been to see the doctor...

[julesjones]

The cough's getting worse, so back to see the doctor this morning. Apparently a) I still have the virus even if I've been feeling a lot better other than the persistent cough, b) I'm already doing pretty much the right things about the cough off my own bat, and there's not a lot more she can suggest. Keep using the steam inhaler, don't bother with the menthol crystals added to the water. Keep taking aspirin, stop using the aspirin-with-codeine since the codeine's cough suppressant effect isn't working. (I didn't bother pointing out that I'm taking the co-codeine before bed for the pain and general sedative effect as well as the cough.) Have a prescription for an inhaler, which may or may not do some good. I haven't tried it yet, but will use it before I go to bed. Which should be soon, given how little sleep I got last night.

Comments

[jthijsen.livejournal.com]

The menthol crystals may not actually do anything to make you better sooner, but they may well help you to feel a bit better while you're still coughing. My take on the old home remedies is that some may actually work and the rest generally make you feel less miserable.

[julesjones]

I thought they were helping, but it didn't occur to me why until after I'd left the surgery. This is a mostly dry cough, but I do have some congestion in my nose and sinuses, and I think the menthol inhalation was letting me breath through my nose more -- which meant my throat wasn't getting as dry and irritated.

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

I'm never quite sure whether my inhaler helps or not, but it does make me feel as if I'm doing something. Hope you get more sleep tonight, and in future.

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

:;sending good thoughts::

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Sending karmic good thoughts... I had a cough yesterday, but that was from the smoke drifting up from yet more bushfires, I think.

I have no idea why, but I find blackcurrant cordial (Ribena etc) in hot water helps (and a friend with small boys swears by it, she can actually get them to drink it :)

[julesjones]

I normally use orange barley water, but yes, fruit juice cordial made up with hot water helps. A spoonful of honey in it is even better, although hard on my teeth.