Antibiotic (I.V.) Experiences

[ladybug]

hey, everyone.

so, i've been in now for about 9 days and most of the time i was coughing little up. my pft's were up 6% after a week. i didn't feel all that sick other than exhausted and loosing weight from hospital food.

now, today, i've started coughing up a lot of stuff... it feels just like when i'm at home, not on I.V.'s coughing stuff up. same consistency, color, etc. so, i'm getting really discouraged.

does anyone else have shifts during their IV med treatments? i.e. Maybe you're not coughing stuff up at the beginning and then cough tons up toward the end? Etc.??? I'm just curious if this is normal... usually, when I've been on IV meds for 2 weeks, I get drier and drier and by the time I get out I have little to NO cough for about a week or two and THEN it goes back to what it was before.

Can anyone share their experiences with IV meds with me? Do you always dry up by the time you leave? Does the extra coughing after 9 days mean good or bad??? I'm really concerned here.

Thank you so much for any experiences you care to share.

 

[ladybug]

hey, everyone.

so, i've been in now for about 9 days and most of the time i was coughing little up. my pft's were up 6% after a week. i didn't feel all that sick other than exhausted and loosing weight from hospital food.

now, today, i've started coughing up a lot of stuff... it feels just like when i'm at home, not on I.V.'s coughing stuff up. same consistency, color, etc. so, i'm getting really discouraged.

does anyone else have shifts during their IV med treatments? i.e. Maybe you're not coughing stuff up at the beginning and then cough tons up toward the end? Etc.??? I'm just curious if this is normal... usually, when I've been on IV meds for 2 weeks, I get drier and drier and by the time I get out I have little to NO cough for about a week or two and THEN it goes back to what it was before.

Can anyone share their experiences with IV meds with me? Do you always dry up by the time you leave? Does the extra coughing after 9 days mean good or bad??? I'm really concerned here.

Thank you so much for any experiences you care to share.

 

[ladybug]

hey, everyone.

so, i've been in now for about 9 days and most of the time i was coughing little up. my pft's were up 6% after a week. i didn't feel all that sick other than exhausted and loosing weight from hospital food.

now, today, i've started coughing up a lot of stuff... it feels just like when i'm at home, not on I.V.'s coughing stuff up. same consistency, color, etc. so, i'm getting really discouraged.

does anyone else have shifts during their IV med treatments? i.e. Maybe you're not coughing stuff up at the beginning and then cough tons up toward the end? Etc.??? I'm just curious if this is normal... usually, when I've been on IV meds for 2 weeks, I get drier and drier and by the time I get out I have little to NO cough for about a week or two and THEN it goes back to what it was before.

Can anyone share their experiences with IV meds with me? Do you always dry up by the time you leave? Does the extra coughing after 9 days mean good or bad??? I'm really concerned here.

Thank you so much for any experiences you care to share.

 

[ladybug]

hey, everyone.

so, i've been in now for about 9 days and most of the time i was coughing little up. my pft's were up 6% after a week. i didn't feel all that sick other than exhausted and loosing weight from hospital food.

now, today, i've started coughing up a lot of stuff... it feels just like when i'm at home, not on I.V.'s coughing stuff up. same consistency, color, etc. so, i'm getting really discouraged.

does anyone else have shifts during their IV med treatments? i.e. Maybe you're not coughing stuff up at the beginning and then cough tons up toward the end? Etc.??? I'm just curious if this is normal... usually, when I've been on IV meds for 2 weeks, I get drier and drier and by the time I get out I have little to NO cough for about a week or two and THEN it goes back to what it was before.

Can anyone share their experiences with IV meds with me? Do you always dry up by the time you leave? Does the extra coughing after 9 days mean good or bad??? I'm really concerned here.

Thank you so much for any experiences you care to share.

 

[ladybug]

hey, everyone.

so, i've been in now for about 9 days and most of the time i was coughing little up. my pft's were up 6% after a week. i didn't feel all that sick other than exhausted and loosing weight from hospital food.

now, today, i've started coughing up a lot of stuff... it feels just like when i'm at home, not on I.V.'s coughing stuff up. same consistency, color, etc. so, i'm getting really discouraged.

does anyone else have shifts during their IV med treatments? i.e. Maybe you're not coughing stuff up at the beginning and then cough tons up toward the end? Etc.??? I'm just curious if this is normal... usually, when I've been on IV meds for 2 weeks, I get drier and drier and by the time I get out I have little to NO cough for about a week or two and THEN it goes back to what it was before.

Can anyone share their experiences with IV meds with me? Do you always dry up by the time you leave? Does the extra coughing after 9 days mean good or bad??? I'm really concerned here.

Thank you so much for any experiences you care to share.

 

[Giggles]

Maybe the IV drugs are starting to break down the infection and in turn making your cough more productive and therefore you can get all that mucus out. I would think it is good your are more junky and coughing stuff up so you can get it out.


Feel better and hang in there!


Jennifer 35 years old with CF and CFRD

 

[Giggles]

Maybe the IV drugs are starting to break down the infection and in turn making your cough more productive and therefore you can get all that mucus out. I would think it is good your are more junky and coughing stuff up so you can get it out.


Feel better and hang in there!


Jennifer 35 years old with CF and CFRD

 

[Giggles]

Maybe the IV drugs are starting to break down the infection and in turn making your cough more productive and therefore you can get all that mucus out. I would think it is good your are more junky and coughing stuff up so you can get it out.


Feel better and hang in there!


Jennifer 35 years old with CF and CFRD

 

[Giggles]

Maybe the IV drugs are starting to break down the infection and in turn making your cough more productive and therefore you can get all that mucus out. I would think it is good your are more junky and coughing stuff up so you can get it out.


Feel better and hang in there!


Jennifer 35 years old with CF and CFRD

 

[Giggles]

Maybe the IV drugs are starting to break down the infection and in turn making your cough more productive and therefore you can get all that mucus out. I would think it is good your are more junky and coughing stuff up so you can get it out.


Feel better and hang in there!


Jennifer 35 years old with CF and CFRD

 

[JazzysMom]

I dont think its unusual. We often get tons of stuff stuck pretty good especially in the small airways. It takes awhile for that to break up.

Depending on how sick I am or what I am culturing depends on how "dry" I am when I leave the hospital &/or are done with iv's.

 

[JazzysMom]

I dont think its unusual. We often get tons of stuff stuck pretty good especially in the small airways. It takes awhile for that to break up.

Depending on how sick I am or what I am culturing depends on how "dry" I am when I leave the hospital &/or are done with iv's.

 

[JazzysMom]

I dont think its unusual. We often get tons of stuff stuck pretty good especially in the small airways. It takes awhile for that to break up.

Depending on how sick I am or what I am culturing depends on how "dry" I am when I leave the hospital &/or are done with iv's.

 

[JazzysMom]

I dont think its unusual. We often get tons of stuff stuck pretty good especially in the small airways. It takes awhile for that to break up.

Depending on how sick I am or what I am culturing depends on how "dry" I am when I leave the hospital &/or are done with iv's.

 

[JazzysMom]

I dont think its unusual. We often get tons of stuff stuck pretty good especially in the small airways. It takes awhile for that to break up.

Depending on how sick I am or what I am culturing depends on how "dry" I am when I leave the hospital &/or are done with iv's.

 

[lightNlife]

I've noticed that whenever I'm on IVs, there's sort of a pendulum effect going on. For the first few days when all those harsh abx are pouring into my system, I feel worse. I cough longer and harder, as the meds do their work. Then I really hit bottom. The side effects kick in, I start feeling even more tired, and I cough up some pretty foul looking gunk.

About a week into treatment. my FEV1 will make a pretty decent leap (about 6-10% or so) indicating that we're on the right track for wiping out the infection. Then my sputum starts getting lighter and thinner. That usually lasts another 6 days or so.

After that, when the antibiotics have worked well enough to deal with the top layer of mucus, I notice that I have to work harder again to cough. I start coughing up the army green dry plugs. That lasts a few days as well. Eventually, my FEV1 levels off, indicating that the infection is subsided, but the effects of it still linger in my body.

I picture the whole IV therapy process as being similar to cleaning the pool before it's first use in the summer. First you skim the top layer, getting rid of floating debris like leaves and dust. Then you have to add the chlorine to disinfect the water, but even after doing that, you still have to wait for the chlorine to work itself through the entire contents of the pool before it's safe to jump in.

<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> Glad to hear you're making forward progress. I hope you'll be able to put some weight back on again soon.

 

[lightNlife]

I've noticed that whenever I'm on IVs, there's sort of a pendulum effect going on. For the first few days when all those harsh abx are pouring into my system, I feel worse. I cough longer and harder, as the meds do their work. Then I really hit bottom. The side effects kick in, I start feeling even more tired, and I cough up some pretty foul looking gunk.

About a week into treatment. my FEV1 will make a pretty decent leap (about 6-10% or so) indicating that we're on the right track for wiping out the infection. Then my sputum starts getting lighter and thinner. That usually lasts another 6 days or so.

After that, when the antibiotics have worked well enough to deal with the top layer of mucus, I notice that I have to work harder again to cough. I start coughing up the army green dry plugs. That lasts a few days as well. Eventually, my FEV1 levels off, indicating that the infection is subsided, but the effects of it still linger in my body.

I picture the whole IV therapy process as being similar to cleaning the pool before it's first use in the summer. First you skim the top layer, getting rid of floating debris like leaves and dust. Then you have to add the chlorine to disinfect the water, but even after doing that, you still have to wait for the chlorine to work itself through the entire contents of the pool before it's safe to jump in.

<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> Glad to hear you're making forward progress. I hope you'll be able to put some weight back on again soon.

 

[lightNlife]

I've noticed that whenever I'm on IVs, there's sort of a pendulum effect going on. For the first few days when all those harsh abx are pouring into my system, I feel worse. I cough longer and harder, as the meds do their work. Then I really hit bottom. The side effects kick in, I start feeling even more tired, and I cough up some pretty foul looking gunk.

About a week into treatment. my FEV1 will make a pretty decent leap (about 6-10% or so) indicating that we're on the right track for wiping out the infection. Then my sputum starts getting lighter and thinner. That usually lasts another 6 days or so.

After that, when the antibiotics have worked well enough to deal with the top layer of mucus, I notice that I have to work harder again to cough. I start coughing up the army green dry plugs. That lasts a few days as well. Eventually, my FEV1 levels off, indicating that the infection is subsided, but the effects of it still linger in my body.

I picture the whole IV therapy process as being similar to cleaning the pool before it's first use in the summer. First you skim the top layer, getting rid of floating debris like leaves and dust. Then you have to add the chlorine to disinfect the water, but even after doing that, you still have to wait for the chlorine to work itself through the entire contents of the pool before it's safe to jump in.

<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> Glad to hear you're making forward progress. I hope you'll be able to put some weight back on again soon.

 

[lightNlife]

I've noticed that whenever I'm on IVs, there's sort of a pendulum effect going on. For the first few days when all those harsh abx are pouring into my system, I feel worse. I cough longer and harder, as the meds do their work. Then I really hit bottom. The side effects kick in, I start feeling even more tired, and I cough up some pretty foul looking gunk.

About a week into treatment. my FEV1 will make a pretty decent leap (about 6-10% or so) indicating that we're on the right track for wiping out the infection. Then my sputum starts getting lighter and thinner. That usually lasts another 6 days or so.

After that, when the antibiotics have worked well enough to deal with the top layer of mucus, I notice that I have to work harder again to cough. I start coughing up the army green dry plugs. That lasts a few days as well. Eventually, my FEV1 levels off, indicating that the infection is subsided, but the effects of it still linger in my body.

I picture the whole IV therapy process as being similar to cleaning the pool before it's first use in the summer. First you skim the top layer, getting rid of floating debris like leaves and dust. Then you have to add the chlorine to disinfect the water, but even after doing that, you still have to wait for the chlorine to work itself through the entire contents of the pool before it's safe to jump in.

<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> Glad to hear you're making forward progress. I hope you'll be able to put some weight back on again soon.

 

[lightNlife]

I've noticed that whenever I'm on IVs, there's sort of a pendulum effect going on. For the first few days when all those harsh abx are pouring into my system, I feel worse. I cough longer and harder, as the meds do their work. Then I really hit bottom. The side effects kick in, I start feeling even more tired, and I cough up some pretty foul looking gunk.

About a week into treatment. my FEV1 will make a pretty decent leap (about 6-10% or so) indicating that we're on the right track for wiping out the infection. Then my sputum starts getting lighter and thinner. That usually lasts another 6 days or so.

After that, when the antibiotics have worked well enough to deal with the top layer of mucus, I notice that I have to work harder again to cough. I start coughing up the army green dry plugs. That lasts a few days as well. Eventually, my FEV1 levels off, indicating that the infection is subsided, but the effects of it still linger in my body.

I picture the whole IV therapy process as being similar to cleaning the pool before it's first use in the summer. First you skim the top layer, getting rid of floating debris like leaves and dust. Then you have to add the chlorine to disinfect the water, but even after doing that, you still have to wait for the chlorine to work itself through the entire contents of the pool before it's safe to jump in.

<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> Glad to hear you're making forward progress. I hope you'll be able to put some weight back on again soon.