Does it take you longer to get over colds?

TE MarieMember

Does it take you longer to get over colds than pouched people? I've had a bad cold and/or bronchitis for 2 weeks and it does not appear to be going away very soon. It is a little better. I am sleeping around the clock. My healthy husband caught the cold from me but it's not as bad as mine.

I think it's because my immune system isn't as good as his and I'm currently treating cuffitis too.

4/26/136:00 PM

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kathy smithMember

I've had one cold that I can remember. DAMN BRIAN was asleep in bed and coughed right into my face (he'd had a cold for awhile). I had the cold for just a couple of days. DB's cold had started a couple of weeks before mine and lasted for a week after my cold went away. So the short answer is 'no' it doesn't take me longer to get over colds.

kathy

4/26/136:49 PM

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suebearMember

No. But my Achilles heel is my lungs (double pneumonia) as a child so if a cold settles in my lungs it's a long recovery.

Sue

4/26/138:52 PM

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TE MarieMember

I hear you suebear. I had the pneumonia vaccination years ago so thought I was ok. Last time I had it I was 17. I had to research it and found out it doesn't cover every kind of pneumonia.....

I'm taking OTC Guaifenesin expectorant and it helps.

4/26/139:24 PM

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rachelravenMember

No. But I did get sick a lot as a child, and then got UC at age 11 and kept that up. I think I must've gotten partial immunity to every virus out there, as many flus and colds as I had growing up! After my first few years in nursing, when I did get sick more, now, it's much rarer for me than ever in my life.

4/26/1310:24 PM

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KiaMember

No, aside from UC and subsequent pouch complications, I have been very fortunate.

4/27/139:42 AM

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