Coughing

Hi Bratpackstress

Its good to hear that you’re doing well 

I didn’t have an urge to cough for over a week I was in critical care and the physio left me be

Once the cough started it did not stop and I was breathless I did not produce phlegm and my consultant said that it was fine 

Long story short, I am now taking regular antihistamine and the cough and breathing has greatly improved. It may be a combination of time and healing but the antihistamine has definitely helped.  

You could phone your nurse to see what they have to say. 

Best wishes for a speedy recovery 

Hi Ann

Thank you for replying the fact that I was in and out of hospital so quickly I didn't think to ask questions like these, I did manage to shift a little bit of phlegm this morning which I presume is good, the main thing I have to watch out for is that I don't over do things because I feel so well.

I remember also after my lobectomy not having the urge to cough ,and when i did it was about 10 days later and was painful to cough because of my incision scar ,but i was given some tablets at the time to make the phelgm looser ,but i cant remember the name of them ,but they did work

It's normal but the physiotherapist should have given you exercises to help you bring up phlegm and told you how to minimise the pain when you do cough.

Hi 

I didn’t have a physio as I was in critical care, didn’t cough until I got home and I’ve never coughed up phlegm

I asked if that was normal and just had a shrug. I still cough and produce zero. it does concern me but they didn’t seem concerned 

I’m 7 weeks post op . Cough all the time , breathless can’t talk without coughing . Been told it’s normal .  Going to have to get a t shirt done . It’s cancer not covid , getting a few glares from people whwn waiting for appointments. 

Exactly. I started announcing it’s Cancer as the looks we’re awful. 
Mine was March the cough is now better though I’ve never produced anything. I started worrying about that too. 
I found talking made me cough. 
Think my hubby enjoyed the peace. 
Ive learned to talk and breathe now. His peace is shattered