Anyone else got "The Cold"?

"john smith" wrote in message
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Got it a two-weeks before Christmas. Lots of head congestion, scratchy
throat is the initial symptom. Took antihistimine for three days (days
3-5) at night before bed so I could breath while I slept. That knocked
it down. Completely gone by day eight.

If it gets going good, with lots of slime, you don't want to dry it up with
antihistamines. You need to let it flow, so you can get rid of it, by
coughing it up.
--
Jim in NC

It never made it into my chest.
It stayed in my sinus', so I had a chance to dry it out.

"john smith" wrote in message
Got it a two-weeks before Christmas. Lots of head congestion, scratchy
throat is the initial symptom. Took antihistimine for three days (days
3-5) at night before bed so I could breath while I slept. That knocked
it down. Completely gone by day eight.

Morgans wrote:
If it gets going good, with lots of slime, you don't want to dry it up with
antihistamines. You need to let it flow, so you can get rid of it, by
coughing it up.

Jay,
I hope that you would feel better soon. Mary is right in insisting
that you see a doctor. A nasty cold or flu can weaken your immune
system making you susceptible to pneumonia. I learned it the hard way
about this time last year.. I had been in perfect health with nary a
cold, flu or taking a sick day in over ten years. Ironically, I took
the flu shot last year and ended up getting a terrible flu (wrong flu
vaccine type) for over a week. I then picked up a really bad pneumonia
which took me off work for several weeks. Had always thought that
pneumonia only struck old and weak people. Here I was, in perfect
health, doing everything right (belong to a rowing club, go to the gym
everyday, eating only the right foods, taking vitamins etc.) and yet I
was nearby killed by those little antibiotic-resistant bugs. It took
me several months to regain my strength. So be extra careful and get
plenty of rest even after your recovery.
Hai

I then picked up a really bad pneumonia
which took me off work for several weeks.

Wow, Hai, that's incredible. Glad you came through it okay.

And to all you other guys and gals out there suffering with this bug --
misery loves company! Let's all get together -- the first shot of Nyquil
is on me...

From my doctor: The good news is, I don't have pneumonia. The bad news is,
he has diagnosed something called "bacterial bronchitis" -- which is almost
as bad. (Incidentally, speaking of phlegm, he diagnosed it as a bacterial
infection by the brownish/yellow color of what I was coughing up. Pretty
much the consistency of rubber cement.)

Being bacterial, however, it apparently responds well to antibiotics -- so,
he prescribed 500 mg of Biaxin twice a day. He also told me NOT to speak
under any circumstances (ha!) in order to get my voice back, and to "take it
easy"... (Double ha!)

We'll see how it goes. We've got a major winter storm bearing down on us,
so I doubt I'll be "taking it easy" anytime soon...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Sounds like the bug I had June of 2003 ago, go to the doc and get some chest
photos see what's up it can get really bad to ware you can be coughing up
blood then will lead to spasms and a collapsed lung, The doc will prescribe
you something to ease the pain & if it's bacterial infection not viral an
antibiotic will be prescribed. "I prefer zithromax a Pfizer product it is
expensive 8 times more than standard penicillin but is only used for about
6-10 days instead of 20-30 days".

But go to your doc and get it checked out ASAP.


"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:zuxCd.73156$k25.18664@attbi_s53...
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
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:zuxCd.73156$k25.18664@attbi_s53...
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
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"


I have it, just getting over it, been going on for days (5?) and I was pretty much staying the same. Finally went to the
doctor yesterday and he prescribed Doxycycline Hyclate (antibiotic?) which is knocking it down quite well. I haven't
been sick like this ever as far as I can remember. Lotsa liquids, salt water gargle, sleep and eating and am feeling
better today....
--
Dan D.
http://www.ameritech.net/users/ddevillers/start.html


..

Have had the killer cold for 10 ten, spend 3 full days in bed sleeping
and NOT eating. I am back at work now, still congested and tired. I
haven't been sick like this in a good 10 years.

I live in CT.

Have had the killer cold for 10 ten, spend 3 full days in bed sleeping
and NOT eating. I am back at work now, still congested and tired. I
haven't been sick like this in a good 10 years.

Well, I don't feel so bad now. I've still never missed a day of work,
although I really haven't been able to actually *do* much of anything...

This marks my 8th day with this damned bug (6th without a voice, although I
can croak now). My appetite has not been affected, dammit -- and I've been
too tired to work out, so I've probably porked on a few pounds.

I need to fly. Badly. (Of course, the skies are dumping on us as I write
this. Another 4-6 inches is coming, so they say...)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:zuxCd.73156$k25.18664@attbi_s53...
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.



The bug is alive and well in Sherman, TX.

I'm just now getting over it after about 4 weeks. The first couple of weeks
I didn't feel terrible, just was mostly mute.
Then the hacking cough came which reminded me of many years ago when I
smoked 3 packs a day (been clean for about 14 years now).

Now just a little coughing.

Nyquill worked best for me to rest at night.


Dan

Jay:

We had a rash of people with similar symptoms here in Southeast Wisconsin.
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.

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.

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.

Good luck.

JN
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:zuxCd.73156$k25.18664@attbi_s53...
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
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"