Anybody else sick? (Read 725 times)

Came down with bronchitis starting March 6th. Was bed ridden for 5 days. I just have no energy. Today I had to take a nap in the storage room at work. I can't believe I am still sick. Would you go to the doctor? Anybody else want to vent? I had been working so hard to build up my miles and now all my hard work is slipping away. makes me so sad.

Rest Rest Rest

Does that mean don't run? Because I've been running with little walking breaks. I lay down for awhile, and feel fine but get exhausted quckly. Yesterday I ran 4 but the rest of the day stayed in bed. I am hardly coughing and only have a minor cold. Loosing my base sucks Am I really going to get better if I don't run?

You can be active within reason. If you don't have a fever, you can run but all slow runs. Walking breaks are great. Obviously, you need to drop your miles and intensity. Try to listen to your body and not push. Make sure you are nutritionally sound and getting 8 hours of sleep.

Daycare has kicked our collective asses.

Daycare is brutal. Only one of my children went through daycare and it wasn't until then that our family got to experience so many different sicknesses; pink eye (many times), hand & foot disease, strep, lots of colds which led to lots of ear infections, stomach bugs (once, 5 of us had this at the same time, my husband didn't want to come home from work that day!), sinus infections, etc. I finally took my youngest out of daycare for 6 months and found another center and from that point on he did much better. This year we've been kind of lucky. My youngest (who tends to be the one to get sick anyhow), had a relentless virus with a fever that lasted 8 days. I had a version of that same bug with a low fever for about 4 days. Youngest also had ear infections twice. Other than that, our house has been pretty healthy this winter so I can't complain really.

I am sick of this tightness in my chest and coughing. Sick of it. Feel so bad for people with asthma..could not imagine. This cough will go away right?

Thanks Trent, Doc gave me Pro-Air inhaler 10 days ago but it is not helping. I made an appointment for Monday to see my doc; waiting for him because he's a runner and will not give me hell for running through this. Sometimes I'm fine, other times I wheeze like someone with asthma - not fun. Thanks again!!!

Albuterol treats the symptom. Most folks who need albuterol for an acute illness really need a steroid (pills or shot, not inhaled) to treat the underlying inflammation.

Albuterol treats the symptom. Most folks who need albuterol for an acute illness really need a steroid (pills or shot, not inhaled) to treat the underlying inflammation.

What about for EIA? I do have occasional asthma issues when my allergies are particularly bad, but most of my problems come on with exercise. What's the most useful treatment in that situation? I'm on Singulair (for both asthma and allergies), but I'm not sure that it really does a lot, either. Both the inhaler and the Singulair help, but not as well as I had hoped.