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Funk said:
Despite finishing a course of antibiotics last week I'm still not much better. Throat still sore, voice comes and goes a bit and the horrendous dry cough is ever-present. I'm still getting random bouts of fatigue. Still zero nasal congestion or anything else to speak of - it's all throat and cough for me but I'm now a month in and it's draining. Everything irritates my throat and makes me want to cough.
I know the feeling. Had a cough for weeks that got steadily worse, went to my gp last Thursday, who sent me straight to the ambulatory care clinic at my local hospital (Margate) Sitting around waiting for blood tests and a ct scan, started to get a pain in my chest that over the period of an hour went from slight irritation to almost a complete inability to breathe and so excruciatingly painful I thought I was going to pass out.
They still wanted to do the scan but I couldn't sit or lay down, so got morphine squirted into my gob, (3 times) and muscle relaxants through the canular until the pain subsided enough for me to be able to go through the machine.
So the irritating cough turned out to be pneumonia with multiple blood clots on my left lung.
Went to quacks this morning.
Elbow is really swollen and painful.
Maybe I have done something gym wise or golf on Sunday vas he says its an infection of the bursa https://orthoinfo.aaos.org/en/diseases--conditions...
Missus and me are in complete confusion why my elbow has been infected but maybe its down to lack of immune system to fight said things happening.
Im on https://cks.nice.org.uk/topics/olecranon-bursitis/... that sound like they aint going to be fun.
Elbow is really swollen and painful.
Maybe I have done something gym wise or golf on Sunday vas he says its an infection of the bursa https://orthoinfo.aaos.org/en/diseases--conditions...
Missus and me are in complete confusion why my elbow has been infected but maybe its down to lack of immune system to fight said things happening.
Im on https://cks.nice.org.uk/topics/olecranon-bursitis/... that sound like they aint going to be fun.
dotty said:
Has anyone had digestive issues with this ? I mean bad heartburn / stomach ache. My sinus has been blocked but I’ve read nasal drip can cause stomach issues.
I did on the first round, although I lost my appetite completely and was surviving on McDonald's breakfasts and Pringles, so I'm not sure which came first. I'm pretty much through the Second Coming now with one exception - my left ear is blocked and is proving a bugger to unblock....
dotty said:
Has anyone had digestive issues with this ? I mean bad heartburn / stomach ache. My sinus has been blocked but I’ve read nasal drip can cause stomach issues.
Sort of, but not those symptoms. I had the opposite issues with my appetite and literally couldn’t stop eating, I was constantly starving and have piled weight on. However, it seems that my body was processing it pretty quickly as I was (how can I put this politely) … constantly aware that I could open the sluice gates and let the dam water flow on a very regular basis amd the needle’s eye was well and truly targeted. I’ve also not really regained normality there yet. Haha ! I literally have a right blocked nostril to contend with along with the stomach aches.
This has been really fun. I like how it teased you with feeling good for a couple of days and then came back with a vengeance.
My digestive symptoms appear to be a gurgling stomach , feeling sick but not being sick, general nausea.
I also am in the throws of anxiety recovery so that could explain it..
This has been really fun. I like how it teased you with feeling good for a couple of days and then came back with a vengeance.
My digestive symptoms appear to be a gurgling stomach , feeling sick but not being sick, general nausea.
I also am in the throws of anxiety recovery so that could explain it..
Cousin Dupree said:
Funk said:
Despite finishing a course of antibiotics last week I'm still not much better. Throat still sore, voice comes and goes a bit and the horrendous dry cough is ever-present. I'm still getting random bouts of fatigue. Still zero nasal congestion or anything else to speak of - it's all throat and cough for me but I'm now a month in and it's draining. Everything irritates my throat and makes me want to cough.
I know the feeling. Had a cough for weeks that got steadily worse, went to my gp last Thursday, who sent me straight to the ambulatory care clinic at my local hospital (Margate) Sitting around waiting for blood tests and a ct scan, started to get a pain in my chest that over the period of an hour went from slight irritation to almost a complete inability to breathe and so excruciatingly painful I thought I was going to pass out.
They still wanted to do the scan but I couldn't sit or lay down, so got morphine squirted into my gob, (3 times) and muscle relaxants through the canular until the pain subsided enough for me to be able to go through the machine.
So the irritating cough turned out to be pneumonia with multiple blood clots on my left lung.
Edited by Funk on Tuesday 24th January 18:21
Funk said:
Cousin Dupree said:
Funk said:
Despite finishing a course of antibiotics last week I'm still not much better. Throat still sore, voice comes and goes a bit and the horrendous dry cough is ever-present. I'm still getting random bouts of fatigue. Still zero nasal congestion or anything else to speak of - it's all throat and cough for me but I'm now a month in and it's draining. Everything irritates my throat and makes me want to cough.
I know the feeling. Had a cough for weeks that got steadily worse, went to my gp last Thursday, who sent me straight to the ambulatory care clinic at my local hospital (Margate) Sitting around waiting for blood tests and a ct scan, started to get a pain in my chest that over the period of an hour went from slight irritation to almost a complete inability to breathe and so excruciatingly painful I thought I was going to pass out.
They still wanted to do the scan but I couldn't sit or lay down, so got morphine squirted into my gob, (3 times) and muscle relaxants through the canular until the pain subsided enough for me to be able to go through the machine.
So the irritating cough turned out to be pneumonia with multiple blood clots on my left lung.
As you say, I wondered whether it was just the after effects of the covid I'd had last November and that it would bugger off of it's own accord.
Cousin Dupree said:
Funk said:
Cousin Dupree said:
Funk said:
Despite finishing a course of antibiotics last week I'm still not much better. Throat still sore, voice comes and goes a bit and the horrendous dry cough is ever-present. I'm still getting random bouts of fatigue. Still zero nasal congestion or anything else to speak of - it's all throat and cough for me but I'm now a month in and it's draining. Everything irritates my throat and makes me want to cough.
I know the feeling. Had a cough for weeks that got steadily worse, went to my gp last Thursday, who sent me straight to the ambulatory care clinic at my local hospital (Margate) Sitting around waiting for blood tests and a ct scan, started to get a pain in my chest that over the period of an hour went from slight irritation to almost a complete inability to breathe and so excruciatingly painful I thought I was going to pass out.
They still wanted to do the scan but I couldn't sit or lay down, so got morphine squirted into my gob, (3 times) and muscle relaxants through the canular until the pain subsided enough for me to be able to go through the machine.
So the irritating cough turned out to be pneumonia with multiple blood clots on my left lung.
As you say, I wondered whether it was just the after effects of the covid I'd had last November and that it would bugger off of it's own accord.
Funk said:
Cousin Dupree said:
Funk said:
Cousin Dupree said:
Funk said:
Despite finishing a course of antibiotics last week I'm still not much better. Throat still sore, voice comes and goes a bit and the horrendous dry cough is ever-present. I'm still getting random bouts of fatigue. Still zero nasal congestion or anything else to speak of - it's all throat and cough for me but I'm now a month in and it's draining. Everything irritates my throat and makes me want to cough.
I know the feeling. Had a cough for weeks that got steadily worse, went to my gp last Thursday, who sent me straight to the ambulatory care clinic at my local hospital (Margate) Sitting around waiting for blood tests and a ct scan, started to get a pain in my chest that over the period of an hour went from slight irritation to almost a complete inability to breathe and so excruciatingly painful I thought I was going to pass out.
They still wanted to do the scan but I couldn't sit or lay down, so got morphine squirted into my gob, (3 times) and muscle relaxants through the canular until the pain subsided enough for me to be able to go through the machine.
So the irritating cough turned out to be pneumonia with multiple blood clots on my left lung.
As you say, I wondered whether it was just the after effects of the covid I'd had last November and that it would bugger off of it's own accord.
After taking them for 5 days I now have no pain at all, so with another 2 days worth I'm hopeful they will do the job and I won't have a relapse.
I've also been sticking my head over a bowl of hot water and breathing in the steam 3 times a day, to help with loosening any crap in the lung. This seems to work, I initially coughed up a load of dirty phlegm but this has tailed off the more I've done it.
I must say it seems to have helped lessen the force and frequency of my cough, like yours it's dry and, maybe having a steam might help you?
Cousin Dupree said:
Funk said:
Cousin Dupree said:
Funk said:
Cousin Dupree said:
Funk said:
Despite finishing a course of antibiotics last week I'm still not much better. Throat still sore, voice comes and goes a bit and the horrendous dry cough is ever-present. I'm still getting random bouts of fatigue. Still zero nasal congestion or anything else to speak of - it's all throat and cough for me but I'm now a month in and it's draining. Everything irritates my throat and makes me want to cough.
I know the feeling. Had a cough for weeks that got steadily worse, went to my gp last Thursday, who sent me straight to the ambulatory care clinic at my local hospital (Margate) Sitting around waiting for blood tests and a ct scan, started to get a pain in my chest that over the period of an hour went from slight irritation to almost a complete inability to breathe and so excruciatingly painful I thought I was going to pass out.
They still wanted to do the scan but I couldn't sit or lay down, so got morphine squirted into my gob, (3 times) and muscle relaxants through the canular until the pain subsided enough for me to be able to go through the machine.
So the irritating cough turned out to be pneumonia with multiple blood clots on my left lung.
As you say, I wondered whether it was just the after effects of the covid I'd had last November and that it would bugger off of it's own accord.
After taking them for 5 days I now have no pain at all, so with another 2 days worth I'm hopeful they will do the job and I won't have a relapse.
I've also been sticking my head over a bowl of hot water and breathing in the steam 3 times a day, to help with loosening any crap in the lung. This seems to work, I initially coughed up a load of dirty phlegm but this has tailed off the more I've done it.
I must say it seems to have helped lessen the force and frequency of my cough, like yours it's dry and, maybe having a steam might help you?
Funk said:
Cousin Dupree said:
Funk said:
Cousin Dupree said:
Funk said:
Cousin Dupree said:
Funk said:
Despite finishing a course of antibiotics last week I'm still not much better. Throat still sore, voice comes and goes a bit and the horrendous dry cough is ever-present. I'm still getting random bouts of fatigue. Still zero nasal congestion or anything else to speak of - it's all throat and cough for me but I'm now a month in and it's draining. Everything irritates my throat and makes me want to cough.
I know the feeling. Had a cough for weeks that got steadily worse, went to my gp last Thursday, who sent me straight to the ambulatory care clinic at my local hospital (Margate) Sitting around waiting for blood tests and a ct scan, started to get a pain in my chest that over the period of an hour went from slight irritation to almost a complete inability to breathe and so excruciatingly painful I thought I was going to pass out.
They still wanted to do the scan but I couldn't sit or lay down, so got morphine squirted into my gob, (3 times) and muscle relaxants through the canular until the pain subsided enough for me to be able to go through the machine.
So the irritating cough turned out to be pneumonia with multiple blood clots on my left lung.
As you say, I wondered whether it was just the after effects of the covid I'd had last November and that it would bugger off of it's own accord.
After taking them for 5 days I now have no pain at all, so with another 2 days worth I'm hopeful they will do the job and I won't have a relapse.
I've also been sticking my head over a bowl of hot water and breathing in the steam 3 times a day, to help with loosening any crap in the lung. This seems to work, I initially coughed up a load of dirty phlegm but this has tailed off the more I've done it.
I must say it seems to have helped lessen the force and frequency of my cough, like yours it's dry and, maybe having a steam might help you?
Cousin Dupree said:
Yes much better now thanks, had a rough 24 hours while the antibiotics got to work and all the painkillers they'd given me worked their way through. I'd been feeling a bit off for weeks but really couldn't put my finger on what was wrong.
As you say, I wondered whether it was just the after effects of the covid I'd had last November and that it would bugger off of it's own accord.
Did you have all your covid jabs and boosters to protect you from the virus ?As you say, I wondered whether it was just the after effects of the covid I'd had last November and that it would bugger off of it's own accord.
r3g said:
Cousin Dupree said:
Yes much better now thanks, had a rough 24 hours while the antibiotics got to work and all the painkillers they'd given me worked their way through. I'd been feeling a bit off for weeks but really couldn't put my finger on what was wrong.
As you say, I wondered whether it was just the after effects of the covid I'd had last November and that it would bugger off of it's own accord.
Did you have all your covid jabs and boosters to protect you from the virus ?As you say, I wondered whether it was just the after effects of the covid I'd had last November and that it would bugger off of it's own accord.
Nice to know I am not the only one with a slightly muffled ear, I am convinced it was a partial ear drum issue, load of pain and pressure, eased with a kind of inner ear explosion that hurt like hell, relief and bubbling followed by some light ear liquid discharge, then a muffled ear for weeks after. over a fortnight now.
Combined with sinus pressure and cough etc. Th9s has mostly gone but cough just will not go, has times when it is awful and times when nothing, v annoying
Am going to docs as ear usually heals quickly if this happens on a flight etc, still there so might be an infection, but no pain, can blow through it but does not relieve it at all, stays muffled
Combined with sinus pressure and cough etc. Th9s has mostly gone but cough just will not go, has times when it is awful and times when nothing, v annoying
Am going to docs as ear usually heals quickly if this happens on a flight etc, still there so might be an infection, but no pain, can blow through it but does not relieve it at all, stays muffled
Old Merc said:
McGee_22 said:
F
k me - you lucky b
d - well done your missus - get well slow and steady - I have found rushing this 'orrible bug just sets you back again.
I’m just laying here doing what ever the medics say. I can’t do anything else. I have to say that everyone from the top consultant, to the lovely young nurses, who change my nappy, give me a good wash, are fantastic people. The way they go about their job, good bed side manner, good info etc, it’s keeps you relaxed. I,ve never been so scared in my life, they all are keeping me going.k me - you lucky bd - well done your missus - get well slow and steady - I have found rushing this 'orrible bug just sets you back again. I am determined, that I will MARCH out of the Re Hab unit , G o the pub for a pint .
I’m still in hospital, 29 Days and counting. After 17 days it was off to lovely Newbury Community Hospital for re-Hab. Trouble is if the detect a medical issue tts back to RBH Reading. There are no specialist top Docs at Newbury..
At RBH I have had a blood transfusion, CT and MRI scans, ECG’ ,chest scans, “ 500 “ blood pressure and temps, probably forgot on some, as the come round at 02.30 to take them.. and I tested COVID positve ffs.
I’m trying my best to be cheerfull and positive because the nurses and Docs are so good.
Mind you I have not laid in a bath or sat on al loo since Christmas Eve !!!
I’m dreaming of my home, and I’m bored s
tless.McGee_22 said:
Old Merc said:
Haven’t a clue , my wife and I had this so called coughing bug for most of December. Hers faided out, mine got worse. Boxing Day she called, NHS 111 who sent a para straightaway, she did every test you could think of. This is not good news, straight to emergency critical care unit at RBH Reading. Streptococcal pneumonia, Sepsis, left lung full f fluid, heart rate 50% above normal ( no wonder ). I was on my way out. This was seriously scary.
Plugged into computers, drips, everything you can think of. I was just flat on my back for 9 days. Those people there are just wonderfull, they saved my life.
Been moved to the normal ward, getting better, but can not get out of bed unaided. Not shire how long I will be here. Next will be re hab.
I will keep you posted.
FPlugged into computers, drips, everything you can think of. I was just flat on my back for 9 days. Those people there are just wonderfull, they saved my life.
Been moved to the normal ward, getting better, but can not get out of bed unaided. Not shire how long I will be here. Next will be re hab.
I will keep you posted.
k me - you lucky bd - well done your missus - get well slow and steady - I have found rushing this 'orrible bug just sets you back again. Edited by Old Merc on Wednesday 25th January 14:02
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