Bronchial or respiratory Symptoms

Thank you so much for the information. I will give some of these a try. Let me know how the humidifier works. Best wishes to you for a healthy new year.

Pam

Me too and I'm a singer so I am aware of it all. I honestly thought I was dying and my doctor told me, the hospital is swamped with this very thing and people think they are dying. Which leads me to believe it's in every single processed item,therefore peoples food tastes have nothing to do with it , like dairy etc.

I finally went to the doc and said listen, I MUST have lung cancer. you are all missing something.  She gave me ran rabeprazole...I haven't even had to use the inhaler, I don't even think I have asthma, just post nasal and Gerd.  I feel better, I'm clearing my throat a little bit. But being a singer I don't want to clear it at all...So far I've only taken the pill once a day for four days and my symptoms are almost all gone.

ANd she even said don't expect it work work right away it might take a while.  I think this is it folks. And  I no longer feel like I'm dying.

So I encourage all to try a Proton Pump inhibitor...that phlegm, while being breathed in is a real killer, or at least feels like it is.

Check it out.

I'll holla back if there's any major changes.

Good Luck 

hi, yeah it's a bummer...being a singer its even worse, right? I'm always worried i'm going get a flare up just in time for a gig!

anyway i was scared too of the same thing! I keep worrying I have lung cancer or something serious. I finally went to a reg dr (for another issue) but told her i wouldnt take any meds and that i just want to find out what all these symtoms mean and if there could be a connection with a more serious source other than just the reflux. I'm concerned with the rib/back shoulder pain. Now i have a lump on the side of my neck too which is seperate issue i think...I was so scared because of all the neck back and muscle aches and thought it might be Lymphoma or a symtom of lung disease and that the pain is maybe not from the reflux. However she felt the lump and feels it nothing serious. its moveable and painful too which is unusual for any type of cancer. She said it could be fatty tissue or muscle inflamation because i strained my neck 2 weeks before...and the fact that it goes up and down is also a sign that its not that serious. Had a few pea sized nodes too but said  everyone has lymph nodes and lumps and bumps they don't even know about and that its not usually anything nor do they even know why people have them. Sometime gum issues, post nasal drip ear etc...I was so worried that all the symtoms i had with the reflux were really something else...but she insisted that if I had a fatal disease i'd have known it or been dead by now, since all these symtoms have occured for years now and on and off. This whole reflux thing can make anyone into a hypocondriac! Because it causes so many overlapping symtoms!

Anyway the good news is my digestive issues seem to be getting better and better with all these enzymes and sticking to a purer diet. Seems all my symtoms including the rib/back thing is becoming less severe and less frequent. Its so hard to believe that all these symtoms are from reflux though. Had some blood work done (dr is a specialist in rheumetology so deals with strange recurring symtoms all the time). Test for thyroid, lupus tendencies, blood count etc. Once they come back we'll go from there. I have no insurance so I'm paying for it all. But the good thing is she wont order unneccesarry tests! She told me to put heat packs on neck and if it doesnt go down in 2 weeks she may have me do an MRI. I refuse to get a tube down my throat due to it affecting my voice and or causing infection...i've heard too many stories about these invasive tests causing all kinds of issues.

anyway hope you are doing well. keep me posted!

sandra ny,ny 

I did have the tube down twice when I just really needed voice rest.

However only the initial freezing screwed up my voice for a couple of hours WOW, you've never heard a sound like that unless out of a seal.

Well it sounds good what you have going on.

If you ever feel like crap again try someting maybe that is of an organic nature to prevent build up.

I heard certain natural ingredients cause it. Oh too the Europeans swear by hot water and lemon everyday.

Infact thanks for reminding me, going to go do it now.

P.s Coffee is a bad one too. but my god the hours I keep nothing else seems to soothe the soul like that.

Good luck on the career. We probably know all the same fears and tricks. Love

Sher

Oh wow I know the feeling of being a hypocondriac! I have had tons of blood work done, mri, cat scans, ekg's, chiropracter visits, physical therapy and I still had no clue what was making me sick! I have a new doctor and I swear she thinks Im nutts by now. I have never been the sick type and I asked her if it was asthma, depression, migrains, pms, muscle injury, back injury, something! anything! I got that word anxiety............ and I snapped! I told her that I have the sympotoms of it but not until I get behind the wheel of a car (which I eat in for work, and yeah its fast food) with a large coffee. I felt fine in the morning and could breath fine until about an hour into work (and 3 coffees later). I have had neck pain, the base of my skull hurt, my upper back and I was in and out of the ER several times. I went to a sinus specialist for the sinus issues I have and he said go get ocean for nasal spray since I dont take medication. I was talking to the pharmacist and he said all the symptoms I have sound like they are from reflux. I talked to my doctor, she got my file from my retired doctor. I had the same problems 12 years ago with a new born. They did a scope on me back then and said I had a hernia and reflux with a sinus infection. Go figure, the reflux doesnt go away just was under control from the diet I had. So Im taking zantac 150mg a day and I feel a bit better but I still have upper body aches that Im guessing will take a while to go away.