when's the right time to have I.V?

[Shine]

Hi,

So I got this head cold from my husban 3 months ago that turned into a nasty like flu thing, with uncontrollable coughing bouts for 4 weeks and I was very chesty. At the time I had already started a course of oral antibiotics (cipro- 500mgs, 3 times a day for 2 weeks) before I caught this cold.

Well since then I hardly have a cough now and am not coughing up a lot of sputum but I feel I have not recovered to well. As 4 weeks back, have had shortness of breath. Even when having ventolin and atrovent through the e-flow I am still short of breath! I rang my c.f clinic and they have put me on another 2 week course of Cipro to see if this helps.

Also the last time I was in for i.v's was back in January this year.
Also I use to be able to tell if I was getting sicker but be bc of being on this drug Azithromycin (that I been taking for about a year) I don't have the same irriating chesty cough and sputum increase I use to have, which for me was always one of the signs that I wasn't getting any better.

My question to c.fers out there is, If this oral antibiotics doesn't help, should I consider i.v therapy? I want to know what you think, are these some of the tell tale sighs?

Thanks in advance <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

 

[Shine]

Hi,

So I got this head cold from my husban 3 months ago that turned into a nasty like flu thing, with uncontrollable coughing bouts for 4 weeks and I was very chesty. At the time I had already started a course of oral antibiotics (cipro- 500mgs, 3 times a day for 2 weeks) before I caught this cold.

Well since then I hardly have a cough now and am not coughing up a lot of sputum but I feel I have not recovered to well. As 4 weeks back, have had shortness of breath. Even when having ventolin and atrovent through the e-flow I am still short of breath! I rang my c.f clinic and they have put me on another 2 week course of Cipro to see if this helps.

Also the last time I was in for i.v's was back in January this year.
Also I use to be able to tell if I was getting sicker but be bc of being on this drug Azithromycin (that I been taking for about a year) I don't have the same irriating chesty cough and sputum increase I use to have, which for me was always one of the signs that I wasn't getting any better.

My question to c.fers out there is, If this oral antibiotics doesn't help, should I consider i.v therapy? I want to know what you think, are these some of the tell tale sighs?

Thanks in advance <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

 

[Shine]

Hi,

So I got this head cold from my husban 3 months ago that turned into a nasty like flu thing, with uncontrollable coughing bouts for 4 weeks and I was very chesty. At the time I had already started a course of oral antibiotics (cipro- 500mgs, 3 times a day for 2 weeks) before I caught this cold.

Well since then I hardly have a cough now and am not coughing up a lot of sputum but I feel I have not recovered to well. As 4 weeks back, have had shortness of breath. Even when having ventolin and atrovent through the e-flow I am still short of breath! I rang my c.f clinic and they have put me on another 2 week course of Cipro to see if this helps.

Also the last time I was in for i.v's was back in January this year.
Also I use to be able to tell if I was getting sicker but be bc of being on this drug Azithromycin (that I been taking for about a year) I don't have the same irriating chesty cough and sputum increase I use to have, which for me was always one of the signs that I wasn't getting any better.

My question to c.fers out there is, If this oral antibiotics doesn't help, should I consider i.v therapy? I want to know what you think, are these some of the tell tale sighs?

Thanks in advance <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

 

[Shine]

Hi,

So I got this head cold from my husban 3 months ago that turned into a nasty like flu thing, with uncontrollable coughing bouts for 4 weeks and I was very chesty. At the time I had already started a course of oral antibiotics (cipro- 500mgs, 3 times a day for 2 weeks) before I caught this cold.

Well since then I hardly have a cough now and am not coughing up a lot of sputum but I feel I have not recovered to well. As 4 weeks back, have had shortness of breath. Even when having ventolin and atrovent through the e-flow I am still short of breath! I rang my c.f clinic and they have put me on another 2 week course of Cipro to see if this helps.

Also the last time I was in for i.v's was back in January this year.
Also I use to be able to tell if I was getting sicker but be bc of being on this drug Azithromycin (that I been taking for about a year) I don't have the same irriating chesty cough and sputum increase I use to have, which for me was always one of the signs that I wasn't getting any better.

My question to c.fers out there is, If this oral antibiotics doesn't help, should I consider i.v therapy? I want to know what you think, are these some of the tell tale sighs?

Thanks in advance <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

 

[Shine]

Hi,
<br />
<br />So I got this head cold from my husban 3 months ago that turned into a nasty like flu thing, with uncontrollable coughing bouts for 4 weeks and I was very chesty. At the time I had already started a course of oral antibiotics (cipro- 500mgs, 3 times a day for 2 weeks) before I caught this cold.
<br />
<br />Well since then I hardly have a cough now and am not coughing up a lot of sputum but I feel I have not recovered to well. As 4 weeks back, have had shortness of breath. Even when having ventolin and atrovent through the e-flow I am still short of breath! I rang my c.f clinic and they have put me on another 2 week course of Cipro to see if this helps.
<br />
<br />Also the last time I was in for i.v's was back in January this year.
<br />Also I use to be able to tell if I was getting sicker but be bc of being on this drug Azithromycin (that I been taking for about a year) I don't have the same irriating chesty cough and sputum increase I use to have, which for me was always one of the signs that I wasn't getting any better.
<br />
<br />My question to c.fers out there is, If this oral antibiotics doesn't help, should I consider i.v therapy? I want to know what you think, are these some of the tell tale sighs?
<br />
<br />Thanks in advance <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
<br />

 

[Raynie]

Shine- you could not sound much more like me. I've been taking high doses of oral antibiotics for a while with no relief. Finally, they just got my on IVs (right now). I know at my clinic that was the next step and it may be for you too. (And I had IVs back in January too for this same stuff.)

Run the idea by your clinic and see what they say. It may be the way to go.

Good luck and get better!
-Annie

 

[Raynie]

Shine- you could not sound much more like me. I've been taking high doses of oral antibiotics for a while with no relief. Finally, they just got my on IVs (right now). I know at my clinic that was the next step and it may be for you too. (And I had IVs back in January too for this same stuff.)

Run the idea by your clinic and see what they say. It may be the way to go.

Good luck and get better!
-Annie

 

[Raynie]

Shine- you could not sound much more like me. I've been taking high doses of oral antibiotics for a while with no relief. Finally, they just got my on IVs (right now). I know at my clinic that was the next step and it may be for you too. (And I had IVs back in January too for this same stuff.)

Run the idea by your clinic and see what they say. It may be the way to go.

Good luck and get better!
-Annie

 

[Raynie]

Shine- you could not sound much more like me. I've been taking high doses of oral antibiotics for a while with no relief. Finally, they just got my on IVs (right now). I know at my clinic that was the next step and it may be for you too. (And I had IVs back in January too for this same stuff.)

Run the idea by your clinic and see what they say. It may be the way to go.

Good luck and get better!
-Annie

 

[Raynie]

Shine- you could not sound much more like me. I've been taking high doses of oral antibiotics for a while with no relief. Finally, they just got my on IVs (right now). I know at my clinic that was the next step and it may be for you too. (And I had IVs back in January too for this same stuff.)
<br />
<br />Run the idea by your clinic and see what they say. It may be the way to go.
<br />
<br />Good luck and get better!
<br />-Annie

 

[AnD]

Have you tried any inhaled antibiotics, like Tobi or Colistin? Doing one of those, paired with an oral like Cipro, has saved me from having to do a round of IVs more than once.

Also, do you use inhaled hypertonic saline?

 

[AnD]

Have you tried any inhaled antibiotics, like Tobi or Colistin? Doing one of those, paired with an oral like Cipro, has saved me from having to do a round of IVs more than once.

Also, do you use inhaled hypertonic saline?

 

[AnD]

Have you tried any inhaled antibiotics, like Tobi or Colistin? Doing one of those, paired with an oral like Cipro, has saved me from having to do a round of IVs more than once.

Also, do you use inhaled hypertonic saline?

 

[AnD]

Have you tried any inhaled antibiotics, like Tobi or Colistin? Doing one of those, paired with an oral like Cipro, has saved me from having to do a round of IVs more than once.

Also, do you use inhaled hypertonic saline?

 

[AnD]

Have you tried any inhaled antibiotics, like Tobi or Colistin? Doing one of those, paired with an oral like Cipro, has saved me from having to do a round of IVs more than once.
<br />
<br />Also, do you use inhaled hypertonic saline?

 

[Giggles]

If you are going on 4 weeks of coughing and not feeling right then a tune up would be good. I do them every year in the fall to gear up for winter and it works out well. It is a pain but at least you can get some relief. I do know the tune ups do not work as well on me as they did when I was younger but a little better is better than not better at all. Good luck!

Jennifer 36 years old with CF and CFRD

 

[Giggles]

If you are going on 4 weeks of coughing and not feeling right then a tune up would be good. I do them every year in the fall to gear up for winter and it works out well. It is a pain but at least you can get some relief. I do know the tune ups do not work as well on me as they did when I was younger but a little better is better than not better at all. Good luck!

Jennifer 36 years old with CF and CFRD

 

[Giggles]

If you are going on 4 weeks of coughing and not feeling right then a tune up would be good. I do them every year in the fall to gear up for winter and it works out well. It is a pain but at least you can get some relief. I do know the tune ups do not work as well on me as they did when I was younger but a little better is better than not better at all. Good luck!

Jennifer 36 years old with CF and CFRD

 

[Giggles]

If you are going on 4 weeks of coughing and not feeling right then a tune up would be good. I do them every year in the fall to gear up for winter and it works out well. It is a pain but at least you can get some relief. I do know the tune ups do not work as well on me as they did when I was younger but a little better is better than not better at all. Good luck!

Jennifer 36 years old with CF and CFRD

 

[Giggles]

If you are going on 4 weeks of coughing and not feeling right then a tune up would be good. I do them every year in the fall to gear up for winter and it works out well. It is a pain but at least you can get some relief. I do know the tune ups do not work as well on me as they did when I was younger but a little better is better than not better at all. Good luck!
<br />
<br />Jennifer 36 years old with CF and CFRD