Okay, I have had it, feel like I am about to cough up my left lung. Went to the doctor's last week, they said sinus infection, put me on a z-pack and patted my back and sent me on my sick, snotty nose little way. Usually, when on a z-pack, I feel some relief in 24 hours. Not so, in any capacity. I was worse Friday then I was Thursday, left a message for the doctor, and they don't return my call till Monday, at which time I had already scheduled an appointment that day for a follow-up.
Preliminary diagnosis was bronchitis, but they sent me for a chest x-ray just in case to rule out walking pneumonia. Gave me a stronger anti-biotic just in case. No results on the chest x-ray, so dook is left to assume it's just a bad case of bronchitis.
I blame the weather constantly changing. It was 65º last week, now it's 35º. My body just can not adjust. And y'all complain about snow. PLEASE we want snow in Raleigh!
Oh well, enough of the non -sports related blah blah blah...back to the regular scheduled program.
Totally not sports related...I am sick
Posted on: February 28, 2008 10:11 am
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Posted on: February 28, 2008 10:27 am
Totally not sports related...I am sickdook, I feel for you. It's going around down here too. Mucinex D for your cough, works wonders. |
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Posted on: February 28, 2008 10:39 am
Totally not sports related...I am sickI take seriously your complaint about your illness, can't take seriously your complaint about your weather. Up here we had close to a foot of snow over the last two days and right now the temperature is all the way up to the mid-teens. FYI, pneumonia can be viral or bacterial; if it's viral antibiotics don't work. Hope you feel better very soon. |
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Posted on: February 28, 2008 10:49 am
Totally not sports related...I am sickSorry to hear you are not feeling well. I just got over an upper respiratory infection this week. |
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Posted on: February 28, 2008 11:45 am
Totally not sports related...I am sickjust load up on a pint of very chilled jaegermeister. it tastes just like fletcher's castoria and should help. if the hardcore buzz doesn't kill it, the sweats that follow will. just make sure you're lying down when following this advice. |
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Posted on: February 28, 2008 11:50 am
Totally not sports related...I am sickHope you are feeling better Dook. If you want snow, we have 2 feet of it on the ground here. Maybe we could ship some down to ya. |
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Posted on: February 28, 2008 1:36 pm
Totally not sports related...I am sickHey dook girl, Sorry you aren't feeling better. I'm surprised at the Z-pak for sinusitis. Not really a great choice of coverage in the sinuses. It is however a great choice for pneumonia. An x-ray can lag about a week behind the clinical picture so you could have pneumonia and have had a normal film. Did they do a flu swab? We have seen a ton of Influenza and unfortunately other than treating the symptoms there isn't much to do. Delsym cough syrup is the best I have found. Other than that rest and fluids. Want me to bring over some Chicken Soup and Chocolate Cake? The soup is for the cold the cake is because hey, it's chocolate cake. |
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Posted on: February 28, 2008 2:11 pm
Totally not sports related...I am sickI am with kmgonz. Load up a bunch of alcohol, it kills the germs. It ususally takes a good couple of days of steady drinking, but it works and it is atleast more enjoyable then taking medicine. I hope you feel better. |
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Posted on: February 28, 2008 3:25 pm
Totally not sports related...I am sickThere are more pigs than people in Iowa There is more snow than pigs.... Where do you want em sent? |
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Posted on: February 28, 2008 3:26 pm
Totally not sports related...I am sickFreshly grated ginger placed in boiling hot water, then strained... Add a teaspoon or two of honey to the hot ginger water... Sip it or chug it, just drink it all... Do this 2 or 3 times a day... Your lungs will "sweat"... You'll find that the quality of your respirations will be more full and not ache as much... You'll need to drink water / gatorade to the point of near drowning... I hope you feel better... ! |
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Posted on: February 28, 2008 3:31 pm
Totally not sports related...I am sickWorked in Boston for a while. Determined the ATL is as far north as this Florida boy can go. Second home in New England...yes. Primary residence and occupation...no. Winters with snow as tall as me out my front door is a biiiiiig no-no. A day here or there when the white stuff falls, and only just a little, is just fine. Presently, I am not sick. Naturally, I have just doomed myself to the flu (knocking wood sound here). Healthy karma going out to out my ill brethren and sistren (? new word, perhaps?). |
