Thedelldays Posted 14 April, 2011 Share Posted 14 April, 2011 anyone had one lately...i very rarely get ill and now it seems I have the mother of chest infections...it farking hurts, I am wheezing coughing....in pain... how long does this shyt last for...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minsk Posted 14 April, 2011 Share Posted 14 April, 2011 There's lots of them going around here. Wife and daughter have both had one in the past month. Go to the doc, get anti-biotics. You will fell better in 3-4 days but finish the course of anti-biotics (7-10 days) or it will come back. Oh, and no alcohol whilst taking them. Or stop whinging and keep drinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano6 Posted 14 April, 2011 Share Posted 14 April, 2011 Top idea for a thread! A place to get info on ailments for those who are seldom, if ever, ill. This one could run and run. I also very rarely get ill. Last sick day I took off work was in November 2004. How about you TheDellDays? I just found out today that I broke my toe a month ago, and I still can't bend it. Anyone know how long it takes to heel, I mean heal [lol!!!!!11!!!]? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dig Dig Posted 14 April, 2011 Share Posted 14 April, 2011 With antibiotics, the infection should clear in around the week. The cough can remain however or up to 1 month after the infection clears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 14 April, 2011 Share Posted 14 April, 2011 Top idea for a thread! A place to get info on ailments for those who are seldom, if ever, ill. This one could run and run. I also very rarely get ill. Last sick day I took off work was in November 2004. How about you TheDellDays? I just found out today that I broke my toe a month ago, and I still can't bend it. Anyone know how long it takes to heel, I mean heal [lol!!!!!11!!!]? It's probably too late to do anything about your toe. If it's a small toe it's unlikely anything would have been done anyway but if it's your big toe then it should have been straightened and splinted straight away. In years to come, you'll probably have arthritis in the joint. Take it from one who knows (broke mine doing pointe work as a dancer - never been able to bend it properly since). But it might be worth a trip to the doctor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verbal Posted 14 April, 2011 Share Posted 14 April, 2011 It's probably too late to do anything about your toe. If it's a small toe it's unlikely anything would have been done anyway but if it's your big toe then it should have been straightened and splinted straight away. In years to come, you'll probably have arthritis in the joint. Take it from one who knows (broke mine doing pointe work as a dancer - never been able to bend it properly since). But it might be worth a trip to the doctor. I broke my middle toe a while ago. They splinted it (strapped it to another toe) but didn't straighten it. Do I have a life of pain to look forward to? Or is there a way of avoiding delldays' posts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonManager Posted 14 April, 2011 Share Posted 14 April, 2011 Chain smoke 20 of these, that'll sort you out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trader Posted 14 April, 2011 Share Posted 14 April, 2011 Ah, Capstan Full Strength - a man's cigarette. And in all probability, a dead man's cigarette. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deppo Posted 14 April, 2011 Share Posted 14 April, 2011 I also broke my toe doing pointe work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deppo Posted 14 April, 2011 Share Posted 14 April, 2011 Chain smoke 20 of these, that'll sort you out. thedelldays, what's the deal with smoking on the submarine? Do you have to go up on deck when it surfaces? Can you ask to surface so you can all go for a fag? And do you have to smoke it "sailor style", in between your thumb and forefinger and with your hand over the cigarette? Do they train you to do it that way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 14 April, 2011 Share Posted 14 April, 2011 I broke my middle toe a while ago. They splinted it (strapped it to another toe) but didn't straighten it. Do I have a life of pain to look forward to? Or is there a way of avoiding delldays' posts? :D Seriously, it's the big toe that causes the most problems (the hallux) as this is the one that takes the most stress when, for example, walking, as it does most of the bending. Re TDD's posts. Look at this way. If you've ever had a toothache, it sometimes helped if you hurt yourself somewhere else to detract from the pain. Get my drift? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted 14 April, 2011 Share Posted 14 April, 2011 professional dancers are usually very attractive indeed, apart from their feet, which are invariably hideous. BTF's post would seem to explain this anomaly. and Jamie, get to the quack pronto and get some medications. Dont take any chances with your chest area, if youre coughing and wheezing you need looking at by a pro, and I dont mean the st marys type Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deppo Posted 14 April, 2011 Share Posted 14 April, 2011 (edited) Get to the doctor Edited 14 April, 2011 by Deppo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 14 April, 2011 Share Posted 14 April, 2011 There's a nasty cough doing the rounds. It will gradually clear up but it will be quicker if you spend a couple of months relaxing somewhere warm and sunny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Gotsmanov Posted 14 April, 2011 Share Posted 14 April, 2011 I broke my middle toe a while ago. They splinted it (strapped it to another toe) but didn't straighten it. Do I have a life of pain to look forward to? Or is there a way of avoiding delldays' posts? I expect you will blame the government! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 14 April, 2011 Share Posted 14 April, 2011 There's a nasty cough doing the rounds. It will gradually clear up but it will be quicker if you spend a couple of months relaxing somewhere warm and sunny. Strangely. I haven't had a nasty cough in years..... Although my mate's wife back in Blighty had a chest infection and she left it and left it, eventually after about 2 months and different doses of anti-biotics it went away. So moral of the story, as per Hammy's friend, go to the quack get the meds or move Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swannymere Posted 14 April, 2011 Share Posted 14 April, 2011 If it doesn't clear up with anti-biotics then go back to the doctor as i was treated for 4 months with a chest infection which actually turned out to be a double pneumonia which nearly killed me, i ended up spending 18 days in hospital over Christmas in QA. Not fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 14 April, 2011 Share Posted 14 April, 2011 NHS direct is rubbish compared to this forum. They are seldom wrong in advising on the worst case scenario. Dd get it checked out mate, your country needs you and somdo we. And mrs b, can you still do Pointe? Can you do the splits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 15 April, 2011 Share Posted 15 April, 2011 NHS direct is rubbish compared to this forum. They are seldom wrong in advising on the worst case scenario. Dd get it checked out mate, your country needs you and somdo we. And mrs b, can you still do Pointe? Can you do the splits? Oh you cheeky boy H No I can't do pointe work but I don't really need to these days, surprisingly. But I CAN still do the splits, even at my great age and I can still 'shoulder my leg'. Both these attributes are quite useful in everyday life I find Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deppo Posted 15 April, 2011 Share Posted 15 April, 2011 Is thedelldays dead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenevaSaint Posted 15 April, 2011 Share Posted 15 April, 2011 There's lots of them going around here. Wife and daughter have both had one in the past month. Go to the doc, get anti-biotics. You will fell better in 3-4 days but finish the course of anti-biotics (7-10 days) or it will come back. Oh, and no alcohol whilst taking them. Or stop whinging and keep drinking. Not strictly true Minsk, only if the anti biotics specifically say no alcohol. Old wives tale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latter day saint Posted 15 April, 2011 Share Posted 15 April, 2011 get to the doctors & get it sorted. my father & son both had chest infections which developed into pneumonia.scary times seeing them both so ill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjwills Posted 15 April, 2011 Share Posted 15 April, 2011 wife has had a chest infection that went to her ear for 6 weeks now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deppo Posted 15 April, 2011 Share Posted 15 April, 2011 She has a chest infection in her ear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 15 April, 2011 Share Posted 15 April, 2011 Delldays, you don't know pain until you have trodden on a plug in the dark. FACT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 15 April, 2011 Share Posted 15 April, 2011 Have they cut all the MOs in the Navy then DD? Perhaps they only do clap and gunshot wounds these days though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Shearer Posted 15 April, 2011 Share Posted 15 April, 2011 Yep had a cold back in September which turned into a cough (which was really a chest infection) and constant wheezing. Don't spend weeks living with it and go to the doctor's. However if you're lucky you may get a doctor who says its nothing and prescribe you an inhaler. So naturally I leave it as that until I play football in a bitter October night and my chest hurts with every breath. Go to the doctors' the next day thinking its a pulled muscle but actually I have a chest infection. In fact a second doctor comes in and advises I get x-rayed as a percaution and get prescribed a round of antibiotics. And what happens? Chest infection resides over a couple of weeks. Moral of the story - always insist on a second opinion at the doctors' when the first one you see uses their stethoscope over the top of your shirt AND jumper to check your breathing and says you are fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 15 April, 2011 Share Posted 15 April, 2011 Not strictly true Minsk, only if the anti biotics specifically say no alcohol. Old wives tale. Alcohol is a diuretic so if you want the antibiotics to work effectively you don't want to be ****ing them down the toilet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintbletch Posted 15 April, 2011 Share Posted 15 April, 2011 Alcohol is a diuretic so if you want the antibiotics to work effectively you don't want to be ****ing them down the toilet. That's as maybe Whitely Grandad, but GenevaSaint's advice is on the money for me. The urban myth around not mixing drinking and antibiotics was apparently spread by pox (STD) doctors who felt that if they told their infected patients not to drink whilst they "had a few passengers aboard" it would mean that they were less likely to go out and get pished and infect someone else. As with all drugs (well not ALL drugs) read the instructions. As for the OP - I'd look into an allergy too. A couple of years back I had a cough that lasted 6 weeks. Went to the doc and it turned out I had developed "late onset asthma". I had been planing down a set of wooden table and chairs in my garden without a mask and the dust from the wood shavings had set off a reaction. I was still playing football at the time and I couldn't run more than 10 feet without coughing my guts up. He gave me an asthma puffer and it's all under control now. Thedelldays, are you coughing 'stuff' up - phlegmy-type stuff? If not then it could be an allergy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 15 April, 2011 Share Posted 15 April, 2011 Yep had a cold back in September which turned into a cough. I also had a cold back in September. Turned out mrs h had left a window ajar. You can't be too careful though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 15 April, 2011 Share Posted 15 April, 2011 Not strictly true Minsk, only if the anti biotics specifically say no alcohol. Old wives tale. Very true. Google your meds and some llike Amoxicyllohwhatever work just fine But some make you vomit more than a bulemic at just the smell of booze. Not being a bulemist there, just making a point from experience, honest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint in Paradise Posted 16 April, 2011 Share Posted 16 April, 2011 It could be another case like this one though DD http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/5152953/Surgeons-find-fir-tree-growing-inside-patients-lung.html :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 16 April, 2011 Share Posted 16 April, 2011 Oh you cheeky boy H No I can't do pointe work but I don't really need to these days, surprisingly. But I CAN still do the splits, even at my great age and I can still 'shoulder my leg'. Both these attributes are quite useful in everyday life I find BTF - would you like to have an affair with me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 16 April, 2011 Share Posted 16 April, 2011 BTF - would you like to have an affair with me? Virtually - no chance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 16 April, 2011 Share Posted 16 April, 2011 BTF - would you like to have an affair with me? Excuse me but l am mrs b's official forum chaperone and you can cut that smutty talk out right now. anyway I'm not sure your cv would get past the selection process, what are your credentials? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 16 April, 2011 Share Posted 16 April, 2011 Virtually - no chance Please clarify mrs b, by pm if you prefer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 16 April, 2011 Share Posted 16 April, 2011 Please clarify mrs b, by pm if you prefer? :D This is a virtual world, H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deppo Posted 16 April, 2011 Share Posted 16 April, 2011 Chest infection, my a*se. TDD's voice just sounded perfectly fine on Britain's Got Talent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 16 April, 2011 Share Posted 16 April, 2011 /\ comedy genius at work. I bow down deepio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 17 April, 2011 Share Posted 17 April, 2011 Excuse me but l am mrs b's official forum chaperone and you can cut that smutty talk out right now. anyway I'm not sure your cv would get past the selection process, what are your credentials? But she's been sending me suggestive PMs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 17 April, 2011 Share Posted 17 April, 2011 But she's been sending me suggestive PMs! He's right, H - sorry I've been very suggestive, suggesting ................. he desists! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 17 April, 2011 Share Posted 17 April, 2011 He's right, H - sorry I've been very suggestive, suggesting ................. he desists! Ah, I see I was mis-interpreting your intentions. Mr Hamster - she's all yours! (as if a flexible woman is a good thing anyway, harrrumph) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 17 April, 2011 Share Posted 17 April, 2011 (edited) I broke my middle toe a while ago. They splinted it (strapped it to another toe) but didn't straighten it. Do I have a life of pain to look forward to? Or is there a way of avoiding delldays' posts? Want to avoid them so much you still read them and posted on this one. Edited 17 April, 2011 by Turkish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 17 April, 2011 Share Posted 17 April, 2011 Mrs b, can you pick things up from the floor without using your hands? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 18 April, 2011 Share Posted 18 April, 2011 Mrs b, can you pick things up from the floor without using your hands? you mean , like, with her toes? I can do that, easy peasey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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