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erickajm · 08-17-2009, 08:15 PM

So, as far as I know, I've never really suffered from a sinus infection. I have seasonal allergies and will get stopped up from time to time and I have been down the path of bronchitis, especially when I used to smoke! I have been to hell and back with this one.

It started about a month ago. I started with a mild cough. Didn't really notice much drainage, no fever, no congestion.. just a kind of weird cough in my chest. This cough wasn't raspy but I thought it was weird because my "colds" always start in my head first...anywho, after a week I reluctantly went to the doctors where she said it was due to sinuses and that I had a lot of drainage. Also, it could be my esophagus spasming causing me to cough harder and longer. Antibiotics, cough syrup with codeine to sleep, pay my $15 and out the door.

Two weeks later (this past Thursday) the cough is only getting worse but still no fevers, congestion or any of the like.. However, I have managed to blacken my eyelid and bust a vein in my eye coughing and my back is now killing me. I go back to the Dr. and she gives me a stronger antibiotic, steroids, cough pills.. I pay my $15 and out the door.

Friday I go to work, feel like poo.. my eye is now totally red from the corner to where the green in my eye is... I go about my day. Get off work and as I am talking to my DH.. I tell him that maybe if it doesn't get better by tomorrow (Sat) that I will visit the hospital... just in case my Dr. doesn't have a clue (like usual). As I say this, I start coughing up a lung and have to adjust my body so that I don't pee myself ( hee hee.. I cough that hard!) Well, all of the sudden, BAM! I bust a rib.. go to the ER where we take a slew of Xrays to confirm what I am telling them is a broken rib (mind you, its from coughing?!?) The xray tech had horrible breathe. One shot in the bum, pain pills $35 later I walk out...

So... I have a house that we just moved into one week ago that needs paint so we can lay down the floors, boxes unpacked, school clothes bought, mom & dad are coming in town tomorrow. Kids are starting school in one week. I have two bloody eyes, yellowish eyelids, one broken rib, a bruised rib on the opposite side... whew, oh but I did forget one thing!

My husband has been the best care taker I could ask for and even the boys helped out (some)! I love my boys & my new house!

Whew, that was a long one... I must have needed to get that one out!

FlDebra · 08-17-2009, 08:56 PM

Wow -- sorry to hear you have been so sick! Glad you have some great guys taking care of you though (family not the medical types). If antibiotics are not helping you might want to consider a fungal infection. They can set up in the sinuses and be a devil to cure, especially if they do not know what they are looking at.

Hope it is not something in your new house that you might be allergic too. Make sure you check around well for any mold, mildew or dampness. Is there new carpeting? I have heard of some being allergic to new carpet (fibers or adhesives). Any plants that you have not noticed before? Sometimes a new property brings new plants that you may have an allergy to. I have to make sure I stay away from Goldenrod.

Whatever it is, hope you get it kicked in the butt soon and start feeling better. Congratulations on the new home and such caring men in your life!

erickajm · 08-18-2009, 04:03 AM

It started about a week or so before we moved so thankfully its not the new house. I will have to look into the fungal infection. I am hoping this stronger medicine will work before I go and break another rib..

Thanks for the well wishes!

Connie · 08-18-2009, 06:33 AM

Gosh...I feel so bad for you. Sometimes those nasty sinus infections can be so hard to get rid of. Several times I've had them where my antibiotics don't work, so I go to my chiropractor and get acupuncture. It takes two times and it's gone. I hope and pray you start seeing improvement very quickly. That broken rib has to be so painful, and that on top of the other symptoms you are having...you must feel so miserable. Hugs to you...I'll say a prayer for you!

chachi · 08-18-2009, 06:44 AM

I am sorry your feeling so badly. We have had the same thing going around our house for about two weeks now. I have been coughikng nonstop. My Husband had more of the sinus infection and had terrible headaches. I hope your feeling better soon

erickajm · 08-18-2009, 12:57 PM

Thanks for the well wishes. Its amazing how much beating a body goes through... Unbelievable that I could break a rib from coughing. Hopefully within the next couple of weeks things will start healing. I am being told that sinus infections are rough this year.

PiePiper · 08-18-2009, 01:17 PM

So sorry you're not feeling well. I had a bad sinus infection like that a couple of years ago but luckily didn't have severe coughing. I would take the antibiotics but nothing seem to make me feel better. Finally went to an Ear, Nose, Throat specialist and after cultures and biopsy found I had Staph infection in my sinuses. It was a matter of finding the right antibiotic for the staph.

Josie's Mom · 08-18-2009, 01:29 PM

Oh my goodness, that does sound like a very rough weekend.
Hopefully everything will start to get better.

Sending well wishes to you,

manolos mom · 08-18-2009, 01:51 PM

Sorry you have been feeling so bad. Glad you are all settled in your new home.

RowdysMom · 08-18-2009, 04:03 PM

Did they check you for whooping cough. Adults can get it and our vaccinations we took as a child are pretty much gone. I've known several adults in central Texas who have had whooping cough. I'm pretty sure I did too, a few years ago, but I didn't go to the doc, so it was not diagnosed.

RowdysMom · 08-18-2009, 04:20 PM

I copied the Mayo Clinic website on whooping cough in adults, and I think you have every sign/symptoms - including ruptured eye vessels and broken ribs!

Whooping cough - MayoClinic.com

Rudys Mom · 08-18-2009, 05:51 PM

I hope you feel better soon.

erickajm · 08-18-2009, 10:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RowdysMom

I copied the Mayo Clinic website on whooping cough in adults, and I think you have every sign/symptoms - including ruptured eye vessels and broken ribs!

Whooping cough - MayoClinic.com

I haven't read the article yet... going there after I post. It is funny you should mention whooping cough because my father said something like that after hearing me coughing over the phone... thanks for the link!

08-17-2009, 08:15 PM	#1
erickajm Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Central Pennsylvania Posts: 3,200	My Weekend was complete Poo! So, as far as I know, I've never really suffered from a sinus infection. I have seasonal allergies and will get stopped up from time to time and I have been down the path of bronchitis, especially when I used to smoke! I have been to hell and back with this one. It started about a month ago. I started with a mild cough. Didn't really notice much drainage, no fever, no congestion.. just a kind of weird cough in my chest. This cough wasn't raspy but I thought it was weird because my "colds" always start in my head first...anywho, after a week I reluctantly went to the doctors where she said it was due to sinuses and that I had a lot of drainage. Also, it could be my esophagus spasming causing me to cough harder and longer. Antibiotics, cough syrup with codeine to sleep, pay my $15 and out the door. Two weeks later (this past Thursday) the cough is only getting worse but still no fevers, congestion or any of the like.. However, I have managed to blacken my eyelid and bust a vein in my eye coughing and my back is now killing me. I go back to the Dr. and she gives me a stronger antibiotic, steroids, cough pills.. I pay my $15 and out the door. Friday I go to work, feel like poo.. my eye is now totally red from the corner to where the green in my eye is... I go about my day. Get off work and as I am talking to my DH.. I tell him that maybe if it doesn't get better by tomorrow (Sat) that I will visit the hospital... just in case my Dr. doesn't have a clue (like usual). As I say this, I start coughing up a lung and have to adjust my body so that I don't pee myself ( hee hee.. I cough that hard!) Well, all of the sudden, BAM! I bust a rib.. go to the ER where we take a slew of Xrays to confirm what I am telling them is a broken rib (mind you, its from coughing?!?) The xray tech had horrible breathe. One shot in the bum, pain pills $35 later I walk out... So... I have a house that we just moved into one week ago that needs paint so we can lay down the floors, boxes unpacked, school clothes bought, mom & dad are coming in town tomorrow. Kids are starting school in one week. I have two bloody eyes, yellowish eyelids, one broken rib, a bruised rib on the opposite side... whew, oh but I did forget one thing! My husband has been the best care taker I could ask for and even the boys helped out (some)! I love my boys & my new house! Whew, that was a long one... I must have needed to get that one out! __________________ Zoe Peppee Brady EARL!

08-17-2009, 08:56 PM	#2
FlDebra Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: FL Posts: 7,651	Wow -- sorry to hear you have been so sick! Glad you have some great guys taking care of you though (family not the medical types). If antibiotics are not helping you might want to consider a fungal infection. They can set up in the sinuses and be a devil to cure, especially if they do not know what they are looking at. Hope it is not something in your new house that you might be allergic too. Make sure you check around well for any mold, mildew or dampness. Is there new carpeting? I have heard of some being allergic to new carpet (fibers or adhesives). Any plants that you have not noticed before? Sometimes a new property brings new plants that you may have an allergy to. I have to make sure I stay away from Goldenrod. Whatever it is, hope you get it kicked in the butt soon and start feeling better. Congratulations on the new home and such caring men in your life! __________________ FlDebra and her ABCs Annie, Ben, Candy Promoting Healthy Breeding to the AKC Yorkshire Terrier Standard

08-18-2009, 04:03 AM	#3
erickajm Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Central Pennsylvania Posts: 3,200	It started about a week or so before we moved so thankfully its not the new house. I will have to look into the fungal infection. I am hoping this stronger medicine will work before I go and break another rib.. Thanks for the well wishes! __________________ Zoe Peppee Brady EARL!

08-18-2009, 06:33 AM	#4
Connie Loved by Maddie & Libby Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: North Dakota Posts: 10,732	Gosh...I feel so bad for you. Sometimes those nasty sinus infections can be so hard to get rid of. Several times I've had them where my antibiotics don't work, so I go to my chiropractor and get acupuncture. It takes two times and it's gone. I hope and pray you start seeing improvement very quickly. That broken rib has to be so painful, and that on top of the other symptoms you are having...you must feel so miserable. Hugs to you...I'll say a prayer for you! __________________ Custom doggie dresses and vests Memory is a country where I can go to see your face - but where do I go when I miss your embrace?

08-18-2009, 06:44 AM	#5
chachi I Love My Yorkies Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana Posts: 37,147	I am sorry your feeling so badly. We have had the same thing going around our house for about two weeks now. I have been coughikng nonstop. My Husband had more of the sinus infection and had terrible headaches. I hope your feeling better soon __________________ Chachi's & Jewels Mom Jewels http://www.dogster.com/?132431 Chachi http://www.dogster.com/?132427

08-18-2009, 12:57 PM	#6
erickajm Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Central Pennsylvania Posts: 3,200	Thanks for the well wishes. Its amazing how much beating a body goes through... Unbelievable that I could break a rib from coughing. Hopefully within the next couple of weeks things will start healing. I am being told that sinus infections are rough this year. __________________ Zoe Peppee Brady EARL!

08-18-2009, 01:17 PM	#7
PiePiper Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Connecticut Posts: 759	So sorry you're not feeling well. I had a bad sinus infection like that a couple of years ago but luckily didn't have severe coughing. I would take the antibiotics but nothing seem to make me feel better. Finally went to an Ear, Nose, Throat specialist and after cultures and biopsy found I had Staph infection in my sinuses. It was a matter of finding the right antibiotic for the staph. __________________ Mom to Piper & Chipper

08-18-2009, 01:29 PM	#8
Josie's Mom Jojo's & Junior's too! Donating YT Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Watsonville, CA Posts: 1,379	Oh my goodness, that does sound like a very rough weekend. Hopefully everything will start to get better. Sending well wishes to you, __________________ Josie, Jojo, Junior & Veronica ...No Home is Complete Without a Yorkie...or Two...better make that 3!..

08-18-2009, 01:51 PM	#9
manolos mom Donating YT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 7,982	Sorry you have been feeling so bad. Glad you are all settled in your new home. __________________ Ethical Breeders follow and support http://www.ytca.org/

08-18-2009, 04:03 PM	#10
RowdysMom Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Central Texas Posts: 2,624	Did they check you for whooping cough. Adults can get it and our vaccinations we took as a child are pretty much gone. I've known several adults in central Texas who have had whooping cough. I'm pretty sure I did too, a few years ago, but I didn't go to the doc, so it was not diagnosed. __________________ Rex & Rowdy's Mom

08-18-2009, 04:20 PM	#11
RowdysMom Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Central Texas Posts: 2,624	I copied the Mayo Clinic website on whooping cough in adults, and I think you have every sign/symptoms - including ruptured eye vessels and broken ribs! Whooping cough - MayoClinic.com __________________ Rex & Rowdy's Mom

08-18-2009, 05:51 PM	#12
Rudys Mom Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Lancaster, PA Posts: 4,327	I hope you feel better soon. __________________ Rudy, Zoey & Buster's mom (Dawn) Rest In Peace my precious Gracie girl & Lucky buddie Dogster:http://www.dogster.com/dogs/382659 & http://www.dogster.com/dogs/497315