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MCGrad2006
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So as some of you may know, I have been kinda sick lately. I had my sinus surgery about a month ago and feel like I have been sick ever since. I started prednisone (5 day burst), zyvox and cayston two weeks ago. A week later, I was worse, although I had felt MUCH better on the prednisone. It was like holy prednisone...my body loved it...and then BAM I was back down coughing again. It was miserable. So I started back on prednisone and changed the abx to Levaquin and Tobi. Again, I felt better. Less coughing, less exhaustion (course thats a side effect of the steroids...but who cares...I felt good...lol).
I am noticing now that I am tapering off the prednisone again, my cough is bad...BUT only in the morning. I am not coughing at night and after 9(ish) AM I hardly cough at all. It starts off tight/wheezy but then develops into a more junky cough(a good sign?). It is almost as if the 'exercise' I receive from constantly dry hacking helps to loosen the cough. The problem is I really can't do much in the way of my job until my cough settles down.
I am thinking of stopping the HTS (because I do that in the AM only) at least for a few days...but I am also considering prednisone longer term. I am so confused and aggravated. I just want to feel better and be able to do my job. I have some promising leads for a full time teaching position, but if I am coughing til the end of the school year, that won't make a good impression.
To those of you who use prednisone long term...what do you notice for side effects? How high is your dose? Does it make a big difference for you? Have you ever tried to taper off and have this problem of coughing sooooooo much?
Has anyone out there stopped HTS for the coughing reason? I know that the coughing is good because I am getting stuff out, but to what extent. Also what time of day do you use the HTS? Maybe I should do it after school?? But then I feel sticky in my lungs until I do the treatment...
I am noticing now that I am tapering off the prednisone again, my cough is bad...BUT only in the morning. I am not coughing at night and after 9(ish) AM I hardly cough at all. It starts off tight/wheezy but then develops into a more junky cough(a good sign?). It is almost as if the 'exercise' I receive from constantly dry hacking helps to loosen the cough. The problem is I really can't do much in the way of my job until my cough settles down.
I am thinking of stopping the HTS (because I do that in the AM only) at least for a few days...but I am also considering prednisone longer term. I am so confused and aggravated. I just want to feel better and be able to do my job. I have some promising leads for a full time teaching position, but if I am coughing til the end of the school year, that won't make a good impression.
To those of you who use prednisone long term...what do you notice for side effects? How high is your dose? Does it make a big difference for you? Have you ever tried to taper off and have this problem of coughing sooooooo much?
Has anyone out there stopped HTS for the coughing reason? I know that the coughing is good because I am getting stuff out, but to what extent. Also what time of day do you use the HTS? Maybe I should do it after school?? But then I feel sticky in my lungs until I do the treatment...