SM> seems...not  too bad during the day, but at night I don't get much
SM> sleep for long  coughing fits that have my chest and throat really
SM> sore.
 SA>      If you have been having this bad of a cough and congestion for more 
 SA> than 10 days to 2 weeks, it could be a bacterial 
 SA> infection (possibly bronchitis...yech).  If your health 
 SA> care plan will cover it, it may be worthwhile to stop 
 SA> and see a doctor for antibiotics to assist in getting 
 SA> it out of your system.  I would suggest that you argue 
My additional urges follow Sue's. I had a tango with Bronchitis last year, 
and it was a pain in the butt to kill. I was, once all was said and done, 
pretty much confined to the couch and generally useless from 1April (!) to 18 
May, give or take a day and a cough or hack here and there. 
Truly a debilitating, shut-you-down experience....
 SA> it out of your system.  I would suggest that you argue 
 SA> with them if they try to give you any of the "latest 
 SA> and greatest" antibiotics however... usually penicillin 
Sulfa drugs got the stuff out of my system, but not permanently. Erythromycin 
is what killed it for good.
 SA> varieties and sulfa varieties work just as well for 
 SA> those who are not allergic to them and I know (at least 
 SA> with sulfa) they are quite inexpensive.
This much is true.
 SA>      It's not alternative medicine, but there are times 
 SA> that western doctors might actually be useful...  
Gads, so is this.
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