sounds daft, but I have a bad cold... what meds can I take?

[coops 1,790]

Hello fellow sleevers,

I woke up yesterday morning feeling like someone had driven a car over my head... yes I know that sounds dramatic, but it is true.

Some might call it man flu, I call it a head cold with a touch of sinus. I have a chronic, non stop headache, chesty cough, dry and sore throat (especially when I eat, drink or talk) and blocked nose that still manages to run! Picture the scene of beauty and health eh????? That doesn't even touch on the tiredness and moods! :sad0:

This horrible feeling is really getting me down; for several reasons.

Firstly, I have no idea what meds I can take with my new tummy -paracetamol doesn't work with me - so there is no point taking that!

Then there is the issue of lack of energy, which is leading to no motivation and the craving of carbs!

On top of that, just to make me feel a whole lot better ... NOT ... my monthly cycle is here after an absence of 12 weeks...

I just feel like my body is fighting with my mind and doing its best to wind me up and I am getting on my own nerves!

ANy words of wisdom would be appreciated...

[Jordien 30]

Knock yourself out with sleeping pills for 3 days and wake up then when the worst is over? ugh... j/k obviously.

Mucinex makes a child's version in a little "fastmelts" package. You just put them on your tongue and they dissolve. Mucinex works best for congestion, so that's why that's my first thought, though I wonder if it will irritate your stomach? I'd also say get a 12-hour thing to knock you out at night. sleep will be the best thing. My doc. gives me Tussi-12. It's a small pill.. cough thing mostly but also has antihistimine that knocks me out. Not sure what else you can do except the obvious TONS of Water and fluids. Feel better!!!

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Hey Jordien,

thanks... I have been getting as much rest as I can... nanna napping all day! Yea, I've upped my fluids and taken some flu meds but still feel like poo... oh well... a bit more sleep it is then!!

[chilo1 62]

I had a cold a few weeks ago and took what I usually take, one of that have different pills for night and diff for day. Not much to do with flu though, just rest, fluids, and try not to give in to cravings, hope you get better soon!

[coops 1,790]

Thanks Chilo...

My boy was off school a week or so ago, really poorly! And this seems to be going around our school too... early on in the term for flu but there you are... I just feel incredibly depleted of all energy!

My hubby reckons that my immune system is low and that is why I have caught it and am suffering, I haven't had the flu like this for years!

I enjoyed some carbs yesterday, a bit of toast... but today I can't think about food!

[BlackBerryJuice 349]

I'm in the exact same boat - brutal sore throat (can barely speak), feeling crappy overall, AND just got my period this morning. I feel like I have a fever, but I don't. Did I mention I also signed up for unlimited bootcamp starting tomorrow AND I have a final exam on Friday covering everything we learned in the last 6 weeks?

I popped some ibuprofen for the period cramps and in hopes of making my throat less sore. If you have a lot of chest congestion, one of my favorite things is Robitussin - it really liquifies everything (including mucus in your nose, so it won't be as plugged).

[peatie 4]

humidifier to loosen up all the gunk, tons of fluids (incl ones that include electrolytes at least once/day), neti pot...

[M2G 1,836]

I don't think it is a bad question at ALL! I'm going to ask my NUT about it on Tues. when I visit.

I was under the impression that we were to swear off all ibuprofen for life? Am I wrong? I know I am to not take it within a month before surgery and directly after is a no-no as well. We were told that rapid release Tylenol would now be our pain reliever of "choice"...hummm.

My personal opinion is that since the sleeve is so new, that they are sort of just now writing the "rule" book so to speak. Seems like a lot of my surgeon's stuff has been mostly adapted from the bypass people's rule book (although I know some of the stuff is the same whether you are band, bypass or sleeve.)

I'm curious to find out what sort of cold meds are ok with the sleeve!

[coops 1,790]

I don't think it is a bad question at ALL! I'm going to ask my NUT about it on Tues. when I visit.

I was under the impression that we were to swear off all ibuprofen for life? Am I wrong? I know I am to not take it within a month before surgery and directly after is a no-no as well. We were told that rapid release Tylenol would now be our pain reliever of "choice"...hummm.

Hey,

glad we are on the same page here... will you please let me know what your NUT says... I am gonna ring my surgeon tomorrow and ask too... I've taken some anadin and a lemsip and feel ok but I do worry about what meds we can take now!

I hate taken them anyway, so I don't really want to stress over this cos it will make it worse... I really do feel awful!

[coops 1,790]

Well it is nearly a week later and I don't feel much better... the sinus issue has gone, but my cough is absolutely criminal and I have now lost my voice... I seriously feel like crap!!

Mommy,

did you ask your NUT on tuesday about cold relief and meds? =]

[feedyoureye 3,087]

Sounds like I have the same thing 4 days in. its heading to my chest...and still get a great snotty blow now and then, yuck! I have tryed to sleep on and off all 4 days, hoping it would cut short the nasty thing...hate to blow my whole weekend..so much to do! I tryed some "natural" imune syrup-... then went in for some of the hard stuff.. Robatussin cherry cough syrup....extra vitaminC too. Ricola cough drops. piles of snot rags....blah! I had to get a excuse letter from my Dr for missing work...she thanked me for not spreading it far and wide. Get better soon.