Posted By HisJewel (NC) on 01/19/2021

My cold medicine recipe finally found a cough to tough for it. And to make the challenge harder, I am away from home..

I believe I have run into a whooping cough. I have had to wear Adult diapers. I am at day 10. I lost so much fluid my edema is gone.

One leg was bigger than the other. No more! From day 3 of the cough, I began to find something to laugh at in the simplest things. Like, "No more edema." But the cough rumbles in my chest.

I am taking meds for mucus (Marty's), Lugol's iodine drops, vitamin C and Lysine.

And declaring, "With His Stripes I am healed"

I am really curious to know if anyone has run into this laughing, fluid draining cough.

I'm coming out Strong!

HisJewel

Replied by HisJewel (NC) on 01/20/2021

Thank you so much Mama to Many,

I kept my description short because I'm using my phone.

I believe it's whooping cough because of the sound. I do believe I'm coughing less now.

And yes just in case I was wrong the first 3 days I took Melatonin about 100mg a day. I had to stop because I got loose bowels. I also took Vitamin C and aspirin every 4 hours the first 3 days.

I stopped the melatonin and added the Lysine. I continued to leak water with every cough and laugh. As I mentioned before I lost the excess fluid, I also now have dry eyes which I did not have before.

About Day 4 and 6, I woke up soaking wet, I didn't think I had a fever but I must have had one.

Day 5, I started using the mucus cough syrup. Day 8 I started I iodine drops and I continue taking the vitamin C every few hours and also lysine.

I will try the potato and onions soup. And extra C.

Thank you very much.

HisJewel

Replied by HisJewel (NC) on 01/23/2021

Greetings EC,

I just want to mention one more interesting thing that happened with the lost of excess fluids. I have not awaken with any numbness or poor circulation. Neither have I suffered numbness from standing a length of time.

I was sure to pack all supplements I usually use for this problem. However, because of the seemly sudden cough attack sickness most of my usual supplements stayed in the suitcase. The one I took out was the Nattokinase, but that alone does not save my circulation.

I just thinking some of us may be experiencing numbness because of too much water retention.

Feeling much better.

HisJewel

Replied by Hisjewel (New York) on 01/27/2021

Greetings to all,

I am happy to say the awful, bad cough got less and less as the phlegm came up and out. Whether COVID or just a bad cold it lasted about 14 days in full.

The fluid has returned to my limbs, I can tell by looking at my legs, they are uneven once again. Oh, the night before last, I had my first numbness experience since my body has regained some fluid retention. That's not good, but the rest is.

My eyes have regained its moisture, no more dry eyes. I do not have to put castor oil on them at night anymore. Truly, this is a turn around. I put some iodine ON my nose the last two nights of the cold, because I felt like my nose was trying to get stuffy, I wonder if that somehow helped my eyes.

Now that I'm back home, I know I should be a good girl and go to the doctor and find out what it was that I went through, but it's gone so they probably can't figure it out either. Mama to Many that soup blessed me, and I shall continue with the Vitamin C. I shall also stick with the basic cold medicine that I mentioned earlier to make sure all is clear.

Thank You EC and all.

HisJewel

Replied by Charity (faithville, Us) on 01/24/2021

This is interesting, I went to iron creek for a week of camping. The water came from a hand pump and my cold hands and feet were warm all the time. The water was full of iron. I wonder if your change in some part of your water or atmosphere changed your holding onto water? Something to think about.

Blessings, Charity

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