After I recovered from pneumonia, my cough quieted for a week then started acting up again. And it never left me since then. Although not continuous, my cough makes the loudest noise when I wanted to be quiet, when I am inside the car, when I am in front of people.
I’ve seen several doctors already. Throat irritation, pharyngitis, dryness, lack of liquids, pollution, acid re-flux. Each had a different diagnosis.
I was becoming paranoid. What’s wrong with my throat? Why is the cough not going away? Where it coming from? I began entertaining the thought of the big C. When our DCRC manager heard me coughing, she told me one of our employees at Ford EDSA has cancer of the throat. Ubo raw ng ubo yun pala malala na yung cancer. Oh oh. That’s scary. Our neighbor’s first wife died of cancer of the brain. When I asked her husband how was it discovered, he said she had persistent cough. Oh oh.
In my husband’s genuine concern for my condition, he accompanied me to an ENT, had himself checked up also, and in return, the doctor gave us sex education and marriage counseling. I know his advise had nothing to do with my throat condition, but he offered us some comic relief. Right after we paid his P3,000 professional fee, my husband began to doubt if it was worth our time and effort. Okay na rin yun kasi we got entertained for a few minutes.
Doctor to Edmund—- “What do you want from your wife? A little bit of freedom and a little bit of support”.
He asked my husband if I am the kind of wife who guards her husband, laging nakabantay at matanong. Edmund answered that I am not like that. Aba, wala nga syang time in time out sa bahay. He has no curfew. Doctor said his wife is makulit.
The doctor taught Edmund stretching exercises to prevent vertigo. Hayun sa sobrang stretch nya, sumakit ang bewang at balakang.
Last week, I went to another doctor in St. Luke’s. He gave me a new set of medicines which failed to cure my coughing.
I visited a young doctor a few days ago upon the insistence of my husband. He’s Dr. John Michael Porquez, from Cardinal Santos Hospital. A graduate of UP Med, he’s married to the doctor daughter of Dr. Palafox.
He showed me the most horrible looking part of me, my throat. How very un-glamorous. It’s a cross between an ET monster and an angry tilapia. Parang pang-horror movies.
He prescribed Sinupret for a week. So far, my coughing has considerably decreased. It’s still here but not as bad. Although it still chooses to make a grand sound when I am saying something important.
He made me smell natural aromatherapy oils, para akong nasa spa.
Ms. Annie baka you have severe allergy na ang reaction coughing. Just like you, I’ve been to my doctor before several times until finally my OB told me to see an allergist kasi when I cough I can’t have a full bladder kasi I have weak bladder control. So suggestion niya is to control the coughing na baka allergy-triggered. Nagpa allergy test na ba kayo? Yung tinitusuk yung skin ninyo ng ibat ibang allergens. Not sure kung merong allergy shot sa Pinas. Pero with me it helped a lot. Ang severe allergic reaction ko din kasi is coughing. Sobrang nakakahiya kasi parang may tb ang dating. I also thought of the big C din. I felt tired and weird, and feeling feverish and coughing but wala namang fever. It turned out I have severe allergies to dust mites, molds,certain trees, grass and weeds. So, yung shot ko tinuturuk yung allergens in my body. It’s actually years yung shot. Twice/week first, then 0nce/a week, etc. hanggang once/month etc. Plus the allergist also gave me emergency inhalers pag sobra ang ubo with nasal drifts. So I always have nasonex, symbicort,and flonase not daily pero as needed lang. It helped a lot! Thankfully, I never had severe bouts of coughing, super controlled na sya.
Hi Ms Annie.. I hope ur ok.. I would like to recommend a local cough syrup which helped me get rid of my coughs while i was still recovering from colon surgery at the hospital..
Try taking LAGUNDI COUGH SYRUP.. it’s organic and it has helped most of the surgical patients who had the same cough problems.. 😉 after a few teaspoons of the Lagundi syrup, my coughing spells disappeared.. 😉
Juat give it a try.. It might help u stop coughing too 😉
Take care and pls drink lots of water so ur throat won’t feel gritty and itchy 😉 God bless.. 🙂
Take 1 tablespoon of honey 1-3 times daily as needed to control coughing. Take immediately before bed if cough is disrupting your sleep.
OMB please try boiled ginger tea. Put a little sugar.