He had 2 weeks of antibiotics
2 days off them
another 2 weeks on......day 13 & he has another chest infection
So I will speak to Papworth tomorrow & I guess get 2 more weeks of AB's
Rotten nasty bugs I wish they would go away
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So pissed off with the bugs in DH chest
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KatyMac · 30/08/2010 15:35
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mankyscotslass ·
01/09/2010 21:40
Persistent chest infections are awful.
My DM has Bronchieatacsis and is very ill as soon as any bug hits her chest, she has Lupus too, so her immune system is shot anyway.
She is on antibiotics 3 times a week permanently, plus steroids for her Lupus (which they can't get her off, every time they try she gets another infection)
She has been in hospital with chest infections at least 2-3 times a year for the last 5 years.
I hope your DH improves soon.
CarGirl ·
01/09/2010 21:42
thought this would be you. Hope you make it to Egham for the weekend x
TitsalinaBumSquash ·
01/09/2010 21:46
DS has Cipro suspension when he gets pseudomonas its so sickly sweet i like to lick to spoon 
I am a Antibiotic guru! DS has Azithromycin, Cipro, Gentamicin, Tobramycin, Ceftazidime and Colomycin... i like to impress my friends by reeling off the long names of them! 
TitsalinaBumSquash ·
01/09/2010 21:47
Oh, sorry to hear that, im not going to pretend i know anything about it! I hope he is feeling better soon. 
mankyscotslass ·
01/09/2010 22:03
DM has Azithromycin, 3 times a week....seems to help a bit, but usally any sniffle ends in a serious chest infection.
She has been told to treat all colds like a chest infection, but won't. 
TBH, like she said to her consultants, perhaps if she stayed in doors and away from her 3 young petriedishes grandchildren, she would be better, but what life is that?
Physio left mum 
as her other conditions limit what can be done, and so they kept asking her for ideas.
It must be hard for all of you.
TitsalinaBumSquash ·
01/09/2010 22:19
tudorrose - Does your DD do tablets yet, or is she still tiny? DS can do them he just wont.
Oh and if you discover the art of getting them to comply with physio do share, DS is a little sod with his and I'm getting kicked/punched in the face daily. He wasn't diagnosed until he was nearly 3 so he isn't very compliant with anything.
tudorrose ·
01/09/2010 22:28
No tablets yet she is only 2yr 6m. Physio was fine till she hit 2, she was diagnosed at four weeks so she never knew any different but now it can be awful! Its just another thing to shout "NOOOOO" to like refusing to eat the lovingly prepared meals containing all the millions of calories she needs. The joys of two year olds. If we can manage two episodes of Peppa Pig while we do it we consider ourselves lucky!
TitsalinaBumSquash ·
01/09/2010 22:41
Im havng to bribe DS with the Wii for all things treatment related but he does bounce all of the time whilst playing it so its kinda Physio i guess.
Does your DH have Percusiion for Physio Katie? Ds does and he is always screaming 'your hurting meeeee, your breaking my arms off'
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KatyMac ·
01/09/2010 22:54
He rarely coughs (big problem)
He rarely does the proper physio (big problem) - but the nice ladies at the hospital agree moving is the most important thing
He doesn't have to nearly as much as kids with CF as his problem is different but we are looking into working out how to have him upside down which would apparently help a couple of times a day 
ps he is 58 on Friday.........
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