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What can I take for my Cough?

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Hi everyone, I woke up on Friday morning with a sore throat and runny nose, but was unconcerned as I had the Flu Jab last month. I have got steadily worse and now have the most awful wheezy cough and ache all over! As a result I have had hardly any sleep for the last two nights! I am on daily Warfarin and my INR is just beginning to stabilise.Does anyone know what is is safe to take to help my cough?

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Thanks for the advice - I have been taking Paracetamol, but of course that doesn't help the cough. I will get some Friars Balsam - and have a go. xx

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I'm so sorry you're sick! Watch this. It's very informative and he's very handsome! The Doctors is a very popular TV show here. You can find any question and answer you need. Some are very funny. Here is how to identify a cough. Love, Canary Hope it helps.

video.canadianliving.com/15...

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Glitterwitch

Thanks for that - he can come and listen to my cough any time he likes! xx

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Hi there, try and sleep as propped up as possible... the flatter you are the more you will cough.. you need those nursey styled pillows ie two as a v and one across the top. I am only on aspirin so don't have personal INR complications to contend with - sot I make up a jar of lemon slices, usually around three unwaxed lemons, lots of grated ginger and half a jar of honey, mixed up with boling water over the top... it is stirred up and kept in the fridge, I dig into it over the period I am ill, a couple of desert spoons with boiling water in a mug, keeps really well and coats my throat. I currently have chundering bronchitis.. and I like to think it aids my sulking a bit. Mary F x

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Glitterwitch

Mary. sorry to hear you are ill as well. The concoction you describe is one I would have taken in the past but sadly with Warfarin lemon and ginger need to be avoided. I usually find chocolate stops me being grumpy, but alas, even that makes me cough at the moment. So I am very gently knitting to take my mind off it all! New Year celebrations have been postponed in our house until I am more human again. I like to think that by being ill now, I am leaving the way clear for a healthy 2013! Hope you feel better soon. Love & hugs. Jan. xx

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MaryFAdministrator in reply to Glitterwitch

Yes I thought as much! However definitely the sleeping propped up is easing things for me, as soon as I lie flat it all goes bananas! May we both progress into the New Year with a huge improvement... there are so many different coughs around currently... everybody I met over Christmas had a different type, it made me want to start an orchestra! M x

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Glitterwitch

Now there is a thought - a coughing orchestra - that should raise some money for the foundation - people would pay us to go away!

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GinaD

A youTube video of edited coughs coughing out "Jingle Bells.". I can hear/ see it now. Am I rembering something that's already out there?

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Glitterwitch

The possibilities are endless - it would be a cacophony of sound! Lucky we all still have our sense of humour - I am sure that is all that keeps me going some days!

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