i had to see the doc today for "potential pneumonia" which i think sounds more dramatic than it is - i think it's just a catch all term they're using to denote some un-diagnosed chest ailment. basically i'm coughing like mad, sometimes coughing up stuff, otherwise with a horrible dry cough, and wheezing the worst i have in a while. they can't tell whether it's viral or infectious, so i've been given inhalers and antibiotics which i hope will work.

but i'm worried about this - my immune system has been awful recently - since mid way through last year (04), i've had almost constant illness. first i felt like i was coming down with flu for about 7 months, then i had 9 tonsilitises in 4 months as well as, in the same period, about 4 bronchitis and at least one bout of flu (actual flu, not just a cold). i've not had an infection since about august, give or take a cold and 2 tummy bugs (that i'm pretty sure were food poisoning or something). i have just started back at uni and i can't afford to miss too many lectures. last year i missed loads through this problem and it was really hard to catch up.

i'm also having frequent steroid injections in my hips and knees which are really painful, and my back is in constant pain too. i don't think i can cope with being that ill, that often, again....