catarrh - gallons of it !! make it go away !

[lulumama]

Right

got a stinking cold , followed by laryngitis at christmas time

then got conjunctivitis, just after that..around new year...

then ahd a break of around 10 days

then got another absolutely stinking rotten cold

absolutey full of snot. gone through 2 boxes tissues and several hankies, nose so sore...throat sore, sound really bunged up

feel rubbish as sleeping badly as i cannot breathe very well

tried lemsip, paracetomal,( not together!) , honey and lemon drinks, went thorugh an entire bottle of squeezy honey last week...

olbas oil , steam etc

nothing is working!

do i go to the docs..for a cold????

bought a bottle of tonic from the chemists, multi vits and iron, and then dropped it on my front step and smashed it !!! grrrrrrrr

eating lots of home cooked soup and tomato based stuff for extra vits and anti oxidants, but not working

hellpppppp!!

my nose will come off, i know it !

garlic capsules are supposed to be good for getting rid of catarrh,ive had this bug and its hard to get rid of,hope you feel better soon.

thank you ! will go to chemists tomorrow !x

I'm following you tonight aren't I .

A friend recommended a mixture of (I think) lemon, honey, cardamom, ginger - all mixed together with hot water. It has you hawking horribly and spitting up the most revolting stuff but is very effective.

sounds delicious !! am already coughing so much in the morning i am on the verge of throwing up! nice....

shall i go to the docs> might i have an infection> or would i feel worse??

i too have a terrible cough and had a cold and before that tonsilitus all in the space of two months!!

don;t bother going to the docs or not mine anyway you'll just get told to sit in a steamy room, he wouldn't even give me antibiotics for tonsilitus? (until i burst into tears )

lots of onions,garlic and ginger.
Manuka honey is fab for sore throats.
Poor Lulu
)))))))))))waves magic wand & Lulu is miraculously cured of all ailments)))))))*

have you ever tried vicks sinex, you know the stuff you sniff up your nose. i swear by it, just to help you thtough the day. that and a brew of lemons, cloves, ginger and honey that my old indian flatmate used to knock up for us when we were sick. aaah, bliss.

hmm, maybe it was cloves, not cardamom...
maybe both.

what about steaming? That might help the catarrh I think. And cut down on your dairy intake for a bit was the advise I was given.
Hope you get better soon.

cardamom sounds nice too, i'd bung the lot in.

yes definately cut down/out the dairy.
Drink loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooots of warm water.x

Yep. Dairy. That's what I was going to say. It worked for me and two of my ds's.

One of my ds's used to make enough snot, daily, to fill a large bucket. He used to sneeze out great ropes of it blasting them across the room. In desperation I took him to a witch doctor, I mean naturopath, just before he started school and she suggested cutting out dairy. Miraculous. He's snot-free.

He has a bit of dairy now and again but nothing like what he used to have.

thank you very much...nice wand lullaby !!!

spidermama.......ewwww..i am not quite that bad !!! no ribbons of snot here !

i will try the honey/ spice drinks

cutting down on dairy too

thanks very much xxxxx

sorry to hear that you are poorly again lulu....

Not sure doc will be any good to you - unless you suffer from sinus problems. (my sinusus got infected almost everytime I had a cold, so at one point I had to go on antibiotics every time I got a cold just to ensure that I didn't get an infection)..

Is the phylem on your chest or just your head? if check I would also go as you have had it a long time... (as you know I was given antib last week for a chest infection and its not nice)..

Hope you get better very soon - you must be very run, get that DH of yours to give you more days off....

take care

thanks heifer...actually feeling a bit easier this morning,,think things finally improving !