Doctor: Have you got a cough?
Me: No I don't have a cough
Doctor: What is your cough like?
Me: I don't have a cough
Doctor: Do you cough up lots of phlegm with this cough?
Me: I don't have a cough
Doctor: Hand this test request into the nurse on your way out
Me: What's the test for?
Doctor: Don't worry,the nurse knows what it is
When I got home I did a bit of research and the test was for COPD which has a persistent cough as it's main symptom.
A couple of weeks later I ended up in hospital with multiple organ failure, went into cardiac arrest and spent several days in a coma in the ICU.
