Anyone else got "The Cold"?

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"

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"

More than you ever want to know about snot:

http://www.docflash.com/phlegm.html

.. . . But an interesting read and may provide valuable relief to some of
y'all who are currently aflicted.

--
Jim Fisher

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?

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.

On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 16:46:06 -0600, "Jim Fisher"
wrote:

More than you ever want to know about snot:

http://www.docflash.com/phlegm.html

. . . But an interesting read and may provide valuable relief to some of
y'all who are currently aflicted.

Whats sad is you knew that the information about snot was there....

Scott D.
Scott D

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"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

"Jim Fisher" wrote in message
. ..
"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
3. Don't swallow phlegm; blow and expectorate

I've always know this but hardly ever heed it. Why, exactly, is this
necessary?

--
Jim Fisher

You want to get rid of it, plus the factor that some of the swallowed stuff
does not get swallowed, but will slowly run down into the lungs again, where
you don't want it.
--
Jim in NC

"Jim Fisher" wrote

Bottom line is that I am now a zinc convert and have a supply handy for
the
next symptom I feel.

I'm a believer, too, but you have to catch it early, I have found.
--
Jim in NC

"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.

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