Well enough to get 'normal' sick....lol!

KathiM
KathiM Member Posts: 8,028 Member
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
So, I have been down for the count for the last 4 days from bronchitis. YIKES!!! I feel like every time I cough, I'm bring up a lung!!!! For me, I've been lucky to be healthy (well all the small stuff...lol...not the big stuff like cancer) for all of my life, and so this has got me down on the couch!

I went to the doctor yesterday (who was the one who found my cancer), and his nurse said with a smile on her face, "Isn't it great to be well enough to get 'normal' illnesses?"....made my day!

Hug, Kathi

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  • AnneCan
    AnneCan Member Posts: 3,673 Member
    #2
    Sorry for the bronchitis, Kathi!
    I hope you feel better very soon!
  • Lori-S
    Lori-S Member Posts: 1,277 Member
    #3
    Kathi
    Am I suppose to say congratulations on the Bronchitis? Sheesh ... some people want congratulations for just about anything! (wink wink)

    I hope you are feeling better soon and congratulations on the bronchitis.

    ☺
  • Lovekitties
    Lovekitties Member Posts: 3,364 Member
    #4
    Feel Better Soon
    Isn't it funny what can make us feel 'normal'.

    Rest up and feel better soon.

    Hugs

    Marie who loves kitties
  • msccolon
    msccolon Member Posts: 1,917 Member
    #5
    bronchitis blecccchhhh!
    hope you are feeling better soon! Get some of that prescription cough medicine, it always knocks it right out for me! It most certainly is wonderful that you are healthy enough to get "normal sick"!
    mary
  • lisa42
    lisa42 Member Posts: 3,625 Member
    #6
    perspective
    Hi Kathi,

    I do hope you get well soon from the bronchitis!
    I was on antibiotics last week from some kind of cold/infection/tonsillitis or something (they never did check for strept)- thought my tonsils were going to close up the throat and that I'd cough my head off. I feel pretty normal again, as of yesterday (the zithromax took care of it w/in 3 days).

    Yeah, it's all your perspective, isn't it? To the average person, bronchitis is terrible (it still is to us), but when you compare it to going into the dr. for something like cancer, well it's nothing!
    Funny how a "normal" illness can make you feel "normal", lol!

    Take care and get well!
    Lisa
  • abrub
    abrub Member Posts: 2,174 Member
    #7
    I never got "normal sick"
    I never got "normal sick" during treatment. I used to joke that I was the healthiest I'd ever been while I was being treated for cancer! Go figure!

    Feel better soon. Bronchitis is no fun. I'm back to having my annual bout of it (I skipped it my chemo year!)

    Hug,
    Alice
  • lisa42
    lisa42 Member Posts: 3,625 Member
    #8
    abrub said:

    I never got "normal sick"
    I never got "normal sick" during treatment. I used to joke that I was the healthiest I'd ever been while I was being treated for cancer! Go figure!

    Feel better soon. Bronchitis is no fun. I'm back to having my annual bout of it (I skipped it my chemo year!)

    Hug,
    Alice

    me too
    Me too, Alice- the throat infection/cough/tonsillitis that I had last week was the first time I've had something like that in the whole 3-1/2 yrs since my diagnosis. Other than this, I think I've had minor colds 3 times and that's it. Before treating for cancer, I used to get a slew of colds, sore throats, laryngitis, and some kind of flu bug every year. It's weird that I got "healthier" in that aspect after being diagnosed with cancer!
  • KathiM
    KathiM Member Posts: 8,028 Member
    #9
    abrub said:

    I never got "normal sick"
    I never got "normal sick" during treatment. I used to joke that I was the healthiest I'd ever been while I was being treated for cancer! Go figure!

    Feel better soon. Bronchitis is no fun. I'm back to having my annual bout of it (I skipped it my chemo year!)

    Hug,
    Alice

    During treatment, my sinus headaches disappeared...
    I mentioned this to my onc...she said, in severe cases of migraines, chemo is given as treatment...

    So, yes, me, too...I was better then....

    Hugs, Kathi
  • tootsie1
    tootsie1 Member Posts: 5,044 Member
    #10
    *grins*
    I'm sorry you're sick, but the nurse made an interesting observation, didn't she? I'm glad you're just "normal" sick!

    *hugs*
    Gail
  • idlehunters
    idlehunters Member Posts: 1,787 Member
    #11
    tootsie1 said:

    *grins*
    I'm sorry you're sick, but the nurse made an interesting observation, didn't she? I'm glad you're just "normal" sick!

    *hugs*
    Gail

    Hey Kathy!!!
    How the heck you doing girl??? I mean besides the sick crap..... been behavin yourself??? Hows your dauta??? hows ya mama??? Who's your Daddy???? LMAO..... sorry...just being silly..... take care of yourself.

    Jennie

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