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Lorraine - I haven't lost my voice but my throat (and other body parts) stay pretty sore from coughing. Over the years my voice has changed from chronic coughing. Tried something new last week to see if it was 'the magic answer' which i'm always looking for to decrease the cough - tried musinex, the 12 hr 600 mg but it didn't make any difference. Don't know if one has to take it a while to see a difference - I'm going to finish the bottle and see.

, Portland, OR

Reply-To: bronchiectasis To: bronchiectasis Subject: RE: Re: book "Breathing Free"Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 08:07:11 -0700 (PDT)

Hi ,

My dad has this very dry cough that is so aggravating...he has even lost his voice. The docs are telling him he has laryngitis now. Has that ever happened to you? I'm just curious because I have read that people with chronic coughs may develop other issues with their voice box.

L H ROTERING wrote:

thanks, Janet. Think I'll try the book. I'm one of those people who cough my brains out all of the time but don't cough anything up. I don' have an asthma dx either - have a MAC dx as continuing cause for my bronch and coughing. But I notice that if I'm around someone who has been smoking, certain perfumes, etc etc I start coughing. That never used to happen until I got this infection last November which is still hanging on. Most infection sx are gone but the cough is persistent. Nothing seems to help that. Dry and irritating and aggravating.

Even started acupuncuture 3 weeks ago in an attempt to try ANYTHING that might help. had my 3rd tx yesterday but no change in breathing or coughing. Planned to try acupuncutre and chiropractic work for the first time but she said I'm "too frail and fragile" to do the chiropracty and she thought she'd break my bones. So, using teeny tiny needles to try to help instead. Asked her to find some research on acupuncture and breathing problems but she can't find much.

, Portland, OR