Ever cough for 96 straight hours?

ATB · Post by **ATB** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 11:12 pm

Ever cough so hard you vomit?

Ever go to the doc and he gives you 4 prescipts over a 2 1/2 week time period and none of them help nothing?

Ever go 4 straight days with almost nil sleep because you cough yourself awake when you even start to drift off...

Ever been so miserable that you had to post about it on the Internet?

I have.

Oh the misery.

jpinard · Post by **jpinard** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 11:55 pm

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Not to diminish you're situation, but I've had that happen for months at a time (this past September-October for instance). But mine is do to chronic infection, Cystic Fibrosis, and asthma.

It IS terribly miserable regarldess. The lack of sleep, the constant hacking, the annoying of the family, the vomiting, the constant headaches, and the general rotteness of it all. It's good to share

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 12:05 am

Except for posting on the internet about it I have. I've been hospitalized on three different occasions for pneumonia.
The first time I was still smoking cigarettes and coughed up blood too.

Binktopia · Post by **Binktopia** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 12:56 am

Yes, yes, yes ,yes, yes, yes.

I had the whooping cough when I was in middle school, almost had a fit during the school play. I remember barfing out of my nose

and not sleeping. My tummy got all achy and sore and that was no fun. I cannot shout as loud as I used to be able to because of it. GRRRRRRRR.

Tareeq · Post by **Tareeq** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 9:33 am

Welcome back ATB! Sorry you're sick.

Austin · Post by **Austin** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 10:31 am

Did you make it out to SCC? You better have! Anyway, get well soon and we still have plans to settle.

Lee · Post by **Lee** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 11:12 am

Hmm, you must have pissed off someone upstairs.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 1:59 pm

This sounds like a viable weight loss strategy. I need some kind of gimmick.

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 2:22 pm

Not exactly 96 hours, but I was at the opera once, and there was a notice in the program stating the performance was being recorded for TV, so they would appreciate it if everyone could make an extra effort to STFU.

Well, the curtain raised and I instantly began a 5 minute coughing aria that got worse the harder I tried to stop. Everyone within 20 rows was giving me dirty looks, and people were passing cough drops (which just made it worse). Fortunately, I was far enough back so it didn't get picked up by the microphones - I was listening for it when they broadcast it on TV.

jpinard · Post by **jpinard** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 5:30 pm

Hehe, Jeff that's funny!

Zathras · Post by **Zathras** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 11:12 pm

I've been there...

I had problems with industrial asthma a few years ago, and I ended up coughing so hard that I pulled a muscle in my chest. Ouch!

jpinard · Post by **jpinard** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 11:23 pm

ZAathras - similar thing to me too, except that I tore the cartidlge in my rib cage, and my risb would separate from my sternum and stick straight out of my chest. Looked like I had a knife sticking from my chest.

Eel Snave · Post by **Eel Snave** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 11:26 pm

jpinard wrote: except that I tore the cartidlge in my rib cage, and my risb would separate from my sternum and stick straight out of my chest.

OW.

Giles Habibula · Post by **Giles Habibula** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 12:59 am

ATB wrote:
Ever go 4 straight days with almost nil sleep because you cough yourself awake when you even start to drift off...

Not for many years.
But back in the day, this used to happen to me about once every two years. I can still remember the misery.

Oddly, it went away completely when I started smoking. As did colds and flu and most other illness except kidney stones.

Not that I'm recommending smoking. Probably just a coincidence.

jpinard · Post by **jpinard** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 1:54 am

Giles Habibula - you killed off (or put to sleep) the cilia cells in your bronchioles that makes you cough. The lack of sickness is probably coincidental as you usually get sick less frequently as you get older.

EvilHomer3k · Post by **EvilHomer3k** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 2:40 am

I spent the last several weeks coughing. Coughed so much it gave me the worst headaches I've ever had. Got it 2 days before I was going to go on the Turkey Trot (my first official race). That race was set for November 12. I'm just now getting over it. At least I didn't vomit. Came close but never did. I hope you get better very soon.

Trent Steel · Post by **Trent Steel** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 2:11 pm

I once had a 96 hour hernia exam. It was a while afterwards that I found out the guy wasn't really a doctor.

Dirt · Post by **Dirt** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 6:04 pm

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 6:10 pm

That's how my bronchitis gets, usually it lasts about two weeks and it is seriously aggravated by lying down, so I attempt to sleep on serious medication and sitting up. I try to set aside about 12 hours of sleep a day then so, I can get in maybe fourish. As bad as I get it, my ex- gets (or got, for all I know she takes better care of herself now) it worse and for longer. That damned tickle that makes you eyes water and has you sucking down some sort of coating sugary goodness every fifteen minutes or less is just not a good thing.

Biyobi · Post by **Biyobi** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 6:27 pm

I caught a really bad cough about ten years ago that had me in tears constantly because my throat hurt so bad. My buddy, whose son was going through the same cold/flu, shared some cough medicine with codeine that made me a very, very happy camper. Finally being able to swallow food again and sleeping through the night was a huge blessing.

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