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You posted a couple weeks ago, it appears, but I might can tell you what that pain is, that is accompanying your cough. If you get pleuresy, you'll get that pain. That's where fluid collects in one of the lungs, down at the bottom. I had it one time, and I cannot recall what medicine I was given. You said your orthopedic doc did an X-ray... well, he should still have it, and you can call the offices and have them forward it to whichever doc is overseeing all this.
You said you wanted advice because you're miserable, and right now I have a terrible chest cold that is really tearing me up, I put a post about it in this forum today. Anyhow, one thing you can do is boil some water and drape a towel or pillow case over your head and put your face down into the steam and breathe it in for a while. Take a BUNCH of aspirin to make the aches go away....sometimes two won't do it. Also, in that painful spot, put heat on there, heat helps pain like that a lot. To soothe your cough, you can mix honey into a glass of warm milk and drink that. Let us know how things went for you!
You said you wanted advice because you're miserable, and right now I have a terrible chest cold that is really tearing me up, I put a post about it in this forum today. Anyhow, one thing you can do is boil some water and drape a towel or pillow case over your head and put your face down into the steam and breathe it in for a while. Take a BUNCH of aspirin to make the aches go away....sometimes two won't do it. Also, in that painful spot, put heat on there, heat helps pain like that a lot. To soothe your cough, you can mix honey into a glass of warm milk and drink that. Let us know how things went for you!