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I feel like Crap !
I'm supposed to fly from SC to Denver on 12/20 for a week.
My ritual is to go to bed around 10PM. As soon as I lay down I cough up phlem for a few minutes and then I can sleep for a while-usually.
Then up at 7 and do my inhalers
Then yogurt and coffee.
At noon after lunch, I lay down and cough up more phlem and then sleep for an hour or two.
Then I get up and have a beer around 3. At 4 I have a bourbon and then one more.
I feel a little better-but not much.
I'm really worried about going to Denver in this condition!
Is this the best I can hope for??
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Have you talked to your dr about flying? If your on o2 you have to contact the airlines your flying on and sometimes need a drs slip. The airplanes been noted to be very germy so I would wear a mask and take anti bacterial along.
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Hello Sut,
Welcome to the site. I agree wholeheartedly with Kandy re: wearing a mask, using antibacterial gels. Also, take extra vitamin C or Emergencees .
Do you sleep with the head of the bed elevated?30 degrees? Multiple pillows? Do you take mucinex?
Thanks, Ftiends. Yes. I do all these things, yet still feel horrible when I first wake up. It's almost unbearable
Emcee,
Yes, the fatigue and just not feeling well are very difficult to deal with.
What point are you with medications? When did u see your doctor last
Many of us have been in your shoes and have made it to the other side.
Katie
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