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thefrogprincess

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For the past few days I have been coughing a lot, but not bringing up a whole lot of crap. I think its because my husband had a fire going in the fire place and a bunch of smoke got all through the house. But its not getting better. I have a clinic appointment on Oct 8th but I am thinking it might be time for antibiotics. The problem is that I can never get a sputum sample up at clinic and my throat culture usually don't show anything. So if we don't know if I'm growing anything then they can't treat me appropriately. How can I be sure to get a sample up?
 
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thefrogprincess

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For the past few days I have been coughing a lot, but not bringing up a whole lot of crap. I think its because my husband had a fire going in the fire place and a bunch of smoke got all through the house. But its not getting better. I have a clinic appointment on Oct 8th but I am thinking it might be time for antibiotics. The problem is that I can never get a sputum sample up at clinic and my throat culture usually don't show anything. So if we don't know if I'm growing anything then they can't treat me appropriately. How can I be sure to get a sample up?
 
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thefrogprincess

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For the past few days I have been coughing a lot, but not bringing up a whole lot of crap. I think its because my husband had a fire going in the fire place and a bunch of smoke got all through the house. But its not getting better. I have a clinic appointment on Oct 8th but I am thinking it might be time for antibiotics. The problem is that I can never get a sputum sample up at clinic and my throat culture usually don't show anything. So if we don't know if I'm growing anything then they can't treat me appropriately. How can I be sure to get a sample up?
 
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thefrogprincess

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For the past few days I have been coughing a lot, but not bringing up a whole lot of crap. I think its because my husband had a fire going in the fire place and a bunch of smoke got all through the house. But its not getting better. I have a clinic appointment on Oct 8th but I am thinking it might be time for antibiotics. The problem is that I can never get a sputum sample up at clinic and my throat culture usually don't show anything. So if we don't know if I'm growing anything then they can't treat me appropriately. How can I be sure to get a sample up?
 
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thefrogprincess

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For the past few days I have been coughing a lot, but not bringing up a whole lot of crap. I think its because my husband had a fire going in the fire place and a bunch of smoke got all through the house. But its not getting better. I have a clinic appointment on Oct 8th but I am thinking it might be time for antibiotics. The problem is that I can never get a sputum sample up at clinic and my throat culture usually don't show anything. So if we don't know if I'm growing anything then they can't treat me appropriately. How can I be sure to get a sample up?
 
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lightNlife

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Sorry to hear you feel so yucky <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0"> I used to have problems horking up a lovely lung oyster for a culture too. The way I solved that problem was to go to the lab a day or two before my appointment, and ask for a sputum sample container. When I got home I'd place a call to my clinic, and ask them to fax the orders to the lab for a sputum culture. Then I would collect my best gunk at my leisure and drop it by the lab, knowing that my paperwork had been taken care of already. It's a little extra leg work initially, but I've found it saves frustration on waiting for my lab results to come halfway through a tune-up. I'd much rather start on IVs knowing what we're dealing with in the first place.

I hope you feel better soon and that if you do need abx, then the doc will come up with the right cocktail for you.
 
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lightNlife

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Sorry to hear you feel so yucky <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0"> I used to have problems horking up a lovely lung oyster for a culture too. The way I solved that problem was to go to the lab a day or two before my appointment, and ask for a sputum sample container. When I got home I'd place a call to my clinic, and ask them to fax the orders to the lab for a sputum culture. Then I would collect my best gunk at my leisure and drop it by the lab, knowing that my paperwork had been taken care of already. It's a little extra leg work initially, but I've found it saves frustration on waiting for my lab results to come halfway through a tune-up. I'd much rather start on IVs knowing what we're dealing with in the first place.

I hope you feel better soon and that if you do need abx, then the doc will come up with the right cocktail for you.
 
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lightNlife

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Sorry to hear you feel so yucky <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0"> I used to have problems horking up a lovely lung oyster for a culture too. The way I solved that problem was to go to the lab a day or two before my appointment, and ask for a sputum sample container. When I got home I'd place a call to my clinic, and ask them to fax the orders to the lab for a sputum culture. Then I would collect my best gunk at my leisure and drop it by the lab, knowing that my paperwork had been taken care of already. It's a little extra leg work initially, but I've found it saves frustration on waiting for my lab results to come halfway through a tune-up. I'd much rather start on IVs knowing what we're dealing with in the first place.

I hope you feel better soon and that if you do need abx, then the doc will come up with the right cocktail for you.
 
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lightNlife

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Sorry to hear you feel so yucky <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0"> I used to have problems horking up a lovely lung oyster for a culture too. The way I solved that problem was to go to the lab a day or two before my appointment, and ask for a sputum sample container. When I got home I'd place a call to my clinic, and ask them to fax the orders to the lab for a sputum culture. Then I would collect my best gunk at my leisure and drop it by the lab, knowing that my paperwork had been taken care of already. It's a little extra leg work initially, but I've found it saves frustration on waiting for my lab results to come halfway through a tune-up. I'd much rather start on IVs knowing what we're dealing with in the first place.

I hope you feel better soon and that if you do need abx, then the doc will come up with the right cocktail for you.
 
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lightNlife

New member
Sorry to hear you feel so yucky <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0"> I used to have problems horking up a lovely lung oyster for a culture too. The way I solved that problem was to go to the lab a day or two before my appointment, and ask for a sputum sample container. When I got home I'd place a call to my clinic, and ask them to fax the orders to the lab for a sputum culture. Then I would collect my best gunk at my leisure and drop it by the lab, knowing that my paperwork had been taken care of already. It's a little extra leg work initially, but I've found it saves frustration on waiting for my lab results to come halfway through a tune-up. I'd much rather start on IVs knowing what we're dealing with in the first place.

I hope you feel better soon and that if you do need abx, then the doc will come up with the right cocktail for you.
 
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blondelawyer

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I don't have an answer to your question but just wanted to say sorry to hear that you are feeling crappy! I hope that you feel better soon. (You go to the clinic at the UW right? We will be there on the 8th too!).
 
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blondelawyer

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I don't have an answer to your question but just wanted to say sorry to hear that you are feeling crappy! I hope that you feel better soon. (You go to the clinic at the UW right? We will be there on the 8th too!).
 
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blondelawyer

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I don't have an answer to your question but just wanted to say sorry to hear that you are feeling crappy! I hope that you feel better soon. (You go to the clinic at the UW right? We will be there on the 8th too!).
 
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blondelawyer

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I don't have an answer to your question but just wanted to say sorry to hear that you are feeling crappy! I hope that you feel better soon. (You go to the clinic at the UW right? We will be there on the 8th too!).
 
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blondelawyer

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I don't have an answer to your question but just wanted to say sorry to hear that you are feeling crappy! I hope that you feel better soon. (You go to the clinic at the UW right? We will be there on the 8th too!).
 
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thefrogprincess

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Yeah I go to UW. What time is your appointment? Maybe we'll see each other! Mine is at 9:30. Have you noticed that they are sqeezing in a lot more patients lately and you have to wait FOREVER? Last time I was there I had to wait an hour just to get a room, then another between my PFT and seeing the doc! It was insane!

I really think my feeling cruddy is from beathing the wood smoke from the fire. I can't seem to get certain things through his thick skull, like the fact that I can't be breathing that crap!
 
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thefrogprincess

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Yeah I go to UW. What time is your appointment? Maybe we'll see each other! Mine is at 9:30. Have you noticed that they are sqeezing in a lot more patients lately and you have to wait FOREVER? Last time I was there I had to wait an hour just to get a room, then another between my PFT and seeing the doc! It was insane!

I really think my feeling cruddy is from beathing the wood smoke from the fire. I can't seem to get certain things through his thick skull, like the fact that I can't be breathing that crap!
 
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thefrogprincess

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Yeah I go to UW. What time is your appointment? Maybe we'll see each other! Mine is at 9:30. Have you noticed that they are sqeezing in a lot more patients lately and you have to wait FOREVER? Last time I was there I had to wait an hour just to get a room, then another between my PFT and seeing the doc! It was insane!

I really think my feeling cruddy is from beathing the wood smoke from the fire. I can't seem to get certain things through his thick skull, like the fact that I can't be breathing that crap!
 
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thefrogprincess

New member
Yeah I go to UW. What time is your appointment? Maybe we'll see each other! Mine is at 9:30. Have you noticed that they are sqeezing in a lot more patients lately and you have to wait FOREVER? Last time I was there I had to wait an hour just to get a room, then another between my PFT and seeing the doc! It was insane!

I really think my feeling cruddy is from beathing the wood smoke from the fire. I can't seem to get certain things through his thick skull, like the fact that I can't be breathing that crap!
 
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thefrogprincess

New member
Yeah I go to UW. What time is your appointment? Maybe we'll see each other! Mine is at 9:30. Have you noticed that they are sqeezing in a lot more patients lately and you have to wait FOREVER? Last time I was there I had to wait an hour just to get a room, then another between my PFT and seeing the doc! It was insane!

I really think my feeling cruddy is from beathing the wood smoke from the fire. I can't seem to get certain things through his thick skull, like the fact that I can't be breathing that crap!
 
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