Rats I am sick....
 

Well....it looks like I am sick....have been having sinus symptoms for 2 days taking zyrtek and echinaecia and other allergy meds, started coughing up stuff...sorry if this grosses you out.
sore throat etc. no fever.
sigh
great just what I needed.
bizi
happy mardi gras!
I work tuesday afternoon, will miss all of the parades etc. It has been raining all weekend. Supposed to rain tomorrow as well.
hOPe I can sleep and don't keep jeff up with coughing. may sleep in the other room....

Uh-oh!
 

I'm sorry you are sick Bizi! :( yucko and what timing!

I hope you feel MUCH better, and FAST!!! :hug::hug::hug:

love

~ waves ~

Bizi,

Feel better soon. :heartthrob:

Mari

Bizi

Goodness, what timing is so right.

Hoping it will pass fast. Get some Vit. C in you and whatever else usually
works.

Donna:grouphug::hug:

my regular doctors office is closed due to mardi gras here...even the post doesn't deliver and banks are closed. no trash pick up which I forgot about so our bins are at the road a day early.
I am thinking about trying a walk in clinic. want to nip this in the bud it has not reached my lungs yet so maybe we can prevent that with an early intervention.
bizi

hey sweetie
 

Dear Bizi, :Heart:

sorry you are feeling bad. remember though if it is viral they won't give you antibiotics anyway, but i can understand your wanting to be seen just in case.

you might try the spiced tea / spiced lemonade recipe i posted for mari some time ago. the spices used are antimicrobial, antibacterial & antiviral. you should have about 3 cups in one day.

as the base, you can use plain water (with lemon and honey added at the end), regular tea, or an herbal infusion. i sometimes use a red fruit infusion (eg red zinger) as the base, as those are rich in vitamin C - in which case i skip the lemon.

if you don't have all of the spices listed, tell me what spices you do have and i can suggest an alternative.

love and healing vibes to you :circlelove:

(((HUGS)))

waves

reposted tea recipe... shorter and more info
 

Dear Bizi,

I reposted that tea recipe to a new thread... removed some fluff and adding serving information, properties, and recommendations in case of illness.

link: Curative spiced tea / hot spiced lemonade

~ waves ~

Sounds like a great idea to go to the walk in clinic. Nip it now so you can party hearty for the grand week of festivities.

Feel better soon.
Di. :hug::hug::hug:

jsut got back from lunch and a trip to the walk in clinic by our house so that was very convenient they were very nice said it was a sinus infection and brochitis so they gave me 2 shots one rocephin a strong antibiotic and cortizine shot for the symptoms. then a z pack zythromycin 5 day course of antibiotics and then some cough syrup and pearls to take if needed for the cough during the day syrup at night to help me sleep. my sister is getting over this hopefully we will all be well enoguh to have fun starting tomorrow. I feel better already with the cortizone shot and some really good lebanese food for lunch. My twin sister is having heart issues, please send good thoughts her way.
thank you guys!
bizi

oh my
 

Dear Bizi

well i sure am glad you got into the clinic...

good news that you feel a bit better, hope you feel a LOT better soon... you should with all the "stuff" they gave you, lol! ;):hug::hug::hug:

sending good thoughts to your sister, that her heart settle down, also! :heartthrob:

(((hugs)))

~ waves ~

Oh Bizi, I am sending prayers for her. I hope it is minor and resolves quickly. I have a time during the day I am able to sit and say prayers for my friends, their family, keeps reminding me how many friends I am blessed with.
Glad you went to the clinic, how fast they were on top of things. And you feel better all ready. do you know what are the pearls are called, i remember having them once. Hugs to you

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Dear Bizi,

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M

Dear Di,

I believe that they are called Tessalon Perles.

I had them once and they were wonderful

M

hopefully I can sleep tonight...the steroid shot may interfer but klonipin is a good med so maybe I will sleep then I am going to drive to new orleans in the morning to meet my sisters at noon. I have cough medication and the perles to help with my cough tonight.
won't be online for about a week.
cozamel here we come!
bizi

Have fun, Bizi!!

Mari

Dear Bizi

found this post sitting in edit from this morning... at this point, i don't know if you'll see it... but i'll post it anyway...

Hope you got good sleep and woke up feeling bright eyed and bushy tailed!

Here's wishing all of you a wonderful time! :D

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(((HUGS)))

~ waves ~

Have a great, relaxing, fun, wonderful time. See you when you get back! :Heart:

Ugh, I am afraid I missed you.

Was going to hop in this morning and say.

Have a great time.

Hope your health is better.

Donna:hug::grouphug:

Cant wait to read all your adventures !!!

Love you :hug:

It is odd, I had before the cruise a dull headache on my right side of my head. when I was on the cruise I never noticed it at all. Now that I have returned the headache has returned....interesting! just a cough left of my sickness. My poor sister's has been dragging on for over a month and her coughing fits are scarey.She has an inhaler if it gets bad.
I am so glad that I went to the walk in clinic.
bizi

Bizi

Does she have asthma or has she been seen by a asthma doctor for the coughing. Because there is a form of coughing asthma. Which is what I have. And it is very scarey. I know when mine starts its not easy to listen to for others.

I have gotten used to it over the years. But when it got really bad a few years ago it took a lot to get it under control.

Donna:grouphug::hug:

She is 53 and never had this before...her doctor insists it is allergies.
hOpfully yours is under control!
bizi

Yes Bizi right now mine is under control.

Mine only comes once in a while.

But it was out of control just the once. And it took a long time
to get it under control. My doctor couldn't get it under control
and chose to send me to a specialist to see why.

They still wonder about the shortness of breath with all my walking,
but I've just chalked it up to me. I think it runs in my family.

Donna:hug::grouphug:

Good to see your home Bizi, can't wait to read about your trip. The inhaler may not be enough for your sister, she sounds like a dose of steroids, z pack and breathing treatment would help.
I would get a chest X-ray too. It can turn into pneumonia or pleurisy.

As we get older need to stay on top of health things we brushed aside when younger. Sending prayers she gets better soon.
Glad you are back on soil, oh do you think sea level or air pressure from systems is affecting your head pain? My asthma. Always acts up and sinus pain when I travel south. Might be resistant infection in your sinus, maybe X-ray could show that.
Hope you both are better soon!
Hugs
Di

a couple of things
 

Dear Bizi

I think the unilateral mild headache that was there before, gone during your time away, and back now could be due to a combination of your sickness and the weather. difference in air temp, pressure and humidity. definitely being near the sea can be decongesting and ease the sinues due to airborne microparticles of salt. Also i'm thinking the air pressure was lower probably in Mexico and over the water.

glad you are doing ok.
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I hope your sister starts to feel better soon. if she has been sick for a long time it is fairly normal to have bronchial hypersensitivity, but she may need a course of treatment for that, rather than an as-needed inhaler. i hope your sis will go back to the doctor. he should be sensitive to the fact the cough is not remitting, and like Di said we don't want her to end up with chronic bronchitis or other nasties. I would think he'd want to check her out to see if she is still sick and in what way. If she is otherwise ok, I'd at least expect him to offer better tx for the cough.

as to the possibility of asthma - is it is possible to become asthmatic (any form) at any age. With cough-variant asthma, spirometry and auscultation may be normal - one may not present wheezing, tightness, or shortness of breath as most often occurs with regular asthma.

Cough-variant asthma can manifest due to "just allergies." i have always been told my cough was due to allergies but i've yet to find another person with the cavernous sounding LOUD cough i get when my allergies act up. in recent years i've become more sensitive and get it due to irritants, pollutants, and even very cold air. When i get that cough, it scares the pants off of people.

I don't know if i have cough-variant asthma still - I wish i had followed up with the pulmonologist the year when i got really bad off. The last time the doc gave me just steroids for the nebulizer - after doing the # days he said with NO benefit AT ALL, I repeated the tx course but added some leftover albuterol and the combination worked. (The steroids are still necessary to reduce inflammation, epecially for post-illness hypersensitivity.)

anyway.... take care sweetie.

love

~ waves ~ p.s. how is Jeff holding up, btw?

Bizi,

I hope that the two of you have complete recoveries.
Keep taking care.

M