ZZ, this is not an off topic. It concerns a possible exacerbation of symptoms and deals directly with your COPD.
Just because it is about you personally makes it personal to those of us that have the same problems.

As a matter of fact I am going through the same only lots worse at this time and I am trying everything that I can think of to get the mucus flowing. Besides the meds that the doctors have already put me on. Including an increased mg dosage of Mucinex.

When we get "head colds" it could mean something totally different than to someone who doesn't have COPD. Chest problems happen sometimes with lightning speed. Be very proactive in taking care of it because each infection that we have only weakens the lungs more.

I am far from being panicky at every turn but I have kept myself out of the hospital for almost 6 years by being always aware of what is going on with my lungs and hopefully increased my "staying power" by days, months....whose counting?

So maybe you should keep us informed if there is a change and someone will offer another suggestion to help you.

Me , I am heading for the heating pad for the chest with some hot tea. And my recliner so it is easier to breathe.

Take good care of yourself.

I agree wit Lilellie....my dad has copd, and we take every cold seriously. We wear masks around him if we feel one coming on and he goes to the doctor when it seems it doesn't go away or if there are any breathing symptoms. Even myself, Ihave asthma and when Ifeel a cold coming on Iam proactive because if it goes into bronchitis I'm sick for 6 months. In fact right now I'm on month 3 of some random cough.

That said..it wasn't to freak you out, but only so you don't doubt yourself. It is important to listen to your gut feeling. I hope you feel better soon! I love Cipro that seems to take care of things quickly...thatand levaquin! I hope you feel better soon!

Hot tea and hot lemon water helps me break up mucuous and my dad likes hot tea and he sits up a bit to keep his lungs elevated. I also like ahot cloth on my face with a few drops of dr. Bronners peppermint soap squeezed out it is so powerful it helps (plus its real peppermint not perfume which is horrible).

Gosh feel better soon! I hope that was helpful! =)

Well, I sure hope you're feeling better soon LilEllie and that stuff in your chest breaks up soon.

And thanks, I really apreciate your concern. I have had 2 colds in the last 3 years but like most people here probably they usually end up in my chest. Like I mentioned earlier I'm already on ciprofloxacin for some infection my blook work indicated, maybe even this who knows, but it might prevent it going straight into my chest in a bad way.

And grrrrr...my room-mate, who is actually a very nice guy and a good cook but who throws away anything that isn't nailed down threw away both of the thermometers I had because he didn't know what they were. I dunno, maybe they don't have thermometers in Sri Lanka but I'm getting more and more annoyed as I look for usefull little items which are no longer around or at least can't be found. I apreciate a clean house but anything that doesn't have an immediate use, or that he can't ascertain what it's for he just chucks. Lol.. Sorry for my rant/vent here but I went to take my temp and can't find either. And what I just discovered at well, and this is kind of funny actually, is that if he doesn't understand what I'm saying to him he's just agree and say OK. So I figure I've got through to him but he's agreed to something but he really had no clue what I was talking about and just nods and says OK, OK. I've got to get this figured out somehow.

kinda sounds like a sinus infection to me

ZZ, does your room mate understand "NO" ? Put your items in a certain drawer, box, whatever, walk him over to them , point at them and say "NO"... point to him and them and maybe after a few no's he will get the idea. A toddler can figure that out....Good luck
BJ

So, the cold seems to have passed me by fortunately. I'm petty happy about that.

Bj, yeah I'm going to have to try something like that.

zz- the cold seems to have passed you by?
i figured when you said you got the blood work & what it showed that you had started antibiotics then.
i do hope you continue taking the whole prescription of cipro. it's a good antibiotic for whatever infection (broad spectrum) your blood work is showing.
i'm sure you know that "always take the full round of antibiotics even if you feel better." ---right?

I got bloodwork done just because it needed to be done. Hadn't been done for about 10 years that I can recall so the doctor basically just ticked everything in site on the bloodwork order form and even had to pee in a cup too. Just coincidental to that the work showed I had an infection somewhere so the doctor gave me the cipro which yes, I will take for the full 10 days pain in the butt though it is since I can have no minerals for 2 hours before or 6 hours after the dose (includes milk due to calcium).......well, now I think of it I hope that little splash of milk in my morning tea doesn't mess it up.

Anyhoo, yes I'll be taking it till the end since the tests show I've an infection in me somewheres. Just that yesterday as I felt I might have had a cold coming on it seemed like a particularly lucky set of circumstances to have had antibiotics already in my system in case it went straight for the chest.