Robitussin tastes like childhood.

[shadesong]

I've been saying I need to get back to posting here, but life has been boring because I have had the Death Cold that's been going around. Which has turned into acute bronchitis + bronchospasm, because my lungs

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[kayre]

Should this happen again, and you have sufficient energy to spare, please talk to your pharmacist about alternatives. You may even be able to get cough ingredients + codeine custom flavored! Without even costing extra.

[shadesong]

Will do! I think at some point I knew it was an option, but I was totally out of spoons by the time I got to CVS...

[ext_2561710]

My doctor started researching after I went to her with a long list of symptoms I'd had at various points in my life and asked her if it could be EDS, and the next time I saw her she also gave me a referral to a cardiologist. But she does take my symptoms more seriously now, I think. (the most annoying one is sill my loose knee, ankle and elbow joints)

[shadesong]

My regular doctor is totally awesome! I'd held off on going to Urgent Care over the weekend in hopes that I could see him today, but his office is apparently closed today, and I really couldn't wait any longer. (PT really helps with my knees and hips.)

[ext_2561710]

hmmm can we plan to meet up sometime during Arisia?

[shadesong]

We can try! Arisia is so chaotic. >.

[sraun]

I sympathize about the acute bronchitis + bronchospasm - and thank you for the word, because it's perfect!

I have an off-again / on-again similar issue - cold or such, gets me coughing, I continue to cough, because my lungs feel irritated and want to get rid of the irritation (when there's nothing there), which irritates them more, which makes them cough more - wonderful positive feedback loop. :-(

I get better and worse, and then realize I've had this deep hacking cough for 2-3 months. This was a nearly annual thing for ... 10 years? Maybe 15?

A few years ago my doctor realized what was happening, and prescribed a long-term inhaled steroid (Flovent) - that reliably kills the cough about 2.5 weeks after the initial infection has been put down, or I start taking it, whichever is later.

[shysylph]

I feel you on that horrible coughing feedback loop. It sucks! Mine is triggered by allergens, especially cat dander. And sometimes from nothing I can identify (pollution I guess? Just plain old asthma?). I use an inhaler to calm it all down, and I'll brew a cup of Breathe Easy tea by Traditional Medicinals when the inhaler doesn't work right away.

[moonfire77]

Robitussin does indeed taste like childhood.

[tzaddi_93]

Yellow Triaminic. *shudder*

[moonfire77]

My mom always gave be the orange, and I loved it.

[phantom_wolfboy]

Oh, yeah, lung collapses are fun, aren't they?

You know, you don't have to be doing anything interesting to post here. I can't remember the last time I did anything interesting, and I'm posting regularly. :)