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Originally Posted by SneakySnake
If you are coughing up lots of dark coloured stuff you will prolly need antibiotics to clear it up. I always try to fight it off myself first. (thinking I am making myself strong!)
I have used large doses of Vitamin C (to the point of diarrhea) to help, but that may not be advised for you. be careful if you try this.
Hopefully it is just the damage from the illness that is causing the cough and it will heal up on its own. Eucalyptus lollies always make it feel better 
You could always assume it is a man-cold and will need to have all meals brought to you in bed. Plenty of peace and quiet (so you can catch up on your reading)  |
Oooh, a man-cold! I need one of those!! I did take my first sick day in ages, but no one was home to serve me, and I ended up having to do all my work from home anyway
I have upped my vitamin C a bit, but not to the point of diarrhea. I didn't know that was possible.
Maybe I'll up it some more. I hope it will heal up on its own, I dislike taking meds in general. I need some Eucalyptus lollies, I think!
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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
Grace... are you a cigarette smoker? 
When I was, I'd get that every single winter... Once I stopped smoking I never had it again.
Stitchawl |
Nope, never been a smoker, but I do live in the land of
vog, where respiratory issues seem to linger
I may as well be smoking (ok, not really).
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Originally Posted by SolRaven
I have something like that going on for the past month. About 10 days after I got a cold, I could tell I was no longer viral but had horrible bronchitis. I got a Z-Pack from the dr, which usually works. It may have done a little something, but it's still lingering. If I sleep on my back, it almost seems to pool in the back of my lungs. Very weird... but I suppose it could be worse; I could still have a cold and then feel really miserable.
I usually do this, but I'm so tired of downing 30 tablets of Vit C. You should stop when you get loose stools. At that point, you're saturated and more won't do any good. Hmmm... of course, the fact that I can down 15K worth of Vit C without any ill effects, pretty much, means that I need it. Ugh!
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I had to google "z-pack." I've never heard of that before. I agree- I could still have a cold and be more miserable. But I hate this feeling of hacking up a lung. A goopy lung. A loud goopy lung.