coughing - this is getting stoopid now

vermooten

Hi,

I've had a cold that became chesty for about 3 weeks now. Last week I was just about better but I woke up on Saturday morning feeling lousy again. Now my cough has got worse and has been joined by a snotty nose and feelings of lousyness. Not bad enough to be off work.

It's known as 'man flu'.

I've not been on the bike all this time (so bye bye to my 2008 objectives) and I've been keeping warm, drinking lots etc etc. been to the GP who said all I can do is wait and don't train.

Anyone got any other ideas to help things move along? I'm not feeling sorry for myself (anymore) not looking for sympathy, I just want to get better. A long weekend of lying on the sofa watching telly is going to annoy me somewhat.

Any thoughts?

Cheers,
Andy

Bronzie

Andy get to the docs again and ask very nicely for some antibiotics. I had a similar lumpy cough that lasted for 5 weeks, kept thinking it was going away, then it got worse again. 1 week course of antibiotics saw it off at last though.

vermooten

Thanks Bronzie I might well try that. He's very anti-antibiotics - which is as it should be - but if there's a chance that they might help me then it won't cost me to ask.

Jajacp

It is of course impossible to tell whether the abitbiotics made Bronzie bettter or he was about to get better anyway. Your GP needs to examine you. Also it might be worth getting a sputm specimen looked at, if you a producing lovely green purulent phlegm. Down in Kent it feels like alemost the entire population has had the sort of symptoms you describe - the starting to feel better and then feeling worse again is typical.

vermooten

yeah if it's green then it's bacterial, yellow and it's a virus - or so the story goes

won't be hard for me to get a sample, but I might wait until I get home to do it properly!

popette

Vermooten, have you tried taking Echinacea (not sure if that's spelt correctly)? It's a herbal thing which is supposed to alleviate upper respiratory tract conditions/ cold/ flu etc.

vermooten

aha this has cropped up before! I'll try it. Do I go under a towel to inhale it in hot water?

popette

no, get it in tablet form from a health shop or Tesco - peasy!

vermooten

thanks missus

Ken Night

vermooten wrote:

Hi,



I've not been on the bike all this time (so bye bye to my 2008 objectives) and I've been keeping warm, drinking lots etc etc. been to the GP who said all I can do is wait and don't train.

Anyone got any other ideas to help things move along? I'm not feeling sorry for myself (anymore) not looking for sympathy, I just want to get better. A long weekend of lying on the sofa watching telly is going to annoy me somewhat.

Any thoughts?

Cheers,
Andy

A few weeks behind should be able to be caught up..., certainly not enough reason to abandon all objectives. Refine them perhaps?

I'd go the antibiotics route to get better, having been as ill for as long as you have. Perhaps it was that TT in icy conditions that drove it deep into your system

Prevention is better than a cure.....but what works for me may not work for you. I believe there is some scientific basis for taking Echinacea

I like to think I don't get colds/man flu, because I stay fit, eat lots of vegetables, not a lot of meat, sleep lots, don't drink alcohol, and do take cod liver oil supplements.

Maybe a bit too late for you now, Andy, but don't abandon your plans, and even if you have to modify them substantially, there is always next year

vermooten

Popette wrote:

have you tried taking Echinacea

Ken Night wrote:

I believe there is some scientific basis for taking Echinacea

OK got some, have taken 2 tablets. It better work - or else... i]shakes fist at Popette and Ken Night in anger[/i

popette

vermooten wrote:

Popette wrote:

have you tried taking Echinacea

Ken Night wrote:

I believe there is some scientific basis for taking Echinacea

OK got some, have taken 2 tablets. It better work - or else... i]shakes fist at Popette and Ken Night in anger[/i

or else what????? you'll try to beat us up at a sportive and have a coughing fit!
I hope it does work Mr

popette

you still hoping to come along to the Cheshire Cat hon?

vermooten

Sure am ducky! If you see someone in lycra in an iron lung with pedals then come over and say hiya won't you.

hisoka

I think I know this cold/nasty coughing thing. I've got the same, had the antibiotics from doc and didn't clear me up. I hope mine is on the way out as the coughing is the same but the snotty nose and feeling lousey are nearly gone. I really hope so anyway.

Bronzie

vermooten wrote:

OK got some, have taken 2 tablets. It better work - or else... i]shakes fist at Popette and Ken Night in anger[/i

Tried the Echinacea / Vit C / lots or oranges etc route myself - certainly didn't work for me.

Think the echinacea can help you AVOID infections if you are feeling a bit low, but whether it helps recovery once you are already full of lurgi is another matter.

popette

damn! now I've woken up with a bit of a tickle in my throat and a heaviness in my chest!

Hot blackcurrant/echinacea/paracetamol for me today.

vermooten

Dave, who's m'colleague and m'fellow Manchester Wheeler, had the same 2 days ago - he said he was gonna rest over this weekend because if he tried to ride through it he'd "end up like you" i.e. me

so don't