Hello everyone. I'm sorry I have come to this, especially when so many of you are going through difficult times. I'm in a bit of a muddle. In April I came down with a head cold, negative Covid test, but developed a cough which lasted 8 weeks. I contacted the doctor who prescribed me some antibiotics, thinking it might be a bacterial infection. The cough reduced in severity but still continued. Come end of June I caught Covid, cough not being too much of an issue, mainly sore throat, however since recovering from Covid this persistent cough has returned. Same symptoms as earlier in the year along with localised chest pain in left side, which was also the case earlier in the year. I contacted the Dr again who prescribed me another round of antibiotics as well as a chest Xray. Xray was clear and now diagnosed with long covid.

So after all this I am wondering whether its worth pursuing another appointment? If I had no cough prior to Covid I would be more comfortable with the current diagnosis. However I smoked 20 a day for 12 years, given up for 2 years now, and had a pulmonary embolism last year which had apparently no known cause.....Am I just overreacting? Or is there reason to continue to follow this up?

Thank you so much