Anyone else got "The Cold"?

"Viperdoc" wrote in message
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Jay:


Regarding antibiotics, if you take antibiotics it is likely that you will
get better in around five days. If you decide not to take antibiotics, the
cold will probably run its course in around five days.


I tried for about two weeks to go without antibiotics, and it was getting
worse. After about a week of amoxicillin, I'm starting to feel better.
--
Jim in NC

As a physician, I think it is likely that you will:

1. Get better
2. Get worse, then get better
3. Stay the same for a while and then get better.

Thanks, Jim, for those words of wisdom. :-)

Seriously, it is possible to develop a secondary bacterial pneumonia over
a viral pneumonia, or you could also get a mycoplasma pneumonia, and these
would likely require antibiotics. Since your symptoms are bad enough to
complain the NG, it sounds like a trip to the MD may be worthwhile. As a
group we're not all that bad.

Already did. He gave me biaxin, and said my infection was bacterial.
Personally, I think he's guessing and covering all of his bases...

But he DID charge me the hundred bucks!

Good luck.

Mostly I just need my voice back to be able to function at the hotel. Do you
know anything about using a steroid spray for the vocal cords? I read
about it on the internet, but my doc will only prescribe steroids in an
"emergency".

(His definition of an emergency: When magician Harry Blackstone came to
town, and lost his voice before a performance. He gave Blackstone the
steroids, and voila! Just like magic, his voice returned...)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Determination if an infection is viral or bacterial can be inferred by a
chest x-ray and more definitively by a sputum culture. In the absence of
these, the usual decision is whether you are honking up green or yellow
sputum, versus clear.

I don't know anything about oral steroid spray, but if you need any broken
bones fixed I would be glad to help.

Hope you feel better soon.

JN

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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As a physician, I think it is likely that you will:

1. Get better
2. Get worse, then get better
3. Stay the same for a while and then get better.

Thanks, Jim, for those words of wisdom. :-)

Seriously, it is possible to develop a secondary bacterial pneumonia over
a viral pneumonia, or you could also get a mycoplasma pneumonia, and
these would likely require antibiotics. Since your symptoms are bad
enough to complain the NG, it sounds like a trip to the MD may be
worthwhile. As a group we're not all that bad.

Already did. He gave me biaxin, and said my infection was bacterial.
Personally, I think he's guessing and covering all of his bases...

But he DID charge me the hundred bucks!

Good luck.

Mostly I just need my voice back to be able to function at the hotel. Do
you know anything about using a steroid spray for the vocal cords? I
read about it on the internet, but my doc will only prescribe steroids in
an "emergency".

(His definition of an emergency: When magician Harry Blackstone came to
town, and lost his voice before a performance. He gave Blackstone the
steroids, and voila! Just like magic, his voice returned...)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote

Mostly I just need my voice back to be able to function at the hotel.

Jay Honeck

A couple days on the antibiotic will bring the sinus infection under
control, and you voice back. Tell Mary that her joy of not hearing you will
be short lived. :-)

Antihistamine (the sleepy kind) will also help, as will a shot of whiskey
and honey)
--
Jim in NC

Antihistamine (the sleepy kind) will also help, as will a shot of whiskey
and honey)

I've found the best cough syrup, hand's down, is a liqueur called "Green
Chartreuse".

It's 110 proof, is made by Benedictine monks in France (hey -- what else is
there to do?), and makes me sleep like a baby! Being green, it even looks
like Nyquil!

Trouble is, my friends have taken a liking to it as well, and it's forty
bucks a bottle...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:

Trouble is, my friends have taken a liking to it as well, and it's forty
bucks a bottle...

So go buy a king-size bottle of Nyquil, pour it down the drain, and refill with
your French brew. Then hide the Nyquil bottle.

George Patterson
The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.

Nope...

It is in NB, Canada as well...

I have been sick all year.... (2005)

Dave


On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 14:11:43 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

Man, I got this bug a week ago, and I've never seen anything like it. I
lost my voice 6 days ago (The kids are loving it. Mary *was* loving it,
until she discovered that she had to answer all of my phone calls!), with no
sign of it returning.

I've slept in my LazyBoy the last six nights, cuz my lungs fill up every 90
minutes or so when I lay down, sending me into coughing fits that keep Mary
up all night.

Flying has been completely out of the question.

At Mary's insistence, I'm actually going to see a doctor today. (Who, no
doubt, will tell me to drink lots of fluids, take aspirin, get lots of
sleep, and charge me a hundred bucks...) According to friends in our
school district, this bug has been knocking people down in droves around
here for the last month.

Anyone else infected, or is this an Iowa thing?

"Jay Honeck" wrote

Man, I got this bug a week ago, and I've never seen anything like it.

BTDT

I've slept in my LazyBoy the last six nights, cuz my lungs fill up every
90
minutes or so when I lay down, sending me into coughing fits that keep
Mary
up all night.

Expectorant cough syrip

Flying has been completely out of the question.

I feel you pain :-(

At Mary's insistence, I'm actually going to see a doctor today.

Mine turned into a rip-roaring sinus infection after about a week, so
antibiotics may be in order. Make sure the doc checks for that, although
I'm sure he/she will.

Anyone else infected, or is this an Iowa thing?

My sister is a doc, and she says it is going big time, here in NC. Expect
around three to six weeks of it. :-(

--
Jim in NC

On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 14:11:43 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

I've slept in my LazyBoy the last six nights, cuz my lungs fill up every 90
minutes or so when I lay down, sending me into coughing fits that keep Mary
up all night.

Ask yr doc if an albuterol inhaler is indicated. I keep one around for
exercise-induced asthma, and it works wonders for softening coughs.

Sorry to hear it! I once got a sinus infection that manifested itself
as a head cold every time I got a chill etc (which of course included
every time I flew the Cub that winter) for a couple months. Then I was
about to fly to Colorado, so I went to the doc and whinged a bit. He
informed me that I had a sinus infection, prescribed a three-dollar
course of antibiotics, and voila! Cured. But it was an awful siege
while it lasted.

Sorry to hear it! I once got a sinus infection that manifested itself
as a head cold every time I got a chill etc (which of course included
every time I flew the Cub that winter) for a couple months. Then I was
about to fly to Colorado, so I went to the doc and whinged a bit. He
informed me that I had a sinus infection, prescribed a three-dollar
course of antibiotics, and voila! Cured. But it was an awful siege
while it lasted.

Three dollars! How long ago *was* this, Dan?

:-)

Shoot, just the co-pay on my antibiotic was twenty bucks!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"