The light at the end of the tunnel really was a train
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
United States
March 4, 2017 7:46am CST
I keep thinking I'm getting better, that the cough is getting less and less, but yesterday I coughed so much I hardly had time to do much else.
Yes, just when I thought things were getting better that light on the train hit me full speed ahead. I have not had much of an appetite, which is probably a good thing in the long run. By the evening I think even my 'cougher' was tired and it took a vacation! I was able to sleep which is always a good thing.
I told my husband I'm not doing much walking around - when I walk or talk I cough. If I wasn't getting decent amounts of sleep I don't know if I could deal with this or not.
Hope the rest of you are healthy!
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
4 Mar 17
Yesterday you thought you were getting better, but I guess not. I hope that cough leaves you soon.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
4 Mar 17
Yesterday turned into a really bad day of coughing.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
4 Mar 17
@AbbyGreenhill How awful, I probably shouldn't say this I might jinx myself, ok let me knock on wood, I haven't been sick this whole winter. What's up with that??
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
4 Mar 17
@fishtiger58 two weeks ago I said that exact thing to my husband - and see what happened - don't say it out loud!!!!!
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
4 Mar 17
That seems to be the pattern this nasty bug follows. You think you are through...you see that tantalizing light at the end of the sniffle sneeze cough tunnel and then you go through another round.
I hope that this is the end of it for you.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
4 Mar 17
Thank, I hope so to - My mind says go out to dinner you'll enjoy it and my body say no no no.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
4 Mar 17
@Morleyhunt All I have eaten for dinner for two weeks is either soup or pot pies!
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
4 Mar 17
@AbbyGreenhill it's probably best to listen to your body. Give it another day or so...you'll enjoy going out to dinner much more when you are feeling better.
@besweet (9831)
• Ireland
4 Mar 17
@AbbyGreenhill Take good care of your self and monitor the symptoms, I hope the coughing will go away soon.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
4 Mar 17
The only symptoms I have right now are this cough and it wears me out.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
4 Mar 17
i would rather have a runny nose than a relentless cough because it's exhausting.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
4 Mar 17
My nose runs but it doesn't annoy me as much as the coughing.
@LeaPea2417 (40061)
• Toccoa, Georgia
4 Mar 17
That is a bad cough. Does your chest hurt after coughing so much? I remember when I had pneumonia in 2001 , my chest hurt a lot as I coughed.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
4 Mar 17
No nothing hurts, not even my sides any more - but I do get light headed when I cough too long.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
4 Mar 17
I plan on resting more today than yesterday - thanks!!
@silvermist (19701)
• India
4 Mar 17
@AbbyGreenhill I do hope you completely recover and be your old,bright self.
@LadyDuck (502812)
• Italy
4 Mar 17
@AbbyGreenhill My husband went in and out several times, he thought the flu was over and then it came back twice.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
4 Mar 17
@LadyDuck Thank goodness my husband is better he has to do all the running around.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
4 Mar 17
My husband is over his already - mine always settles in for a good long stay.
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
4 Mar 17
A friend of mine coughed so hard, she broke some capillaries in her esophagus. Then she went from the flu to pneumonia and is in an induced coma.Not trying to scare you, but don't let yourself get too bad off befoe a trip to urgent care. What has your doctor said?
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
4 Mar 17
@1creekgirl In years past the cough was about a month. This time I didn't have to have breathing treatments which was good.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
4 Mar 17
I not that bad, believe me - was the doc' was on antibiotics - I have no fever, not coughing up colored yuck, just coughing. I checked the signs of pneumonia early on and I don't have them. I get this once a winter for the last 10 or so years.
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
4 Mar 17
@AbbyGreenhill Good, hopefully you'll keep improving. Coughs seem to linger for months sometimes.
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
5 Mar 17
I hope you get better fast. Have you been to the doctor for your cough? I got annoyed with mine a couple years ago and found out it was double pneumonia. I spent a week in the hospital. I hope your cough is just a cold that will go away soon.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
5 Mar 17
I get this once a season yes I go to the doc as soon as it starts. The cough lasts and lasts - no signs or symptoms of pneumonia, It sees a little less this am.
@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
4 Mar 17
I do feel for you, I remember those flu`s, but now I take the shot every year and no longer catch it.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
4 Mar 17
well, this isn't the flu - it's a respiratory infection that I get once a year. I have not had the flu since I was a kid.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
4 Mar 17
@AbbyGreenhill you get this every year? I wonder why?
@pammooratan (4668)
• India
4 Mar 17
Coughing is a bad experience also to me.But for along time I am not affected by it.
@celticeagle (190011)
• Boise, Idaho
5 Mar 17
We have all had the occasional cough. Wonder what it is. Something got burned and ever since we have all been coughing. Hope your cough ends real soon.
@yanzalong (19091)
• Indonesia
2 Oct 17
Don't you think your cough was due to the bad weather? The people around me keep coughing as the weather has changed from hot to wet season.
@luisadannointed (11886)
• Philippines
6 Mar 17
Maybe you need to see a doctor. It can be an allergy or you need to eat a lot of fruits and veggies. And don't exposed your back to too much cold or too much heat it can be one cost. God bless you complete recovery in Jesus name, this I pray Amen!
@nottoooldtowrite (2715)
• Philippines
4 Mar 17
I hate coughing and colds too. Hope you get well already.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
4 Mar 17
This has been going on two weeks...I guess it will another one.
