I think I had already mentioned that I was feeling about rough after Christmas and then on Saturday I woke up with a cold. By Sunday I felt quite sh!te to be honest and couldn't even lie down properly in bed as it just made me cough all the time, so I spent the night propped up to stop coughing.
The snot from my nose and mucus from my chest is never ending, I want to just stick a vacuum down there and suck it all out! I have little energy and I'm getting headaches from the coughing and my sinuses. So on Monday I called to start IV's, it's not going to sort it's self out and the longer I leave it the worse it will get, plus the doctor said to start them if I felt myself slipping. I've come to the conclusion they like to treat my exacerbation's (that's what they call it) as soon as possible, rather than see how it goes because there is generally only one way it's going to go, and it's not positive!
So I started IV's today, my fev1 is 42% so down 4% from last time but still quite good for me. My weight is up a tiny bit, which I knew it would be because my belly has been feeling slightly flabby and my trousers abit tight! They took a swab from my throat like they do every time, I'm 99.9% sure it will come back saying I have a virus! The doctor checked I'd had my flu jab, apparently alot of naughty patients haven't and have got flu and swine flu, some have it even though they have had the jab! I assured her I was the gold star patient and do everything I am told to do. She says it's fine to cut my iron tablets down to two a day which I've been doing for the past week or so, as they are what is causing my tummy problems.
That's about it! I'm on Colomycin and Ceftazidime and I also am the new owner of a pari pep, it's like a pep mask but a mouth piece rather than a mask. To be honest I don't think it's as good from my short practise with the physio earlier, but I'll give it a go. The only reason I have it is for vanity reasons, I complained the pep mask rubs my make up off which is a pain when I'm ready to go out and need to do my physio, it's also a pain when I have my glasses on as the mask pushes them up. So hence I have been provided a pari pep to try out.
Pari Pep below and Pep Mask at the bottom
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2 comments:
OH DEAR GEMMA, SO SORRY YOU ARE FEELING ROTTEN ,AND AT THE WEEKEND TO.THE WEATHER IS PRETTY ROTTEN SO STAY INDOORS AND KEEP WARM AND HOPEFULLY YOU WILL BE FEELING BETTER IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. NAN
Ah bugger. Hope the IVs send your bugs packing. It's never nice having IVs but at least it's at a rubbish time of the yeat so your not missing much. I think it's always better to stomp on the exacerbations early xx
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