Every since coming out of hospital I have had a cough and it won't go away. I have had antibiotic after antibiotic and nothing seems to cure it. The moment I stop taking them the cough gets worse again. This time I went back to the doctor before I finished the last course and got some more, different yet again.

He also put me back on Tiotropium, this cause me serious breathing problems when I last tried it. Previously it was a powder and I was taking other drugs which I discovered by accident, were also causing breathing problems. The accident was forgetting to pick up the prescription and totally running out of Flecainide. This was something given to control irregular heartbeat which had been fixed by an operation but the heart people did not want me to come off of it. I had been on it for several years even though I did not think that it was doing any good, but of course the doctor is always right (or supposed to be)

The Tiotropium this time is different, it is an aerosol inhaler. I suppose this has an advantage in that there is no powder carrier in it's make up. So far, about three days, I have had no breathing problems.

The other problem with the cough is that it is causing chest and stomach pains. As a consequence I am taking a lot of pain killers as well. I had a bit of a rest from them but have started again this morning.

I will have to see how this goes now, I have got appointments for BP test (but as they were so late yesterday I walked out), and a spirometry test.