The state of my health-anyone averse to mucus&sputum look away now! My health has improved greatly recently-Ive been asthmatic since 1968,with the conditions extremes & ups&downs,but about 3-4 years ago after a bout of colds(after which I always had bad bronchitis) I developed a hacking cough which wouldnt go away and this eventually led to coughing up thick yellow sputum every morning-a disgustng & exhausting process which I had to do to clear my lungs & breathe.In addition my nose&sinus became full of this yellow mucus,and my life became a routine of expelling all this horrible stuff-I remarked to a consultant how I couldnt believe the amount of mucus & he exclaimed cheerfully Oh the body produces a litre of mucus a day! Over the last two years Ive been prescribed many 1 week courses of antibiotics which afforded temporary improvement but no cure from the resiliant virus which had made my lungs its home. I was oficially declared a COPD patient(Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) and assigned a copd nuse from the new Keyworth Medical Centre. About this time I met Helen & apologised for my coughing sputum ridden state Oh as an ex nurse Im used to old men with hacking coughs! said she. My copd nurse explained that short courses of antibiotics werent sufficient to kill off the the bug in my lungs and got me an appt with a pulmonary consultant at QMC Medical Centre,who prescribed a new fine powder inhaler(Flutiform) to try for 3 months,and after maybe a long course of low dosage antibiotic. Well that was 6 months ago and Ive been on the antibiotics about 2 months now-and everythings improved greatly,sputum&mucus almost gone,asthma just routine,no more debilitating expulsion of the nasty yellow stuff! And Id like to say thanks to the doctors at St Georges Medical Practice,Wendy & Liz my copd nurses,and the consultant at QMC Medical Centre who sorted me out(dont have his name to hand) -Oh yes..and my Night Nurse Helen!
Posted on: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 12:28:15 +0000
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