I woke up Friday with very little voice. I hadn't been out screaming or smoking or anything that would impact my vocal cords.

Tried allergy medicine. No luck. Tried keeping my mouth shut. No luck.

Then Saturday night, I started coughing like crazy - in my chest. Tried some Robitussin. No improvement. Tried other cough stuff - nothing working. I was concerned the medical cocktails I was trying would have me waking up dead in the morning like Heath Ledger (but not nekkid).

Monday, I noticed my left foot was really swollen. Not sore or bruised, just suddenly swollen.
Very curious.

I got a nasty blister on Friday night walking all over the place to/from the Braves game. It looks a little infected. It's on my left foot.

I tried taking a more 'heavy hitter' cough medicine yesterday - Mucinex Industrial Strength. I was still up coughing all night long. I feel okay other than really sore from all the coughing. (And did I mention that the Mucinex gave me the runs? Not fun when you're coughing your head off...)

Ankle still swollen.
Doc X-ray said that it could be a pulmonary embolism or DVT but didn't sound like it.
Told me to get to the doc ASAP.

I hate doctors. And I don't have a regular doc. You know how long it can take to get in as a new patient somewhere.
My foot will fall off before I can get in.