Hi everyone,
I haven't posted in quite awhile. I have been sick since the 1st of January. Many viruses are going around where I live, and I have got them all. I am just so frustrated. Right now I cannot shake pneumonia. I have asthma, so its tricky to get rid of. I have been on antibiotics twice, on my 3rd round, steroids, rescue inhaler, and breathing treatments with no relief.
I dont' do meds very well, only one antibiotic I can take. Hope it hasnt stopped working for me.
Is anyone else struggling with the viruses that have come with this particular winter? Any advice to help with the breathing? Thanks so much! Take care everyone:)
Designer
Designer - sorry to hear you have been sick. :(
I've been getting a lot of colds this winter - but, I'm around a lot of people who bring their germs into my place of business and pass them around. :(
I don't have any advice about the breathing. My son has had pneumonia three times in his short life (15). The coughing, coughing, coughing was the hardest for him. Even now, he still sleeps on several pillows. He has been dx'd with asthma too. Maybe, it's easier for those with asthma to come down with pneumonia? I don't know.
I hope this third round of antibiotics will help you to feel better.
Take care - feel better soon,
Bucky
Hello Designer:
I catch viruses and flu easily too.
What I do now is when I feel a cold coming on, I take mega doses of Vit. C, L-Lysine, use Zichem tablets for the throat. Earlier the better. I did get a pneumovax last year - having pneumonia takes several months to recover. The Vit C secret is to take large enough quantity until you are bowel intolerant (start to have diarrhea) before cutting back. I do always have some antibiotics on hand.
Haven't had any problems lately. Knock on wood!
Hope this helps!
Pegasus
Thanks Pegasus:) I just cannot seem to kick this. I took an antibiotic and steroid taper, but nothing. I was just given another 10 day taper, with 60mg. starting dose. A little afraid to take it as I have never taken that high of a dose ::) Steroids tear the gut up and never let me sleep.
So do you find that the Vit. C does help you? Probably too late for this bug..... :-\
Designer
Since mid January, at the first sign I have started Zapping with the frequencies for pneumonia. In one or two days it is gone.
I used to get pneumonia two to three times a year and I have asthma, it was so hard to get rid of, then my Dr gave me a pneumonia shot and I also get the flu shot almost every year and I have not got it back once since!
I have heard that I will need to get a booster for that shot in ten years which will be coming up soon I think. I have to check into that!! Also use a humidifier, cool mist helps me the best! I feel so bad for you with those steroids they are such a killer!
Feel Better
Mary
Dear Sjogren's Angels,
ARGHHH! It is so hard to be EXTRA sick for months with chest/head congestion, pain and coughing.
I had some misery for about two months in the fall.
No pneumonia (no asthma either), but sometimes I think, "if only it WERE pneumonia, I could get help".
Which is silly because viral pneumonia isn't treatable.
I did have the pneumonia shot about 5 years ago. And I get the flu vaccine every year, as early as it is available.
And in my 68, almost 69, years I haven't had many colds. I used to think that since I had horrible eczema for 27 years, I somehow missed the cold virus susceptibility.
The latest research says that zinc actually reduces the length and severity of colds. AND that if you take zinc regularly, you have fewer colds.
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/feb/15/news/la-heb-zinc-colds-20110215
However, it seems that every day we have another study contradicting earlier ones!
I wish you all speedy recoveries, and good methods to ease your symptoms.
Keep us posted!
Kisses
Elaine
Joe, I am so glad it is helping you :) Pneumonia is no fun. I still am wheezing and coughing so much.
Mary, Thanks for writing. I had a pneumonia shot about 2 years ago, so I am surprised to have it. It must be some kind of viral bug that the shot cannot help. Yes, please check into yours and make sure you are at least covered by the ones the shot is good for. Yes, you gotta love the steroids! Walking zombie.....
Carolina, thanks for posting. I know exactly what you mean about the mixed messages with "helpful" meds/supplements. The very last I heard, zinc did nothing. Now you have heard a study on the positive side. I guess it wouldn't hurt at all to take, since zinc is in most reputable multi vitamins. Remember when they said Zicam, due to the zinc, could ruin your taste sensations. Thats when I quit taking it. ::)
Designer
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http://www.chakraforce.com/LEDlist.html#Cold%20in%20head
http://www.chakraforce.com/Salt.html#Colds/Flu
These are a few items from my website that "may" help you deal with a cold. If you need more options, contact me.
Quote from: Bucky on February 16, 2011, 08:30:46 PM
I've been getting a lot of colds this winter - but, I'm around a lot of people who bring their germs into my place of business and pass them around. :(
Doesn't that just tick you off? Darn sick people .. spreading their germs ... absolutely no consideration for anyone else. Selfish selfish selfish!!
QuoteMaybe, it's easier for those with asthma to come down with pneumonia? I don't know. [/qutoe]
Definately! My daughter has asthma and is 14 and has had pneumonia more times than I can count. And when she gets a chest cold .. it always carries a heavy cough and fever for days and days until the pediatrician finally gives her the zithromax that we know she'll need but for some reason they don't give her right away.
Hi Designer:
Any chance that your PCP would consider giving you pnemonia vaccine for next time around if you haven't already had one?
Because of my suseptibility to viruses and infections, my PCP on her own initiative gave me the pnemonia vaccine before cold and flu season started this year. Normally they only give that vaccine to seniors but she said she wanted to give it to me as I've had pnemonia before and I've come down with 4 bacterial infections in the last 12 months.
Hope you feel better soon,
Daisy
Oh gosh we get the temperature change in the season and Whammo. I try to be very viligant on my vitamins, nasal rinses, etc but I usually get something. Wet warm and cool seems to do it.
I got the stomach virus that was going around TWICE. I got real tired of Gatorade, chicken broth and toast!
Then I got a cold which I am fighting off at the present but it is slow progress.
Doctors make me soooo mad whem they say with viruses "it is something that just has to work through your system". Well either mine is slow moving or there it a heck of a lot of "system" in there. A few years ago I got some kind of strange (to me) virus for two weeks where I had a 50/50 change of keeping anythng on my stomach. No pain thankully but the "I gotta go NOW" feeling. I must have lost 5-10 lbs cause I would only eat when I got home from work. I had to put up with it to "work it's way through my system.' Maybe your "system" is like mine and it takes awhile. I had the "after effects" from a colonscopy for almost a week afterward which they say can happen but of course don't tell you that PRIOR to getting it. ::)
Breathing treatments? Did you get on that inhaler thing that they put medicine in water and steam it and you breathe it? I remember my dad having some of those.
Did the dr say anything about a vaporizer or being sure to drink more fluids? My old family dr (now deceased) swore by vaporizers to help clear up chest congestion. I reemember getting colds as a child and getting the Vicks in the 'cup" on the vaporizer and it clearing it up good. I am trying to find a Good one now as the one I had for year - the glass receptacle broke. What they have on the market is these plastic things that don't do anything for me at all. Good Luck!