i’m so sick of being sick!!!!!

ok this is just my little tanty ranty really...

i've had a cold for almost 2wks now which has developed into a lovely flemmy cough that i just can't shake. not to mention how badly my asthma is behaving. i was at the point where i was sucking on the spacer every hour so i thought best go to drs and get some prednisone.
what i thought would be a quick trip ended in a blood test for chest infection test, time on the nebuliser and some prednisone tablets..all this took an hr almost!! thank goodness jack and charli were well behaved after being lugged around 3 different dr rooms.

i haven't heard back about my blood test yet and i've been on the prednisone for 2days and it has helped a little.
the kids have both got colds also and charli has got this wheezing that just upsets me! she's had raspy breathing issues in the past which is still undiagnosed, so we took her to the after hours yesterday and ruled out chest infection etc and just got told to give her panadol and plenty of fluids poor little thing coughs at night and sounds so terrible, i'm taking her to my GP tomorrow for another check...good excuse to see the dr too

i'm just so sick of being sick! our house is damp and cold so that doesn't help much either. we're off to christina concert on thursday so i better not be sick still!

sorry everyone that ended up being very long!

Rant away Vanessa! I so totally feel your pain, our house has been germ infected for weeks now too

Good luck with the GP tomorrow, and enjoy your break later this week!

aw thats gotta suck being sick aye.. good you are getting instilation done. we are waiting to hear if we get funded for our under floor, roof and draft stopping. Be nice to have it.

sending well vibes although Dh is sick so not nice germs inthis house either.

Hope you guys get better soon Vanessa. Have fun at the Christina concert. Hope everything goes well at the Drs.

thanks ladies, i'm in a stage of panic now because christina has cancelled 2 shows in oz over the weekend!

annC, we are getting the insulation and heatpump through the subsidies too. good luck, i hope you get accepted

I was just going to make this post!!

I was sick for weeks and weeks and finally got antibiotics.. now am sick again two weeks after antibiotics finished.

Just went and talked to a Naturopath, I have a chesty cough with a deep wheeze and sore ears etc.. it's essential I get better, and Ella too, as we're flying to the USA next Mon, and we could get ruptured eardrums.

I'm going to try WinterGuard by kiwiherb, it's an immune booster, with Olive leaf and Echinacea root. I'll let you know how it goes, Ella can take it too in a very small dose.. apparently it tastes gross but you can dilute it in juice or water. I'm hoping this will help us.. going to take lots of vitamin C too and cough medicine. My friend is training to be a naturopath and said all of those things are fine together.

meow wrote: II have a chesty cough with a deep wheeze and sore ears etc..

that's exactly how i feel. one of my ears is blocked today and is quite sore plus my head is pounding dr rang this morning and my bloods came back normal so he won't be giving me antibiotics.

i hope the natural stuff works for you meow

How is Charli doing Vanessa?

Our landlord is trying to get us insulation and a heat pump thru the subsidised scheme too.

that sounds dodgy..... i mean infections of the chest variety