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

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.

"Jim Fisher" wrote:
I got it over Thanksgiving. Got it bad. Got it so bad that I quit
smoking, even. Yup, it's been 7 weeks since I had a ciggy.

Attaboy, Jim! Good luck with staying off the evil weed; I know it's
tough.

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

Yep. I'm highly skeptical of claims for herbal remedies and dietary
supplements, but zinc has taken the edge off enough of my colds to make
me a believer. As Jim in NC said, you have to catch it early though.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

Scott D. wrote in message
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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....

That's snot true.


Scott D.
Scott D

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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.

I sure hope you don't have what my wife and I had last Fall. It lasted a
good 6 weeks and seemed to travel around from place to place (chest,
throat, sinuses, etc.). Antibiotics did no good, some kind of virus.

Take care,

Jim

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.

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"

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"

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"

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
news:gCVCd.76396$k25.26687@attbi_s53...
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"