I'm sick and I can't sing $#@#%

[ido1957]

Sinus cold all week... Sleep eludes me and singing is impossible. Out shovelling snow for three hours today - 14 inches - and feels like it's dropped into my upper chest now. I have to go out again at 8 to shovel once more before doing it all over again tomorrow.
$#$%^& Thank god I have no gigs...

Probably need to go to the doctor for meds next week - if I can get down the street in this snow. Oh yeah I pushed a few cars today too...

 

[JB's Studio]

Ouch. Get well. Have some warm brandy. Hot tea w/ honey. It may not make you well, but you'll at least catch a buzz. Down in the chest, though keep an eye on it. Mucinex really helps. You may need a Z-pack or two. My voice coach has been fighting some bronchitis stuff for about 6 weeks.

 

[buzzard bass]

Move to Utah, it's a chronic deal, the air quality here is the worst in the US. Especially now due to the inversion.

BTW, a Z-pack or two? Why two? One is an entire course of treatment, if it fails you need something different, however I don't suggest antibacterial meds on the net, if it gets real bad or last a ridiculous time go to a doctor, or NP, PA, whatever. Add to that azithromycin is not a drug of choice for a community caught lower respiratory infection, levofloxacin for pneumonia, doxycycline for bronchitis.

online prescribing, gotta love it.

 

[Lt. Bob]

I avoid getting sick by withdrawing from all human contact.

 

[buzzard bass]

Sorry, won't work.

 

[Lt. Bob]

Sorry, won't work.

has so far

 

[machineghost]

And stay out of the cold for goodness sake! That will only flame your condition. Get rest and some good flu medicine.

 

[ido1957]

And the verdict is in.......doctor says I now have Bronchitis. So it's 2 giant pills a day for a week and nasonex. Hoping this will be it...

CLARITHROMYCIN XL 500 MG

-29 C today and I got to walk a few blocks to work each day. Can't stop shovelling my walks or I get a fine from the city..

 

[rayc]

I can empathise Gerry. I had bronchitis for 3 months last year & was developing pneumonia on top of it. It too ages to shake - i actually had 9 days off work across three weeks as the situation became complicated by laryngitis. I DID NOT shovel snow I can tell you.
Think of the positives: you CAN sing: just not at the moment.
I can't sing: no matter how rude my health I have a bottomless bucket when it comes to carrying a tune.
i also have no sick leave for a few months as the allocation is retrospective of the last day taken.
Hopefully you'll have some leave if needed, an end to the snow, and a chance to rest your voice & EVERYTHING else!

 

[ido1957]

Thanks Ray - feeling better today. Glad I caught this before pneumonia. I had that as a teenager and it crippled me for 3 months. When I was real young they tested and said I was allergic to mold (i.e.penicillin). So I was stuck with some other drug that was useless - that's why the prolonged sickness. At some point in my late teens I just lied and said I was not allergic and "voila" I had no reaction. Quite a releif that I can take it.
To make matters worse, my bad shoulder/arm is acting up again. From shovelling so much snow - it's that muscle tear and/or bursitis acting up. Getting wife and daughter to help out with the shovelling as we're getting more this week.

 

[rayc]

Gerry,
As you walk to work pop on your walkman & listen to the new mixes, & the recent mastered version, of your songs - that'll get you humming & skipping.

 

[buzzard bass]

You're not taking Penicillin, you're on a macrolide. Not even remotely related.

 

[JB's Studio]

Wow. I'll put my flame suit on. Mentioning a Z-pack implied going to the doctor. I wasn't prescribing anything. I didn't know you could simply order anti-biotics over the internet. Never tried. Remind me again that on the internet I should not to say X when I mean X, but rather to say X + a bunch of crap and disclaimers. Z-pack isn't the drug of choice, but it's what I end up getting because I have an allergy to the preferred antibiotic.

Move to Utah, it's a chronic deal, the air quality here is the worst in the US. Especially now due to the inversion.

BTW, a Z-pack or two? Why two? One is an entire course of treatment, if it fails you need something different, however I don't suggest antibacterial meds on the net, if it gets real bad or last a ridiculous time go to a doctor, or NP, PA, whatever. Add to that azithromycin is not a drug of choice for a community caught lower respiratory infection, levofloxacin for pneumonia, doxycycline for bronchitis.

online prescribing, gotta love it.

 

[StevenJacksonMu]

Have a nice cup of tea and a bowl of hot Chicken Soup, it's an old remedy and it works.

YouTube - Goodbye (To You My Friend)

 

[ido1957]

Clarithromycin is a semi-synthetic macrolide antibiotic. Chemically, it is 6-0-methylerythromycin. The molecular formula is C38H69NO13, and the molecular weight is 747.96

I don't think Chicken soup will cure brochitis, thanks though. Out for 3.5 hours snowblowing my sidewalks and driveway. And moving snow so I have somewhere to put it for the next 2 months.