ear infection
Nov - Another cold - this is what has turned into Bronchitis now
I don't think I have had a properly healthy day in between all of this.
In August I got dizzy and fell in the shower when I had my Bronchitis/sinus/ear infectins then - and hurt my back (4 days after my wedding). I delt with the back pain well into september. Once i started eating healthier and working out, I ended up with influenza (which lasted me another 3 weeks). As soon as I started recovering from that my throat started hurting again, so I figured it was the same thing. Nope... it ended up as strep (my son had it too). Luckily I caught it in time before it got worse enough to send me to bed for a week.\
In the meantime my acid reflux was acting up REALLY BAD. I went to the doctor who did some sort of nasty tube thing down my throat and esophogus to find out I have a hernia (stomach stretching into the esophagus). So I now I have to change my bed by raising the upper legs by 6 inches *which I have finally gotten used to*... and take Nexium all the time. (I have to go back and get that checked by the way)
After the strep... I went back to the doctor because my throat still hurt. He put me on another round of antibiotics.... but the sore throat lasted a couple of weeks then turned into the cold I have now... which is now bronchitis (again!)
I kept telling myself... I'm not going to get any healthier if I don't exercise... this should be good for me.
Walking didn't seem to make me worse at the TIME I was exercising... I guess it was giving me a bad effect overall.