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Exhausted

Posted on Wednesday, 27th October 2004 at 6:46pm
30 Comments Ensuing

I went to the doctor again today, my throat infection is better, but my doctor thinks that I now have whooping cough. Which would explain the horrible coughing fits and why I have only been able to sleep for an hour or two during the night, I no longer sleep, I just cough and cough and cough…

If you know of anything that can help with the cough please leave a comment, I’m so exhausted.

30 Responses to “Exhausted”

Amanda comments:

October 27th, 2004 at 7:13pm

Hope you are feeling better soon. Whenever I get a bad cough, and it gets to that point where it kills your stomach muscles to cough, I have this habit of falling to the ground when I cough….
Somehow it just hurts less if you are lower to the ground. (not done in public of course)

metao! comments:

October 27th, 2004 at 7:50pm

Whooping cough sucks, dude, I know how you feel.

Basically, you need high-energy stuff that will soothe the throat…. So go for things like honey tea, milo (hot and/or cold – and add honey and cinnamon!)… ice cream too, if you can handle it lactosically. Pasta is good, as you dont really need to chew it and its nice and soft to swallow.

As for stopping the cough itself, well… thats the doctors thing (although maybe some naturopath will be able to suggest something? Personally, I stick to science.)

Nicola comments:

October 27th, 2004 at 8:50pm

try this::
Get plenty of rest. A cool, quiet and dark bedroom aids in rest and recovery.
Drink plenty of fluids. Water, juice and soups are good choices. In children, especially, watch for signs of dehydration, such as dry lips, crying without tears and infrequent urination.
Eat smaller meals. To avoid vomiting after coughing, eat smaller, more frequent meals rather than large ones.
Vaporize the room. Use a mist vaporizer to help soothe irritated lungs and to help loosen respiratory secretions. If you use a vaporizer, follow directions for keeping it clean. If you don’t have a vaporizer, a hot shower also can temporarily help clear the lungs and ease breathing.
Clean the air. Keep your home free of irritants that can trigger coughing spells, such as tobacco smoke and fumes from fireplaces.

hope your feeling much better soon

Ricky comments:

October 27th, 2004 at 9:02pm

Burn some dried sage leaves and let the smoke drift all over you, imagine that you are enclosed in a golden sphere and that these dark negative energies are being cleansed away from the sphere, tell the yuckiness to go away and not return. Being in the public eye so much no doubt some of their negative stuff may project on to you thus making you ill. Otherwise just tough it out the more you cough and expel that stuff from your system the faster youll recover, some honey and lime in warm water will give some relief. Be well

jk comments:

October 27th, 2004 at 10:07pm

When I had bronchitis in Jr. High, my doctor gave me codeine. Killed the cough dead. Needing a prescription kind of kills the idea of just popping down to the pharmacy and picking some up, though.

All deference to Ricky, but I might stay away from sage smoke. The smoke may irritate your lungs and exacerbate the cough. A vaporizer is a very good idea. Use it day and night.

Event Horizon comments:

October 27th, 2004 at 11:50pm

I, for one, have had the same experience as yours. I couldn’t sleep much and kept on coughing thru out the night. I couldn’t even talk or my speech would be interrupted with explosive, throat-wrecking coughs. It sucks (though I saw that my tummy was developing some six-packs because of the cough – but still, it sucks).

But anyways, my mother taught me something that I treasured because it worked (for me, at least). She said every morning, just after waking up, go straight to the kitchen, fill up a big glass with water and drink it in one shot (that is without having to pause or break the action). I found that after 3 days, the cough subdued.

So at any time I feel that I am going to have some throat infection that could render me having explosive coughs, I’d be sure to do this procedure.

But of course you will have to drink ONLY plain water and avoid fritters or food that can cause your throat to itch. And don’t forget your medicine too.

~$0.02

Paul Griffin comments:

October 28th, 2004 at 12:14am

I’ll second the vaporizer idea. Getting some moisture into the lungs seems to help break up the nasty stuff that gets clogged up in there when you’re sick. Also, drink lots and lots of water.

I’ve also found that taking zinc and vitamin C every day really helps to keep me from getting sick, and on the rare occasion that I do get sick, they help to curb the severity and duration of the sickness.

jayjay comments:

October 28th, 2004 at 1:08am

those are a lot of good tips. I just wanna add that you don’t forget how many people are pulling for the precious kitta and that you are near and dear to our collective heart.

Tim comments:

October 28th, 2004 at 2:25am

Kitta, you need wine. And lots of it. Go white since it’ll knock you out more quickly. Make sure your desktop cam is turned off as you never know what you’ll do when drunk on a bottle (or two) of white zin.

jcwinnie comments:

October 28th, 2004 at 4:10am

I, for one, welcome our Red Monkey overlords!

Oh, yeah, what others have said. Also, I like Hyland’s Cough Syrup — the child version with honey.

Linds comments:

October 28th, 2004 at 6:33am

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Mintox comments:

October 28th, 2004 at 8:47am

Watch re-runs of “Marty & Jess: An outback wedding”, you’ll be yakking in no time and wont have time to cough :).

Kris comments:

October 28th, 2004 at 9:21am

Mix yourself up a Hot Totti.. or Hot Toddy…. anyway, the names not important, but it cures everything…. and you sleep like a baby after having one…. What you do it take a shot of rum, and put it in a glass…. Then add a little sugar for taste reasons… then fill the glass to the top with water as hot as you can stand….. Then chug the entire drink back…. It tastes horrible, but it seriously will fix anything that ales you! Well, I guess it takes good if you like the taste of white rum. Anyway, trust me on this one, its worth taking.

Seann comments:

October 28th, 2004 at 10:20am

Green Tea helps me. You have to drink it straight w/out sugar or anything so its kinda bitter, but it really makes your thoat feels better afterwards.

Fiona comments:

October 28th, 2004 at 10:57am

Its been going around :\ A few of my friends had it too… just dont go near small babies

Malach comments:

October 28th, 2004 at 3:15pm

I suggest alcohol and death.

…Whale Biologist!

x comments:

October 28th, 2004 at 10:06pm

When I was in college a couple of years ago – this old guy who lived in my aparment building…coughed and coughed with the whooping cough. I come home one day and no coughing. My other neighbor said he coughed himself to death. Man did I get some good sleep’n after that!

-= Zinke =- comments:

October 29th, 2004 at 7:45am

You need a big bottle of Niquel! Drink some of that stuff and then just sleep untill your better! =)

porcelique comments:

October 29th, 2004 at 8:19pm

I always feel better after a honey & lemon tea.

Biggest Apple comments:

October 30th, 2004 at 7:54am

Long ago when I used to work in a Restaurant I had to work one evening with the worst sore throat ever! Nothing seemed to heal the bastard and then one of the kitchen guys made me his mother’s cure. The taste ? Not so much. The result – cleared everything away in under an hour. Recipe: Make a strong cup of HOT tea. Pour the tea into a pot and add, two tbs honey, the juice of one whole lime, and a damn big shot of whisky. Let it come to the boil then reduce and let it simmer for about five minutes. Drink it down in sips while still boiling hot. You’ll be yodeling by day break.

Charlie comments:

October 30th, 2004 at 8:53pm

Eucalyptus leaves, crushed into boiling water. DO NOT DRINK. Just inhale the steam. Also good in a hot face towel.

Johnny Cannuck comments:

October 31st, 2004 at 2:21pm

Maple Syrup, Brandy and oil of cloves. Add boiling water, lemon/lime juice – mix. Enjoy it hot – very soothing.

Yette comments:

October 31st, 2004 at 3:02pm

Get well soon

.Chanel comments:

November 1st, 2004 at 8:46am

Damn sorry you’re struggling with that cough. Good luck and feel better soon =[

Carthik comments:

November 1st, 2004 at 12:32pm

Uh Oh! I hope you feel better soon. Sunny days will be here again. Hang on in there!

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reaz comments:

November 2nd, 2004 at 7:26am

Catnip tea is good for a cough. About one teaspoon of catnip, two tablespoons of honey and six to eight ounces of hot water. I hope it helps.

danielmacdonald comments:

November 2nd, 2004 at 8:45am

mustard packs that good and old way to get rid of a cold or cough.. feel better soon

Dan M Davers, MA

Kitta comments:

November 2nd, 2004 at 9:22pm

Thankyou for all the advice, some of it I tried, but most I did not. Some of you recommended alcohol, which would probably be the last thing I’d want to try, I can hardly keep lemonade down at times and I wouldn’t even want to contemplate alcohol.

X, thatâ€™s horrible, why didnâ€™t you check to see if he needed help or medical attention? You didnâ€™t mention if he was alone or not, but if he was he alone he was probably very scared.

biggest APPLE comments:

November 2nd, 2004 at 9:38pm

Well Kitta-roo when you boil the whiskey all the alcohol evaporates, but I can understand that if your feeling sickly to begin with the thought of the taste could make you feel sort of gaggy.

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