Guest guest Report post Posted March 27, 2001 I don't know why, but honey & some kind of alcohol seems familiar... HAHA! Of course you couldn't give that to a child! I am curious to hear what others have to say because my son also has a cold. It seems that the fever he had a couple weeks ago was the precursor to the common cold. He's still sniffling and has a loose, wet cough and clear, runny nose. The couch sometimes wakes him in the night. Hope your little guy is on the mend soon. ~ San , TX --- Trentonsmom@... wrote: > Could someone please tell me what I can give my 19 month old for his > cough. > He coughs mostly at night on going to bed, and sometimes he gags. > My mother used to give me honey mixed with something - but I don't > know what. > > HELP. > Thanks > > Chelly > San Diego, CA > Mommy to Trenton 8/19/99 - No Shots! > > " Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician. " > > > > > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted March 27, 2001 Hey, Mend(?) recommends the natural cocktail! Or wine, whatever. We put a shot of whiskey,lemon juice, and honey(obviously not for under 1 yr. old) and have them take a sip or 2. They like it as we put it in the special shot glass. It's diluted and works for us! And as babies, have even gave sip of beer for restlessness due to earache...the rest was mine! I read a sip is equal to a beer for us and don't want child drunk or under influence except to relax. this was before DH and he had wine tastes...I like the beer! This is one parent's confession and not medical advice! LOL Of course you know to ask a homeopath?... I am not a medical doctor, nor do I portray one on t.v.! (But my husband,Mike,is!!!) Laurie>Bucyrus,Ohio mother to (13),Donovan(8), Buck(4),Luke(3), and (1) 2 csecs,3 VBACs(1 partial waterbirth, 1 complete waterbirth) Please visit us at our website http://www.goldenprideweb.com/drmikeandlaurie for information on nutritional supplements, including the original oral chelator, skin care, weight loss(The Florida Diet),Herbs for Health, and home products I don't know why, but honey & some kind of alcohol seems familiar... HAHA! Of course you couldn't give that to a child! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted March 28, 2001 In a message dated 3/28/01 5:29:19 AM Pacific Standard Time, vaccineinfo@... writes: > Have you gone to the homeopath in Escondido for a thorough visit? > Sheri > Yes, he gave Trenton belladonna a while back, and everything cleared up except this nightly cough. I think he is teething, as he has a runny nose too, and I think when he lie's down the mucus runs down the back of his mouth and makes him cough. Love, Chelly Chelly San Diego, CA Mommy to Trenton 8/19/99 - No Shots! " Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician. " Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted March 28, 2001 At 11:13 PM 03/27/2001 EST, you wrote: >Could someone please tell me what I can give my 19 month old for his cough. >He coughs mostly at night on going to bed, and sometimes he gags. >My mother used to give me honey mixed with something - but I don't know what. > >HELP. >Thanks > >Chelly >San Diego, CA >Mommy to Trenton 8/19/99 - No Shots! Have you gone to the homeopath in Escondido for a thorough visit? Sheri -------------------------------------------------------- Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA Vaccination Information & Choice Network, Nevada City CA & UK 530-478-1242 Voicemail http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/vaccine.htm " All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men ( & women) do nothing " ...Edmund Burke ANY INFO OBTAINED HERE NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS MEDICAL OR LEGAL ADVICE. THE DECISION TO VACCINATE IS YOURS AND YOURS ALONE. Well Within's Earth Mysteries & Sacred Site Tours http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin International Tours, Homestudy Courses, ANTHRAX & OTHER Vaccine Dangers Education, Homeopathic Education CEU's for nurses, Books & Multi-Pure Water Filters Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted March 28, 2001 Who is the homeopath in Escondido? I live in San Marcos, CA. I have a daughter Kailey born 6/2/99 (no shots), Chelly our little ones would have fun playing together :-) Dawn (also due with Austin July 1st) Re: Cough In a message dated 3/28/01 5:29:19 AM Pacific Standard Time, vaccineinfo@... writes: > Have you gone to the homeopath in Escondido for a thorough visit? > Sheri > Yes, he gave Trenton belladonna a while back, and everything cleared up except this nightly cough. I think he is teething, as he has a runny nose too, and I think when he lie's down the mucus runs down the back of his mouth and makes him cough. Love, Chelly Chelly San Diego, CA Mommy to Trenton 8/19/99 - No Shots! " Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician. " Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted March 28, 2001 At 09:43 AM 03/28/2001 EST, you wrote: >In a message dated 3/28/01 5:29:19 AM Pacific Standard Time, >vaccineinfo@... writes: > > >> Have you gone to the homeopath in Escondido for a thorough visit? >> Sheri >> > >Yes, he gave Trenton belladonna a while back, and everything cleared up >except this nightly cough. I think he is teething, as he has a runny nose >too, and I think when he lie's down the mucus runs down the back of his mouth >and makes him cough. >Love, >Chelly > >Chelly You need to talk to the homeopath and not us. Sheri -------------------------------------------------------- Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA Vaccination Information & Choice Network, Nevada City CA & UK 530-478-1242 Voicemail http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/vaccine.htm " All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men ( & women) do nothing " ...Edmund Burke ANY INFO OBTAINED HERE NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS MEDICAL OR LEGAL ADVICE. THE DECISION TO VACCINATE IS YOURS AND YOURS ALONE. Well Within's Earth Mysteries & Sacred Site Tours http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin International Tours, Homestudy Courses, ANTHRAX & OTHER Vaccine Dangers Education, Homeopathic Education CEU's for nurses, Books & Multi-Pure Water Filters Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted March 28, 2001 I have heard that it is honey and lemon juice. I think this is how the recipe goes, I could be way off. I got it from a friend. LOL Boil one lemon until it gets big and squishy. She would put that in a bottle like one of those honey bear containers and squeeze it all out, the lemon that is. Then she would add 1-2 tsp or maybe tbs. of glycern then fill the rest of it with honey. Now I felt funny aobut the glycerin but her parents have always used this recipe, and she used it on her own daughter. I just can't remember exactly if it was tsp or tbs. I have never made it but I watched her do it once. Anyway, I think that if you just used honey and lemon juice that it would be fine. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted March 28, 2001 Yep, honey and lemon and glycerin......if you have no glycerin, try using an egg white. I know that sounds kind of gross, but works excellent on a nagging hacky cough--quiets the hack.......goes down kind of slimey, but if you take several spoonfuls of it it works. We used this on my son, and then my husband used it on me! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted March 28, 2001 Oh yeah, and my mom made this mixture for my emphysemic father to use for his cough--he used it for years. It was the only thing that worked. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted September 21, 2005 Carolyn - would it not be important to determine the exact cause of the cough, or have you done that? Is it sinus related? Is it from the bronchi? Is it lungs? I have a friend who has had every conceivable test and they have concluded that it is a rare autoimmune thing caused by one line of cells of which we generally have few. He is being treated with steroids. Every cough has a reason and an origin..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted September 21, 2005 Carolyn - a definite possibility - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted September 21, 2005 , My doctdor is now trying to see if he can clear up my sinuses to see if that helps. Thanks for your concern. Carolyn, dx 9/04 --- jb50192@... wrote: > Carolyn - would it not be important to determine the > exact cause of the > cough, or have you done that? Is it sinus related? > Is it from the bronchi? Is it > lungs? I have a friend who has had every conceivable > test and they have > concluded that it is a rare autoimmune thing caused > by one line of cells of which we > generally have few. He is being treated with > steroids. Every cough has a reason > and an origin..... > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted September 23, 2005 I've noticed that I cough more in the morning and sometimes in the evening. During the day, it's not so bad, execept in the wintertime. It seems to be due to the chronic sinusitis and sinus drainage. I didn't learn about sinusitis being a symptom of CLL until I joined this group. I don't think it's so much a symptom, as it just seems a lot of us have it. Then again I live in Denver, CO, and it's prevalent here even without CLL. (at least my Doctor says it is). I blow my nose right after I get out of the shower in the morning, and it seems to pretty much solve the problem. At night, it's the night air that sets it off, so sometimes I'll hold a hot wet washrag over my nose and breath in the steam. Once things have loosened up, I'll blow my nose and I don't cough anymore. In the wintertime, I use the saline solution nasal spray and take pseudifed (spelling??) if it gets too bad. Becky Brookman dx 10/04 FR, in remission Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted September 25, 2005 My sinus problems have caused a chronic post nasal drip which I have had some success treating myself with a salt water irrigation at night and when I wake up in the morning. I fill a paper cup that can be bent into a shape that works with tepid water and just a tiny bit of salt, hold my head over the sink, and pour it in one nostril adjusting the flow by tipping my head so that the water comes out my other nostril or my throat. I gently sniff in to get the solution into my sinuses. It seems to have helped quite a bit, but I need to keep doing it. Good luck. carole Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted September 27, 2005 Thanks, CArol. My doctor told me to use salt water last week and I have been doing it. Thus far, nno sign of success, but I am hopeful. Carolyn --- Carole MacIntyre <carole@...> wrote: > My sinus problems have caused a chronic post nasal > drip which I have had > some success treating myself with a salt water > irrigation at night and > when I wake up in the morning. I fill a paper cup > that can be bent into > a shape that works with tepid water and just a tiny > bit of salt, hold my > head over the sink, and pour it in one nostril > adjusting the flow by > tipping my head so that the water comes out my other > nostril or my > throat. I gently sniff in to get the solution into > my sinuses. It seems > to have helped quite a bit, but I need to keep doing > it. Good luck. > carole > > > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted September 27, 2005 Thanks for the suggestion, Becky. I will try it. CArolyn --- pitlochry10 <pitlochry10@...> wrote: > I've noticed that I cough more in the morning and > sometimes in the > evening. During the day, it's not so bad, execept > in the wintertime. > It seems to be due to the chronic sinusitis and > sinus drainage. I > didn't learn about sinusitis being a symptom of CLL > until I joined > this group. I don't think it's so much a symptom, > as it just seems a > lot of us have it. Then again I live in Denver, CO, > and it's > prevalent here even without CLL. (at least my > Doctor says it is). > > I blow my nose right after I get out of the shower > in the morning, and > it seems to pretty much solve the problem. At > night, it's the night > air that sets it off, so sometimes I'll hold a hot > wet washrag over my > nose and breath in the steam. Once things have > loosened up, I'll blow > my nose and I don't cough anymore. > > In the wintertime, I use the saline solution nasal > spray and take > pseudifed (spelling??) if it gets too bad. > > Becky Brookman > dx 10/04 FR, in remission > > > > > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted November 11, 2007 > > My chest congestion and mucous filled cough is still causing me a lot of trouble, definitely affecting the quality of my life. Neither my pulmonologist nor my onc. can find a reason for it although it has been suggested that CLL has infiltrated my lungs. Have any of you found that chemo helped your cough? If so, which treatment? Carolyn, Providence, Ri, age 79, dx 9/04,w & w __________________________________________________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted November 12, 2007 Carolyn - although some years ago I had my sinuses fixed, I have a nasty post nasal drip and sound like a frog for the first half of the day. It may be that you just have a nastier version of that. Seems unlikely that CLL mutated to lung. Driving down from Nantucket to NYC today, will wave at you as we pass Providence :-) See what's new at AOL.com and Make AOL Your Homepage. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted November 12, 2007 Carolyn, One problem that confronts many CLLers is chronic sinusitis and chronic bronchitis, related in part to the hypogammaglobulinemia (low antibody levels) associated with CLL. Your cough sounds like it might be related to the above. If so, then you might benefit from gammaglobulin (IV Ig). There would not be a benefit from chemotherapy. Rick Furman, MD Re: Cough > > > > > > My chest congestion and mucous filled cough is still > causing me a lot of trouble, definitely affecting the > quality of my life. Neither my pulmonologist nor my > onc. can find a reason for it although it has been > suggested that CLL has infiltrated my lungs. Have any > of you found that chemo helped your cough? If so, > which treatment? Carolyn, Providence, Ri, age 79, dx 9/04,w & w > > __________________________________________________ > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted November 18, 2007 Dear Dr. Furman, Thank you very much for your reply to my question about whether chemo would relieve my cough. My CT-scans do show that I have sinusitis, and I often feel the mucous going down my throat. Would you suggest sinus surgery for this? My pcp has said that she has seen no permanent cure from sinus surgery, in which case I do not want to go through it. This year, I have had quite a bit done at Brigham and Women's or Dana Farber: MOHS surgery for a basal cell carcinoma, a sling inserted for my urethra, and surgery for a small nodule of lung cancer. My pcp says, " Enough, " but if sinus surgery would help, I would be willing to try it next year because this cough is a plague to me. Carolyn, Providence, RI, age 78, w & w --- " R. Furman " <rrfurman@...> wrote: --------------------------------- Carolyn, One problem that confronts many CLLers is chronic sinusitis and chronic bronchitis, related in part to the hypogammaglobulinemia (low antibody levels) associated with CLL. Your cough sounds like it might be related to the above. If so, then you might benefit from gammaglobulin (IV Ig). There would not be a benefit from chemotherapy. Rick Furman, MD Re: Cough > > > > > > My chest congestion and mucous filled cough is still > causing me a lot of trouble, definitely affecting the > quality of my life. Neither my pulmonologist nor my > onc. can find a reason for it although it has been > suggested that CLL has infiltrated my lungs. Have any > of you found that chemo helped your cough? If so, > which treatment? Carolyn, Providence, Ri, age 79, dx 9/04,w & w > > __________________________________________________ > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted November 18, 2007 Carolyn, My wife who has CLL as you do had a cough that hung on and on... She saw a pulmonologist who treated her chronic sinus infection with antibiotics for 3 months. The sinus infection cleared nicely and her cough did as well. Good health and good luck, Dan Hill Re: Cough> > > > > > My chest congestion and mucous filled cough isstill > causing me a lot of trouble, definitely affectingthe > quality of my life. Neither my pulmonologist nor my > onc. can find a reason for it although it has been > suggested that CLL has infiltrated my lungs. Haveany > of you found that chemo helped your cough? If so, > which treatment? Carolyn, Providence, Ri, age 79, dx9/04,w & w > > __________________________________________________ > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted November 18, 2007 Carolyn, The first treatments worth trying are therapies such as nasa steroids and antibiotics. If they do not resolve the issue, then I would try the gammaglobulin (IV Ig). This is one of the few indications for IV Ig and I have seen it work frequently. Rick Furman, MD Re: Cough > > > > > > > > > > > > > My chest congestion and mucous filled cough is > still > > causing me a lot of trouble, definitely affecting > the > > quality of my life. Neither my pulmonologist nor my > > onc. can find a reason for it although it has been > > suggested that CLL has infiltrated my lungs. Have > any > > of you found that chemo helped your cough? If so, > > which treatment? Carolyn, Providence, Ri, age 79, dx > 9/04,w & w > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted November 20, 2007 DEr Dr. Furman, Thank you again for your counsel. I forgot to say that I had IVIG twice, and it did nothing for me. My pulmonary doctor will be prescribing an antibiotic because my sputum sample did show the presence of a bug, but I have found that that cure is always short lived for me. I have decided against even thinking about sinus surgery, having now talked to people who clearly did not get the kind of help I am looking for. So I may have to continue living with this cough as my father did before me. i hope I can follow his example of courage and strength, even though he did not have the advantage of all that relieves me, a asthma drugs in a nebulizer and air conditioning. Carolyn --- " R. Furman " <rrfurman@...> wrote: --------------------------------- Carolyn, The first treatments worth trying are therapies such as nasa steroids and antibiotics. If they do not resolve the issue, then I would try the gammaglobulin (IV Ig). This is one of the few indications for IV Ig and I have seen it work frequently. Rick Furman, MD Re: Cough > > > > > > > > > > > > > My chest congestion and mucous filled cough is > still > > causing me a lot of trouble, definitely affecting > the > > quality of my life. Neither my pulmonologist nor my > > onc. can find a reason for it although it has been > > suggested that CLL has infiltrated my lungs. Have > any > > of you found that chemo helped your cough? If so, > > which treatment? Carolyn, Providence, Ri, age 79, dx > 9/04,w & w > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted November 20, 2007 Carolyn, Have long of a course of IVIG did you have? Rick Furman At 12:42 PM 11/20/2007, you wrote: DEr Dr. Furman, Thank you again for your counsel. I forgot to say that I had IVIG twice, and it did nothing for me. My pulmonary doctor will be prescribing an antibiotic because my sputum sample did show the presence of a bug, but I have found that that cure is always short lived for me. I have decided against even thinking about sinus surgery, having now talked to people who clearly did not get the kind of help I am looking for. So I may have to continue living with this cough as my father did before me. i hope I can follow his example of courage and strength, even though he did not have the advantage of all that relieves me, a asthma drugs in a nebulizer and air conditioning. Carolyn --- " R. Furman " <rrfurman@...> wrote: --------------------------------- Carolyn, The first treatments worth trying are therapies such as nasa steroids and antibiotics. If they do not resolve the issue, then I would try the gammaglobulin (IV Ig). This is one of the few indications for IV Ig and I have seen it work frequently. Rick Furman, MD Re: Cough > > > > > > > > > > > > > My chest congestion and mucous filled cough is > still > > causing me a lot of trouble, definitely affecting > the > > quality of my life. Neither my pulmonologist nor my > > onc. can find a reason for it although it has been > > suggested that CLL has infiltrated my lungs. Have > any > > of you found that chemo helped your cough? If so, > > which treatment? Carolyn, Providence, Ri, age 79, dx > 9/04,w & w > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted November 22, 2007 Dr. Furman, aI only had IVIG for two weeks t the suggestion of my pulmonologist. My onc. did not feel my gamma globulin was low enough to need it at all and was against my getting it. I've now taken amoxicillin for three days of a ten day course against moraxella, but ;m still coughing heavily. I'll report those results again later in this period. I appredite your concern. Carolyn --- " R. Furman " <rrfurman@...> wrote: > Carolyn, > Have long of a course of IVIG did you have? > Rick Furman > > At 12:42 PM 11/20/2007, you wrote: > > >DEr Dr. Furman, Thank you again for your counsel. I > >forgot to say that I had IVIG twice, and it did > >nothing for me. My pulmonary doctor will be > >prescribing an antibiotic because my sputum sample > did > >show the presence of a bug, but I have found that > that > >cure is always short lived for me. I have decided > >against even thinking about sinus surgery, having > now > >talked to people who clearly did not get the kind > of > >help I am looking for. So I may have to continue > >living with this cough as my father did before me. > i > >hope I can follow his example of courage and > strength, > >even though he did not have the advantage of all > that > >relieves me, a asthma drugs in a nebulizer and air > >conditioning. Carolyn > > > >--- " R. Furman " > ><<mailto:rrfurman%40med.cornell.edu>rrfurman@...> > >wrote: > > > >--------------------------------- > > > >Carolyn, > > > >The first treatments worth trying are therapies > such > >as nasa steroids and antibiotics. If they do not > >resolve the issue, then I would try the > gammaglobulin > >(IV Ig). This is one of the few indications for IV > Ig > >and I have seen it work frequently. > > > >Rick Furman, MD > > > > Re: Cough > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My chest congestion and mucous filled cough > is > > > still > > > > causing me a lot of trouble, definitely > affecting > > > the > > > > quality of my life. Neither my pulmonologist > nor > >my > > > > onc. can find a reason for it although it has > been > > > > > > suggested that CLL has infiltrated my lungs. > Have > > > any > > > > of you found that chemo helped your cough? If > so, > > > > which treatment? Carolyn, Providence, Ri, age > 79, > >dx > > > 9/04,w & w > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > > > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites