MJ2.0
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Post by MJ2.0 on Nov 18, 2015 9:59:19 GMT -5
So I've been sick since the beginning of October - runny nose, sneezing, lots of coughing. About 3 weeks in, I went to the urgent care doctor. They gave me an inhaler and some codeine cough syrup to help me sleep. I guess they thought it was viral or something. Week 5 passed and I hadn't made any improvement, so I went back (different urgent care place). This doctor deemed that it had to be bacterial given the amount of time, and he gave me an antibiotic, a steroid inhaler, and some nose drops - these were to be taken for 10 days. It's day 8, and I've improved a little bit. My coughing has lessened, but yesterday it was starting to get bad again. I'm still congested and blowing my nose pretty much all day every day. Shouldn't I be pretty much better by day 8? I don't really get sick that often but a 6-7 week illness doesn't seem right to me...
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Nov 18, 2015 10:03:17 GMT -5
I found, when I had a similar illness, that my coughing actually got worse after meds. My doctor told me it was because all the crap in my lungs was starting to loosen up and I was getting it out of there - which is highly preferable to letting it sit and turn into pneumonia. I think I coughed, on and off, for a good six weeks before I kicked it entirely. I also got a second round of the antis. It took a while to get my energy back also. Make sure you stay on course with your meds and ask for another round if you think you need it. ETA: She also told me to only take the cough syrup at night so I could sleep. Evidently, you need to cough to get the stuff out.
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Post by ArchietheDragon on Nov 18, 2015 10:03:50 GMT -5
you've got the plague
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Post by yogiii on Nov 18, 2015 10:08:32 GMT -5
This happened to me last fall. I was sick from beginning of September right up until Christmas. It was freaking awful. As soon as I'd finally feel like I was getting over something, I'd catch something else. I know in my case I was just really run down. Our whole house was sick, the kids weren't sleeping so we weren't sleeping, it was just an awful, awful cycle. I really think I only got better around Christmas because my work is shut down so I finally had a week where I was only taking care of sick people instead of being sick and working.
I'm great this year though, so you always have next year!
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Post by CCL on Nov 18, 2015 10:17:45 GMT -5
Sometimes it's allergies.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Nov 18, 2015 10:19:17 GMT -5
I had bronchitis for three months a couple years ago. Steroids finally kicked it. I coughed so much I developed acid reflux. Took a really great ENT to fix me. Three doctors at my primary care practice failed.
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Post by MJ2.0 on Nov 18, 2015 10:20:04 GMT -5
Next year?!?! I have Thanksgiving to host - I can't be sneezing and coughing all over the place! DS gave this to me. He still has a little bit of the cough, but he seemed to get over the runny nose and congestion within a couple of weeks.
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Post by MJ2.0 on Nov 18, 2015 10:20:37 GMT -5
Sometimes it's allergies. I would have thought it was allergies if the mucus was clear. It isn't. And I don't get seasonal allergies.
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Post by MJ2.0 on Nov 18, 2015 10:23:15 GMT -5
I had bronchitis for three months a couple years ago. Steroids finally kicked it. I coughed so much I developed acid reflux. Took a really great ENT to fix me. Three doctors at my primary care practice failed. that's a good idea. I may do that if this is still around in another week or so... some days my ears do bother me as well.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Nov 18, 2015 10:34:02 GMT -5
So I've been sick since the beginning of October - runny nose, sneezing, lots of coughing. About 3 weeks in, I went to the urgent care doctor. They gave me an inhaler and some codeine cough syrup to help me sleep. I guess they thought it was viral or something. Week 5 passed and I hadn't made any improvement, so I went back (different urgent care place). This doctor deemed that it had to be bacterial given the amount of time, and he gave me an antibiotic, a steroid inhaler, and some nose drops - these were to be taken for 10 days. It's day 8, and I've improved a little bit. My coughing has lessened, but yesterday it was starting to get bad again. I'm still congested and blowing my nose pretty much all day every day. Shouldn't I be pretty much better by day 8? I don't really get sick that often but a 6-7 week illness doesn't seem right to me... Sounds like what I had. Mine was a bacterial sinus infection. Took a full eight days to begin to feel better, and I was very sick for a full month. Got the same stuff as you did - inhaler, antibiotic and nose drops. You many need to change the antibiotic - for some of us at a certain age, certain antibiotics are not effective, due to overuse as kids.
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Post by giramomma on Nov 18, 2015 10:42:45 GMT -5
My oldest has been sick with a cold/cough thing since September. He got better a week or so before Halloween, and then bam, right back at it again.
I think he's close to being on the mend again..so we're going to force resting/relaxing rather than being very active.
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Post by Artemis Windsong on Nov 18, 2015 11:27:25 GMT -5
Several years ago I had the same thing. A sulfa antibiotic combo is what kicked mine. It was a long haul to full health. Now if I come down with something, I ask for that combo. And it costs less.
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