Need some advice about whether this will effect my crohns

I wouldn't let the C go on too long though. What I do when I worried the stool softner might cause D is take 1 instead of the usual two. Codiene cough meds are very constipating to me too.

Fitzy how much can you walk around (if at all)?

((((FITZY))))) So sorry you are feeling bad. My husband had a horrible case of bronchitis a few weeks ago, and I have never heard anyone cough so hard. Poor guy couldn't sleep for days. Hope you get feeling better soon.

Hugs
Gail *Nanners*

I just came off 5 weeks of bronchitis. I am a oxygen patient with lung problems obviously. Then had a week reprieve when I got struck down by a virus for a week. I find usually laying down flat to be very hard to do and I cough more by laying flat. Can you prop yourself with some pillows? It smarts when you hack enough to make your body sore. Been there and done that. Hope you get to feeling better..Susie

HI there
I had Pnuemo and I went from Bronchitis to that in no time flat
I had to lay upright and the guck coming out of me was horrible

From both ends
For me it did cause probs with the CD

But not severe

I wish you all the best Fitzy

LYN

Gee, I had been wondering how you were doing. I was hoping you were better by now! I had something similar the beginning of February and I'm still not back to normal. For me the antibiotics give me the runs, so add that on to the runs I already have, and forget it.

I think I would start with the cup of coffee if I were you, and then move on from there. The codeine in the cough medicine probably has bound you up some (seems to have no effect on me). I got the same med, but I can take the red dye so no special compounding for me. It is magic as far as I'm concerned. The nights I took that were the only nights I slept. I had to sleep in a recliner because as soon as I got flat, I would have coughing fits that would last for half an hour. I actually found that cold (freezing) air helped me to breath better. You could try sticking your head in the freezer for a few minutes at a time and see if that helps, especially right after a few hits from the albuterol inhaler.

Only thing I can recommend is a tablet that you drop in the shower and it smells great and helps congestion. I forget what its called though. I am sure the druggist would know. I have trouble will most meds but not C. so cant help there but do hope you feel better soon...

fitzy, it is allergy season in full bloom, all across the country right now. a lot of people don't know what is happening to them when they 'have this cold for weeks that I can't shake'. many people and doctors just aren't tuned in to the stuff floating around in the air. they say, "oh, no, i'm really sick". and they are.......head pounding and feeling twice it's size, postnasal drip filling your lungs to that deep wheeze and cough, with a complete lethargic exhaustion. even if you are a disbeliever, do yourself a favor and mentally mark this time of year. next year, around easter, if you are in the same situation, i can guarantee you have allergies.

loratadine (generic claritin) can be bought over the counter now for cheap, compared to when it was a prescription drug. i don't think i can tell you here, but if you shop around you can buy four times what you'd get in a prescription for about 1/240th that prescription price. a lot of folks try it and say it didn't help them.....but they were taking it a couple days expecting immediate relief like an ephedrin pill. it doesn't work that way. you start taking it at the first hint of symptoms and build it up in your system. it is a symptom blocker, not a symptom reliever. i remember the way i used to be before this stuff. it is subtle, and not a miracle, but it makes allergy season a whole lot more livable. and, it's better than all that stuff that stops ya up, although sometimes you have to supplement. i gotta sleep. and i can't sleep if my nose is plugged. regular nose drops (not the 12 hour stuff - it's kind of dangerous).

good luck, i hope you find relief...................and i hope sniper finds that bar of irish spring he dropped in the shower.

vv

Update -

Went to the doc, I now have pink eye too and have to stay home yet another day for the meds to kick in for that. No oral antibiotics still. They think it is viral but don't want to "mess with the eyes" so I have topical antibiotic drops. I was upgraded from cough medicine w/ codeine to Tusseinex which has hydrocodone. Hopefully I will get some sleep to night.

Oh, and I can only share this here. I pooped this morning!! Yay! It was way harder than my usual crohnie poops are but nothing too painful. Reminds me of what life was like before crohns. *sigh*

Uh, if you're "coughing/blowing green" that's not just viral. It may have started out that way, but technocolor snot means that bacteria has set in. I can understand caution with the antibiotics, especially considering how easily it can effect our guts. But if you aren't significantly better in a couple days it might be a good idea to revisit the idea with your doctor.

Although, with the green snotties, at least your festive for St. Patrick's Day!

My Nurse Practitioner insisted I didn't need antibiotics in December when I was sick as a dog and then again in February. Both times I ended up back in the office about 10 days later, sicker of course, but with an appointment with my Doctor, who promptly put me on antibiotics. While I got better after the antibiotics, finally. The episode in February hasn't cleared up entirely yet. I still have some congestion, still have some cough, and the endless coughing before the antibiotic caused some broken ribs. Basically our systems just can't fight whatever this nasty thing is without some help. My husband and daughter both got it too, and they are still about the same as me, but neither of them needed the antibiotic to get to the same point. They just have a little more in their reserves.

So if you are still not better in the next day or so, insist that the doctor give you something. The fact that your symptoms are increasing and not at least stabilizing should be indicative of something, and green snot!

Hope you feel better soon, and I'm glad you got some sleep, that had to help some!

YAAAAAAAAA
Well we both pooped today I too am a usually D Crohnie but I have not had a poop for a few days
I was on the Hydrocodone(sp) and it knocked me out like you
But it did help clear up the pnuemo I had alot quicker.......

as well as get the gunck outta me alot faster too

I also got runny nose and my eyes were stuck in the corners but did not have pink eye

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I drank lots of water which I normally dont do and finally ate something I KNEW would make me writher in pain BUT hey when ya got ta poop ya gotta poop right

I sure hope you feel alot better and sooner than soon my friend
Enough is enough me thinks

Keep us posted when up to it

LYN.