[MothasParticipant]

Hi people, just coming to the end of my second week back at home, still tired and getting the odd bout of nausea.

Last week I started developing a dry cough bringing up clear phlegm in the morning, and was getting a runny nose (also clear). I was given antibiotics which I haven't finished yet but wonder if anyone else has experienced anything similar?

[PeterJamesParticipant]

Hi Tom
I got the same cough, Christies told me it was the Mathalan cough , quite common ,
But it took me some months to get rid of it , tried many remedies but non worked
My very dry mouth also did not help , also kept me off solid foods for some weeks
In turn my coughing led me to retch up phlegm , never food, so I took to carrying my " retch kit " around with me , a bag with cardboard bowls & tissues.
Now just six months since my escape , feel as well as the proverbial butchers dog
No discernible pp in my bloods
Also just glad to find out the lesions In my left hip which i have been having Zometa for , don't exist , just a knackered hip due to wear & tear
I would much rather have this than Myeloma damage , so all my bones are clear
So now off to see a new hip man !
I hope you keep up with a good & quick recovery
All the best
Peter

[MothasParticipant]

Peter thanks that's very helpful. Sounds like you had it pretty bad. I'm not retching up anything but I do have to do an awful amount of clearing of the clear snot and phlegm at different times of the day, and the dry cough isn't much fun….

[adamsp41Participant]

Hi Tom…I too suffered from a cough post SCT ..lasted 4 months and eventually cleared up on it's own…consultant and GP were not really concerned about it after I had undergone scans and heart tests which were all clear…see my previous post
Hope it clears up quickly…stay safe…Phil

http://www.myeloma.org.uk/patient-services/discussion-board/general/its-not-the-cough-etc-etc/re-its-not-the-cough-etc-etc6/re-its-not-the-cough-etc-etc1/re-its-not-the-cough-etc-etc/re-its-not-the-cough-etc-etc/re-its-not-the-cough-etc-etc1/re-its-not-the-cough-etc-etc/re-its-not-the-cough-etc-etc/

[scott9Participant]

Hi Tom,

I have followed your progress with great interest. Really happy to see you are not doing too bad now. I guess you can live with the cough. I'll start my post today as I go into Kings tomorrow for the next few weeks. I wish they would find an easier way for us to keep going!!!!

All the best

Scott

[MothasParticipant]

Scott best of luck, take it a day at a time and you'll get through it.

[MothasParticipant]

Thanks Adam hopefully it'll clear up soon.

[tomParticipant]

Hi Tom

Well I used to smoke, stopped three weeks before I went in for SCT 2009 and have had the Cough just after SCT still have it on and off and still get phlegm kicked out as and when I cough, been and had anti B tabs chest X-rays all clear they say ??.

I will cope with the cough I tell the wife it's my attention cough he he.

All the best with it Tom your doing great.

Old Tom Onwards and upwards

[VickiParticipant]

Hey Tom

Glad you are doing ok…well done, I think Colin had a cough too but it's gone now. He did have a very dry throat and there was like a dry patch on it, or so he thought. It seems to have cleared now though.

Vicki and Colin x

[MothasParticipant]

@tom and Vicki and Colin

Feeling better the last couple of days, cough definitely on the mend but you never know with these things. Amazingly perhaps the antibiotics actually worked 🙂

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