Aw, Becky, I'm so sorry to hear how this is pounding you. I haven't forgotten what it feels like! I got so exhausted I could barely get out of bed, but being in bed makes the coughing worse, but if you get up, all you want to do is go back to bed! Aaaaaagh.
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I've been on Zythromax for 5 days and I'm feeling worse! How is that possible??
The antibiotics really don't do much of anything to help pertussis. It's entirely possible you feel worse because the darned thing has to run its course, and it gets progressively worse for a long time. The good news? It DOES eventually get better.
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Did you go to work when you had it??
Fortunately for me, my office is in my home. I'm an editor and webgoddess. So I didn't have to go anywhere or annoy anyone -- only my dog -- but I was sure worrying people on the phone.
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Did your hubby (are you married?) have to get a booster shot?
Not married. The problem with shots is that they are NOT effective for adults. There are two pharmaceutical companies who have developed adult booster shots and federal approval for that is pending. The shots you get as a kid wear off totally by the time you're in your 20s. Bummer.
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how did you figure out where and when you got exposed??
Man, that took me WEEKS to figure out. It was like a mystery game trying to put it together. Here's the key: you can't just casually get it. Someone sneezing on you or coughing on you won't do it. You have to be in very close contact for at least several HOURS in order to get it. I really had to think that over for a long time. Finally I remembered: I spent a half day cooped up in a Chevy Suburban with a woman AND her two kids, all three of them coughing, driving from Missoula to Great Falls, then several hours the next day with them driving from there over past Lewistown. They coughed the whole time. She said they had bronchitis. I didn't start coughing till more than two weeks later, but it all finally came clear when I remembered that trip.
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beautiful pictures on the website for that trail ride you did.
Yes, indeedy, that was really the experience of a lifetime. I built the website for the Nez Perce National Historic Trail, and my boss sent me on that trip -- nicest "fringe benefit" I ever got!! I am broken-hearted that I didn't get to go this year. I'm not sure I could even get ON a horse now, much less ride 24 miles of rough country in the 100-degree heat! But maybe next year.
Hang in there, punkin, and take it easy, I know how rough pertussis is, but it WILL eventually go away .......
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