Guest guest Posted November 7, 2002 Report Share Posted November 7, 2002 Don, Welcome to the group. I remember you and your wife from Winston Salem. I hate to break the news to you like this, but she is a whole lot better looking than you are! My coughing started before any changes in my voice or swallowing. With minor exceptions my dry unproductive cough ended when my Internist started me on Zantac 150 mg 2x/day for acid reflux. I now sometimes have a productive cough when I first get up. I blame that on smoking for so long I probably destroyed the cilia in my bronchia. For a long time, when I first got out of bed I would cough, blow my nose, cough, blow my nose - 12 to 20 times EVERY morning. I tried several medications including a couple of different nasal sprays, but none of them worked. My Dr started me on Profen Forte by IVAX Laboratories (One tablet in the evening - each contains 90 mg of Pseudophedrine HCL & 800 mg of Gualfenesin) a couple of weeks ago. I now blow my nose on average once a morning. Miracles do happen. I also had a septoplasty operation on my nose a couple of months ago. I could sleep only on one side. Every time I rolled over, my nose would stop up and I couldn't breathe. Now both nostrils stay open all night no matter my position. Neal doesn't complain about my snoring nearly as much as she used to. Snoring is the only operative word in that sentence, if you get my drift. Just hang in there. We'll have you fixed up in no time. Vaughn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 6, 2007 Report Share Posted August 6, 2007 , My husband is sensitive to newspaper print. He says the smell makes him sick to his stomach. (The actual newspaper content makes me sick...but that is another story ). Hugs, Joyce D.PULMONARY FIBROSIS/LUPUS 1997 BRONCHIECTASIS 2004 INDIANA 2 COR. 12:10 ....when I am weak, then I am strong. > >> > > > Kerry,> > > > I remember in the fall of 2002 when first started college, I> > started coughing. Especially at night. I would arrive home at maybe> > 8:00 pm from teaching piano lessons at my studio and the minute I got> > out of the car, something in the air triggered the worse coughing one> > could ever experience. I entered the house, still coughing. I coughed> > so much I could not even eat supper. I just went to bed. Coughing. It> > was horrible. Ia lready knew I had IPF.> > > > I called the pulmonary doctor. He had a nurse who could listen to your> > breathing on the phone and could tell what you should do. I asked her> > "What would happen if you can't quit coughing?" She told me that I> > would just pass out and resume breathing. She thought I needed some> > prednisone. I tried that. I got on more and more steriods. UGH! I was> > using Serevent and Flovent. By February, I was finally using the> > nebulizer medicine, DuoNeb. Plus, I always had Mucinex to take. Still> > coughing. I got some really good prescription cough medicine. By> > summer I had stopped coughing and was not taking the cough medicine as> > much.> > > > I blamed my coughing on the air pollution created by fireplaces,> > expecially the one behind me at the Cracker Barrel Restaurant. I even> > called the management to complain. They say they are known for their> > fireplaces. With roaring fires even when the temperature is in the 50s.> > > > I go out of my way to avoid this coughing. I don't dust or vaccum nor> > am I in the house when it is being done. I stay away from perfumes. > > Yesterday at church someone wanted me to hug them and I smelled of Estee> > Lauder the rest of the day till I could get home and take a bath. I> > really try to avoid all odors. Expecially bleach odors and other> > cleaning stuff. I have read on this board about some of the products> > that are being used. I avoid sick people and large crowds. There are> > stores that I totally avoid such as WalMart. I try to stay rested and> > not get overly exhausted.> > > > Kerry, I know it is hard for you. I am praying for you and hope you> > have some relief pretty soon.> > > > Jane IPF 12/1998 Dalton, Georgia aka pianolady_musicgirl> >> > > > > > > ---------------------------------> Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel.> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 7, 2007 Report Share Posted August 7, 2007 Newspapers have triggered my coughing for a long time, also magazines and especially ads from department stores sent in the mail with perfume samples inside of them. Yuk. Some WalMarts have been worse than others for me. The one in Danville, IL was really bad one day last year near the produce department, so I figured there must have been mold in those large containers where they had the melons or else the potato bins. Today we had to keep the windows in the car closed on the North Shore because the Keave odor (a tree or bush they use similar to mesquite for grilling) made it hard for me to breathe. That was also one reason I moved away from HI in 95. Love and Aloha, judy IPF 11/06 > > > > > > Kerry, > > > > I remember in the fall of 2002 when first started college, I > > started coughing. Especially at night. I would arrive home at maybe > > 8:00 pm from teaching piano lessons at my studio and the minute I got > > out of the car, something in the air triggered the worse coughing one > > could ever experience. I entered the house, still coughing. I coughed > > so much I could not even eat supper. I just went to bed. Coughing. It > > was horrible. Ia lready knew I had IPF. > > > > I called the pulmonary doctor. He had a nurse who could listen to your > > breathing on the phone and could tell what you should do. I asked her > > " What would happen if you can't quit coughing? " She told me that I > > would just pass out and resume breathing. She thought I needed some > > prednisone. I tried that. I got on more and more steriods. UGH! I was > > using Serevent and Flovent. By February, I was finally using the > > nebulizer medicine, DuoNeb. Plus, I always had Mucinex to take. Still > > coughing. I got some really good prescription cough medicine. By > > summer I had stopped coughing and was not taking the cough medicine as > > much. > > > > I blamed my coughing on the air pollution created by fireplaces, > > expecially the one behind me at the Cracker Barrel Restaurant. I even > > called the management to complain. They say they are known for their > > fireplaces. With roaring fires even when the temperature is in the 50s. > > > > I go out of my way to avoid this coughing. I don't dust or vaccum nor > > am I in the house when it is being done. I stay away from perfumes. > > Yesterday at church someone wanted me to hug them and I smelled of Estee > > Lauder the rest of the day till I could get home and take a bath. I > > really try to avoid all odors. Expecially bleach odors and other > > cleaning stuff. I have read on this board about some of the products > > that are being used. I avoid sick people and large crowds. There are > > stores that I totally avoid such as WalMart. I try to stay rested and > > not get overly exhausted. > > > > Kerry, I know it is hard for you. I am praying for you and hope you > > have some relief pretty soon. > > > > Jane IPF 12/1998 Dalton, Georgia aka pianolady_musicgirl > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 7, 2007 Report Share Posted August 7, 2007 Newspapers have triggered my coughing for a long time, also magazines and especially ads from department stores sent in the mail with perfume samples inside of them. Yuk. Some WalMarts have been worse than others for me. The one in Danville, IL was really bad one day last year near the produce department, so I figured there must have been mold in those large containers where they had the melons or else the potato bins. Today we had to keep the windows in the car closed on the North Shore because the Keave odor (a tree or bush they use similar to mesquite for grilling) made it hard for me to breathe. That was also one reason I moved away from HI in 95. Love and Aloha, judy IPF 11/06 > > > > > > Kerry, > > > > I remember in the fall of 2002 when first started college, I > > started coughing. Especially at night. I would arrive home at maybe > > 8:00 pm from teaching piano lessons at my studio and the minute I got > > out of the car, something in the air triggered the worse coughing one > > could ever experience. I entered the house, still coughing. I coughed > > so much I could not even eat supper. I just went to bed. Coughing. It > > was horrible. Ia lready knew I had IPF. > > > > I called the pulmonary doctor. He had a nurse who could listen to your > > breathing on the phone and could tell what you should do. I asked her > > " What would happen if you can't quit coughing? " She told me that I > > would just pass out and resume breathing. She thought I needed some > > prednisone. I tried that. I got on more and more steriods. UGH! I was > > using Serevent and Flovent. By February, I was finally using the > > nebulizer medicine, DuoNeb. Plus, I always had Mucinex to take. Still > > coughing. I got some really good prescription cough medicine. By > > summer I had stopped coughing and was not taking the cough medicine as > > much. > > > > I blamed my coughing on the air pollution created by fireplaces, > > expecially the one behind me at the Cracker Barrel Restaurant. I even > > called the management to complain. They say they are known for their > > fireplaces. With roaring fires even when the temperature is in the 50s. > > > > I go out of my way to avoid this coughing. I don't dust or vaccum nor > > am I in the house when it is being done. I stay away from perfumes. > > Yesterday at church someone wanted me to hug them and I smelled of Estee > > Lauder the rest of the day till I could get home and take a bath. I > > really try to avoid all odors. Expecially bleach odors and other > > cleaning stuff. I have read on this board about some of the products > > that are being used. I avoid sick people and large crowds. There are > > stores that I totally avoid such as WalMart. I try to stay rested and > > not get overly exhausted. > > > > Kerry, I know it is hard for you. I am praying for you and hope you > > have some relief pretty soon. > > > > Jane IPF 12/1998 Dalton, Georgia aka pianolady_musicgirl > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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