Saturday, January 08, 2011

Coughing My Head Off!

About a week before Christmas I got a cold that was totally in my chest. I have coughed for the past 3+ weeks! My brother Twist sounds like he has the same thing. My sister Nene said she had it for about a month, but got rid of it. Then two days later she got it again, and eventually had to be put on steroids to get rid of it! Mine feels like it's dying out finally. But this reminded me of a saying my parents always said:

"It's not the cough that carries you off. It's the coffin they carry you off in."

11 comments:

Ramana Rajgopaul said...

http://www.snopes.com/medical/homecure/vaporub.asp

Inklings said...

Seriously, try half honey and half lemon juice. Dee Ice has had much luck with that. Also, his dr. told him to use a nasal spray. It works!

Mr. Giggles said...

If I get sick, I have to see the dr. immediately. I have a hard time getting rid of coughs. It usually takes a combination of antibiotics, inhalers, and expectorant.

Delirious said...

You have to be careful about not rushing to use antibiotics every time you get a cough. Mine is a virus, and they do not respond to antibiotics. Overuse of antibiotics actually strengthens the strain.

If you end up using inhalers for coughs, then you probably are prone to asthma. It runs in our family, and our Dad's Dad had terrible asthma. (although I wonder if it was even treated) I have asthma too, and when I get a cough from a virus, it compounds the asthma problem.

Delirious said...

Wow, thanks Ramana, I'm going to try that!!

Looney said...

I used to cough for 2 months at a time. The only thing the doctors knew after giving them a visit was how much I owed them!

Get well soon!

Christina said...

I learned in college that the honey/lemon juice thing works. I don't know if it works for everyone, but it actually has a purpose. The honey helps to "coat" your vocal cords and areas that the nasty phlegm builds up. It sorta tricks your brain into thinking it's got some there so it doesn't produce more. A lot of times people take meds to rid of the phlegm, but then your brain says it needs more and continues to produce it. The lemon juice helps to dry it up naturally. But if you dry it up without coating it with the honey you run the chance of your body making more to replace it.

Did I make that sound confusing enough? :)

Christina said...

Don't foget to mix in some warm water with the honey and lemon juice!

Sandy@American Way Farm said...

Oh, I feel for you. DH brought home something just before Christmas and I'm finally getting rid of it. I finally dug out my homeopathic remedy for coughs and I'm doing much better the last few days. Don't know why I didn't do that sooner though. Here's praying you're better soon.

Twist said...

Mom actually quoted that to me when I had a coughing fit on the phone yesterday.

Marla said...

Great saying. LOL

Hope you are feeling better by now. I had to go through 2 rounds of steroids to get rid of the gunk in my head.