Doctors

[CrazyLea]

Grrr have to make an appointment with the doctor. I am really crapping it. I HATE doctors, haven't been to one since I was 7 for a reason.
I have had this really bad cough for like just over a month now! Tried Covonia, Buttercup and Venos... nothing working. . I had a really bad coughing fit today and couldn't breathe . I was laughing at the time mind . Sometimes it's blood stained too.

I usually get a cough around this time of year, but it's totally different and worse this year, and no signs of budging. Probs cos I've been smoking more.

Anyone ever had a chest infection? What's that like? Can it be blood stained? Any other ideas of what it could be?

I know I'm gonna go in with a cough and end up with like some serious disease or something . I hate them, hate them, hate them!!

[StarsOfCCTV]

You should go just on the basis of there being blood...(not trying to scare you or anything!) According to this website you can get it from chest infections. There's a whole bunch of other causes too. http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/sym/coughing_blood.htm
You've got to go though because whatever it is you don't want it to get any worse! Good luck.

[CrazyLea]

well that list scares me

[Jojo]

Don't self diagnose! Go and see your GP.

[CrazyLea]

Until I do go to the docs (making an appointment tomorrow ), anyone got any tips how to ease it during bed it wakes me up and im there for hours just coughing...

[Jojo]

Cut down on the fags for one. Have you any eucalyptus oil (karvol/olbas oil?) A few drops of that on your pillow can help to clear you a little (I use it for me and for the littlies and it helps them). Do you keep some water next to you too? Try and sleep slightly propped up can help too, so it keeps the yucky stuff a little lower if you have phlegm etc. Hope it helps a bit. x

[Abi]

I found once that i got rid of a cold in a day by not saying a word all day and constantly drinking water. It might not budge an infection, but it might help relieve the symptoms a bit. Cutting down on fags too obviously. Try and keep your mind off it. If you are constantly thinking "My throat hurts" then you're going to focus on it way to much and its going to seem worse than it may actually be. Listen to music as you drift off to sleep or something might help.

If you've not been to the doctors and not have anti-biotics then they will work like magic. I never had them untill a few months ago when i got an infection, and it went straight away once i was on them. So at least it should hopefully clear up soon.

[CrazyLea]

Got an appointment tomorrow at half 12. It's quite annoying because I'm supposed to have college.. luckily in 2 of the lessons I've got work I can do at home.. the other one though, gonna have to count on a mate for notes, which isn't fair on them or me really.. I miss the old days when you could just walk up to the doctors and get an appointment there and then!

[CrazyLea]

Okay, well there doesn't appear to be much wrong with me.
She said my chest and lungs were clear. So it's probably lingering because of my smoking and suggested I try and give up (with help from them), but says it has to be when I want to. So I dunno. I want to I guess, but I admit, I do enjoy smoking . I'll try and cut down this week, as I want this cough to be gone!

[StarsOfCCTV]

Glad to hear nothing's badly wrong. Now you have to work on giving up that smoking!