Kate.....this is the first time ever I have had to see a doctor with a cold/chest infection...usually they just go on the rare occasion I get a bug.
One Saturday I was so bad and could barely breathe that I had to find a walk in centre to get help.
I couldn't lie down at all......slept sitting up propped on pillows when I did sleep.
My voice was amazingly husky for weeks....no sore throat...just no voice. In fact I didn't answer the phone for days because I couldn't speak.
It went on for a really long time and the blood did worry me but it has cleared as I'm sure yours will....x