I have been coughing horribly for a few weeks. I noticed gurgling in my lungs that sounded like fluid a couple of weeks ago so went to see the doctor and she confirmed what I had suspected: chest infection.
She gave me antibiotics and I am going back on Thursday. I'm worried about two things, one of importance to health and one cycling goal related.
- that I might have something worse. In particular my dad had pneumonia when I saw him just before I got ill.
- I've backed right off my training with just 3 weeks to go now until I leave for the Transcontinental. There isn't a good time to get one of these but this is a pain as I've trained all year for it and sense it all going to waste.
Googling gives loads of conflicting info, but I've got two questions that I want to understand:
- how long does a chest infection take to run its course after the antibiotics? I finished them a week ago but am still coughing up buckets of phlegm, and lots more via my nose.
- is it really stupid to do any sort of training with one? Could I do long, steady rides, audax, etc but miss the hard intervals?