Been sick 4 weeks had 3 diff meds

[LiL1FiGhTiN4LiFe]

SO a lil after july 4th i got a cold then my lung dr in NY cuz i live in south carolina put me on prednicone and cipro, then when i got back to south carolina i went to the dr. i was in pain nd got more sick so she stopped the cipro and put me on more prednison and augmentine i finished all that now here i am still sick then i went to the dr. yesterday ( thursday ) and he put me on Tussinex a cough medicine with HYDROCODEINE in it. stil coughing up alot of musucs and no from all these meds i have a UTI ( urinary track infection ) this bites bad. Amy says i need to be admitted that i got a bad bacteria infection and im sure shes right... so anyone else agree? this picture of the boy is my baby bro ( aka MY LIFE )

 

[coltsfan715]

If you have been sick for a long period of time it probably wouldn't hurt to be admitted and on IVs to help you get everything under control.

I would ask your docs what they think about admitting you. I know when I was younger my docs tried so hard to keep me out of the hospital that for several years I would get sick every month - with the same festering infection - and they kept changing my meds. They wouldn't listen to me when I said I wasn't feeling any better. Finally when I asked them point blank to put me on IVs they listened and they agreed that we could try that. I got better so fast it was incredible. From then on they stopped shuffling me from one med to another.

To add: I know it sucks when you are constantly coughing, but at least you are getting the junk out of your body.

Let us know how things go if you do talk to your doc and what they say.

I hope you start feeling better,
Lindsey

 

[amber682]

My story is eerily similar to yours. I do agree and let me tell you
why. A few people may have read this all before, but here goes.<br>
<br>
About a week or so before the 4th of July my son picked up a little
cold, I thought. It was mainly coughing, and quickly got worse. We
went to the CF clinic a few days before the 4th of july. He was
prescribed an antibiotic, Cipro I believe, and I was told to call
july 5th if he wasn't better. He was worse by then, so prednisone
and albuterol were prescribed. He seemed to be getting better,
but when meds ran out, he went right back to how he was in the
first place. (Bad coughing/wheezing) So he was prescribed more
anti's, more pred, and inhaled steroid. If he wasn't better in a
few days, he was going to be hospitalized for IV meds.<br>
<br>
In the middle of all this, we had to switch clinics because we
moved, the state healthcare in our new state refused to cover the
hospital stay in the old state.(Long story!) So the new clinic
doc opted not to send him to the hospital, but do another round of
anti's, more inhaled steroids, bronchiodialtors,
and pulmozyme. Once he finished these, he quickly declined
back to the original cough/wheeze, so now the doc has him on the
same,without the anti but with zantac and something for post nasal
drip. If he's not better next week he will be admitted
(supposedly)<br>
<br>
So my point is that he's been unnecessarily fighting this cough for
over a month now, and he too has done 3 rounds of anti's, 3 rounds
of pred, plus many more. And we're probably going to end up in the
hospital anyway. If we hadn't had to switch docs he might be out of
the hospital and better by now. If you can get the dr. to admit
you, just get it over with and be feeling better. Plus avoid
irreversible lung damage!    

 

[JazzysMom]

I didnt realize you got sick while up here. WIsh I had known you were in the area! I do agree that its been going on too long & what you have been doing isnt doing the trick. It might be keeping it at a certin level, but not taking care of it. I have learned thru trial/error & lots of denial that if I dont feel a difference in a few days whatever I am using wont work! Be careful & dont let it go much longer!