I finally got tired of the cough and went to the Doc. Lets hear it for Whooping cough! Whoop Whoop!. She didn't have an opinion if the mister could have made me more susceptible, but said to wear a mask when using the Kool mist.
Whooping cough? For real? If so, you should be very careful about spreading it to babies. You'll likely recover just fine, but it can kill an infant.
For real, I'm the 4th case in my area. We have a 3 year old, but she has been innoculated. I'm trying to stay clear of kids and people until the end of the antibiotics. I had tickets to a play in town tonight but gave them away. I only went to the doc because i read about the other 3 and was worried about the kid.
There is plenty of whooping cough around. The vaccine does not prevent the disease, it just makes it milder. And even a mild case is unpleasant.
It can take a long time to fully recover depending on how bad it hit you and your age. My Mom came down with it several years ago. It took well over a year to get somewhat back to normal. The antibiotics do nothing for you other than prevent you from passing it on. You would had to have received them (antibiotics) during the early tickle-cough- every-few-seconds for them to have helped.
It really kicked the crap out of my Mom. Heart wrenching having to listen to her go through the coughing spell and not being able to do anything to help. Our/her doctor was totally clueless. Only good thing he did was give her an antibiotic during the first visit that probably saved both my Dad and self from getting it.
Best wishes for recovery.
That's what the doc said. i have had it almost a month, but it didn't stop me from snowmobiling Friday. Thanks, but it's only a cough, not like i lost a finger. I only posted the update to point out that the Kool-mist exposure may have made it easier to catch.
I doubt that had any bearing (Kool-mist) on your catching this. It is highly contagious and you catch it from being exposed to someone else that has it already.
I like to attend used book sales (and Mom). Pretty sure this is where she picked it up. We don't go out that often. I could vaguely remember a young girl (~12 years old) doing a lot of hacking in a smallish room that day. Mom had no underlying sickness/problems at the time, other than she is getting up in the years. I was vaccinated years ago, may or may not have helped me avoid it (jury is out on that, but boosters are highly recommended for it now).
It doesn't hit/affect everyone the same. Some shrug it off pretty well and never even know what they had. Consider yourself luck if this is the case. Elderly people sometimes break ribs during the intense coughing (whooping, once you've heard this you will never forget it). Upchucking afterwards is common too. Believe me, serious stuff.
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