Having a cough for the past 3 weeks. I

dry cough
I had dry cough and a bit of something comes up once in a while...do call your doc. though, sometimes the immune system is compromised and well a cold becomes pneomia pretty quickly. You shouldn't cough for 3 weeks without calling a doctor...soryy you are alone and worried, can you go on the chat? you will find someone there to chat with and it is always a comfort to me..we laugh and get silly and worry and cry togethere...so you don't have to feel alone..Sinee...just click on chat on the left in the box and it will take you there. easy as that..go to the doctors, stop putting it off, you are worth it...

SIROD said:

Dry Cough
I believe strongly that all dry coughs that continues over a 3 week period should be looked into.

I had a dry cough for over a year, believed it was a side effect of a drug I was using.

Turned into widespread pulmonary and pleural metastasis. It's worth looking into it. On the other hand it could be related to something very benign.

Best to yoou, Diana.

Doris

some meds will do this too
I'd call and check it out. Put your mind at ease.

camul said:

Diana,
Go and get it checked out! It is most likely nothing, but you want to be on the safe side. I know how much you love going to the doctor (laugh), but I would go and let them do a ct scan or x-ray! I am surprised the other half hasn't dragged you there!

Then let me know what they say!

love you,
Carol

Not everything is cancer
but it's where we always go first. Please get it checked to put your mind at ease. After you put your mind at ease, put ours there, too. There are a lot of reasons for a chronic cough, and it needs to be evaluated.

A good friend (breast cancer survivor) had emergency surgery last week for a bowel obstruction. The first thing she was told when she woke up was "it's not cancer".

She was a wreck, her husband (who happens to be a radiation oncologist) was a wreck, and the surgeon was on the look out. It wasn't cancer.

Hoping everything is ok.

Suzanne

Diana -- Before my diagnosis
Diana -- Before my diagnosis I had a dry cough that wouldn't go away. I was worried because I thought I had a lung infection. Got sick a lot too with the flu. But this cough was just dry, and nothing would come out. At times, I would have problems breathing - scary.

Then I was diagnosed January of this year, still with the cough (for like 4 months?). So I was going crazy because I thought it was cancer related. I asked for an xray. Clear. Then my dr. told me I must likely had stomach acid reflects. So they gave me prilosic for 2 weeks - had to finish everything. After that, the cough went away. Thank God!!!

If allergy-related, it helped me to drink a full glass of natural squeezed orange juice every morning, first thing. For some strange reason, it helps it so much. Might work for you too?

Please try not to panic. But do have it checked right away. Like the sisters said, could be nothing serious and you're worrying.

Good luck and keep us posted please.

SIROD said:

Dry Cough
I believe strongly that all dry coughs that continues over a 3 week period should be looked into.

I had a dry cough for over a year, believed it was a side effect of a drug I was using.

Turned into widespread pulmonary and pleural metastasis. It's worth looking into it. On the other hand it could be related to something very benign.

Best to yoou, Diana.

Doris

Call your doctor and let him
Call your doctor and let him know. It could be nothing, but, even so, I bet he can prescribe something to help with it.


Hugs, Debby