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Things are looking up! I've been sick the entire winter with one long respiratory illness (quite unusual for me), culminating in whooping cough. The cough lingers a long time, but yesterday I was able to walk outside for a bit without bringing it on and I actually had the energy to do this. The coughing lasts 6-10 weeks with this disease and it's been 5 weeks since it started. Feeling better and losing weight is very encouraging!
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198.4 lb
Lost so far: 10.4 lb.
Still to go: 43.4 lb.
Diet followed 100%.
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Diet Calendar Entry for 08 March 2017:
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1039 kcal
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Fat: 70.31g | Prot: 73.52g | Carb: 30.69g.
Breakfast: Fage Total Greek Strained Yogurt, Mt. Olive Sliced Pepperoncini, Tillamook Medium Cheddar Cheese, Organic Valley Heavy Whipping Cream, Coffee, Blueberries, Flaxseed Seeds, Poppy Seed, Naturegg Eggs. Lunch: Trader Joe's Candied Pecans, Justin's Nut Butter Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups, Epic Pork Rinds Sea Salt & Pepper, Kirkland Signature Rotisserie Chicken Breast Meat. more...
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losing 5.6 lb a week
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So sorry to hear about the difficult winter. I had whooping cough in 2001 and it went on for 14 weeks. I only coughed at night, so I kept going to work. It was so exhausting. I caught it from an student in my class whose parents had refused to immunize him.
08 Mar 17 by member: erikahollister
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Oh my, Erika! That's a long time to be coughing, though I've heard that in China the disease is referred to as the "100 day cough" which is indeed 14 weeks. I too have noticed the coughing is worse at night and woke up last night in the middle of the night experiencing something akin to an asthma attack with the cough. I had had a pertussis booster about 7 years ago but it doesn't confer 100% immunity and given I was sick for so long before I got it my immune system must have been depleted. Evidently having the disease doesn't confer as much protection as the shot and there is a rarer strain of the disease that isn't covered by the immunization. Anyone reading this who hasn't updated their immunization I encourage you to do it! Even if you do get the disease it will be a lighter case than you might otherwise have.
08 Mar 17 by member: trackin64
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Hope you recover soon!!!! My husband got that from my nephew a couple years ago, I had never seen him so sick, it was scary!
08 Mar 17 by member: gokona
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Prayers for a complete and speedy recovery for you.
08 Mar 17 by member: rhontique
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i have also have what you have but mine turned into pneumonia.. antibiotics, steroids and now allergy meds. sending you prayers for a recovery but I do know how you are feeling.
08 Mar 17 by member: devohna
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Do take care; don't push yourself!
08 Mar 17 by member: erikahollister
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That's awful, devohna! I hope you are feeling better now. I did take antibiotics when the whooping cough was first starting as it seemed like I was developing bronchitis...at least that was the doctor's best guess. Thank you all for your kind thoughts and support!
08 Mar 17 by member: trackin64
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Wow - whooping cough! Get well soon!
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Sorry to hear you have been so sick. I am glad you are on the mend.
10 Mar 17 by member: izzypup68
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Health issues make it tougher... good luck!
10 Mar 17 by member: smprowett
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Glad to hear you're on the mend and back on track! I'm getting over an upper respiratory ick, myself. It's remarkable how much mucus a body can create!
11 Mar 17 by member: mskestrela
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