Comments | yourdesertrose: Adventures in not dying

yourdesertrose

Adventures in not dying

Feb 09, 2008 00:31

So, I had this nasty cold/bronchitis thing for about a month. A little over a week ago it got lots worse. Last Thursday I was coughing so much that I couldn't breath and my limbs and lips were tingling. Luckily Miss EV took me to the emergency room. You know a cough is bad when 4 or 5 people that work in the ER comment on it. I got to breath ( Read more... )

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tellumo February 9 2008, 09:16:44 UTC

nooooo! Sorry to hear that you were so ill for so long, but I'm glad to hear that you're feeling better. hugses!

hmm, you drank radioactive 7-up . . . does that mean that you get special 7-up powers the way Spider-Man got spider powers? "7-up-Hayley! She protects the city of Minneapolis from evil with her powers of Lemon, Lime, Sugar, and Fizz!"

(why, yes, I am feeling a wee bit silly this evening, why do you ask?)

yourdesertrose February 9 2008, 19:03:32 UTC

I miss you so much! When are you coming back for a visit?

Alas, my fizzy powers did not take effect :-(. It would be fun to have the power to make things fizzy (without the aid of dry ice).

cranberry190 February 9 2008, 13:19:50 UTC

I'm so glad you're recovering - EV et al. are full of the awesome for taking care of you like that!

oh, Hayley! I hope you get better really soon now!! neugotik February 9 2008, 16:07:47 UTC

gosh - it sounds horrible. I'm so glad you are doing better, at least a bit! Do you have follow-up checkups,yes? (I've done nebulizer for asthma& iv-drip penicilin(sp?) for infection where I was stuck in the hospital for 4 days - it's awful: I'm so sorry! It's scary when lungs get sick!)

HUGS!
~alli

I am not a doctor dortz February 9 2008, 17:08:48 UTC

Coughs can linger for a while after this kind of thing.
I would investigate some probiotic kind of foods since your buggies got killed.

Re: I am not a doctor yourdesertrose February 9 2008, 18:55:47 UTC

That's really reassuring. :-)

Taking acidophilus, is there anything thing else I should be trying to get in my diet? (I don't think meat and other rich foods are possible at the moment, but maybe soonish?)

Re: I am not a doctor dortz February 9 2008, 19:21:43 UTC

I don't know that I would say you should necessarily go too far out of your way, they just might help get you closer to normal; Wikipedia has a good list of probiotics and which brands have them in their food: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probiotic

naanie February 9 2008, 22:43:32 UTC

Oh my goodness, that sounds terrible. I am glad you're feeling better. What an ordeal! And you had pneumonia a couple years ago, right? There should be a limit to how many times a person is allowed to get that sick. Mixolydian is an awesome cat name, but I can see how Dorian might be better.