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I’ve had this cough for a couple of years now and my doctor kept telling me I’m healthy. I saw a different doctor at a private clinic recently and he’s told me that it’s possible that I have asthma. I’ve done some additional tests and now I’m waiting to finally go back for a definite diagnosis.
I’m not convinced that this is asthma, and if it is, then there’s something more going on because I can feel my throat is being clogged constantly and I can’t cough it out. Well, sometimes I cough out something but I can still feel there’s much much more where that came from. The doctor must have misunderstood me as he wrote that this is recent whereas I said that I constantly feel it in my throat, but only occasionally do I cough out some of it – and lately more than usual. I’ll be mentioning this to him when I go see him again.
What’s this got to do with getting in shape? Quite simple, really. I can do some push-ups, pull-ups, weight lifting and such, but that won’t really improve my endurance, and while it may grow me muscles, it won’t necessarily burn off my fat. For that, I need to do some running. I used to run and once my body heats up properly I’m not bothered by the cough – but this thing that’s in my throat starts shifting around and occasionally it just so happens that it shuts off the air supply. I can straighten things out by forcing a cough and then it’s fine again for a while, until that thing shifts back into that unfortunate position. And this wears me off, this breath catching – just try running and have someone put a plastic bag over your face unexpectedly! Even if they remove it after a second or two it will wear you down like an additional 5 minutes of running!
It was a problem even back then when I was almost fine. Now I’m nowhere near fine, although I’m still healthy according to my old doctor’s standards.
