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Old 03-21-2016, 09:39 PM
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Originally Posted by graciegirl View Post
This is the second time you have mentioned upper respiratory congestion in two weeks, and now you mention a cough. I am a card carrying mother and have practiced as a mother for more than fifty years and my recommendation is that you see a doctor and rule out anything nasty that might be working on you.


It sounds bossy, but is meant kindly.
Listen to mother.

I tried to self-medicate an upper respiratory problem for a couple of weeks. Fortunately, I had a regularly scheduled visit with my primary care doctor about that time. He said I had severe bronchitis, gave me a shot and a prescription for medications as well as telling me to take an over the counter treatment.

I immediately got better. At the age of most people in The Villages there is the constant danger of an upper respiratory problem turning into pneumonia.

Listen to mother.
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