WS is still sick. He has been sick since last March. He gets better for a while, but never is completely free of the crud, then he gets worse again. He has been in the "worse again" stage for the last two weeks. That is why I am up at this time of night.
He is up coughing and hacking and blowing his nose. He has literally been thru 3 large boxes of Puffs in 1 week. He is hacking up huge globs of crud throughout the day. He has had no sense of smell and hasn't been able to taste anything since March.
He went to the doc again last Tuesday and they could come up with nothing useful. Once again they reccommended allergy medicine (OTC). He has been taking allergy medicine for months - trying different stuff, of which none work. The also gave him antibiotics - the same antibiotics they started him on in March. The same antibiotics that did nothing, as did the next batch of antibiotics that they tried. They also gave him a nasal saline spray, which seems to do nothing.
I told WS last month that he should ask to be referred to an Eye, Ear and Throat specialist. He hasn't done so. He says he will do so this week. I sure hope so because as much as it is keeping me up at night, it is doing a worse number on him.
Poor guy! Poor you!
Posted by: Cop Car | August 20, 2007 at 12:27 PM
WS called the doc again on Tuesday. Today they left a message that he should go to have a CT scan done and has an appointment tomorrow morning. Hopefully it will provide some insight!
Posted by: Bogie | August 23, 2007 at 07:10 PM
My sympathies. I've been there, it's miserable. Hope they find an answer for him soon.
Posted by: rita | August 24, 2007 at 06:11 AM
Ouch!
Believe it or not, I have had chronic crud like that caused or made worse by infected teeth.
I also had crud like that where reflux was a huge factor, causing the bad cough and interacting with the sinuses, which in turn tickle the reflux. I was that way for years, everyone baffled, until a customer I was helping when I did Word support told me what my cough sounded like. Not a doctor, but she worked for doctors.
Posted by: Jay | August 24, 2007 at 08:15 AM
Jay - that gives us something to think about. WS's teeth are fine (his next dentist appointment is next week so that should confirm that he has no infection there). However, I'll have to ask him about reflux.
Rita - thanks for the sympathies, WS needs all he can get because I'm too busy feeling sorry for myself - LOL!
The results won't be back until the middle of next week, so it is still a waiting game so far.
Posted by: Bogie | August 25, 2007 at 07:04 AM