Postby Bev G » Tue Sep 06, 2011 8:55 am
Another thought: If he is on an ACE-inhibitor for his blood pressure (if you post the name here, I'll tell you if it is if you don't know), one of the very frequent side effects of ACE-inhibitors is an incredibly annoying, chronic cough. When my endocrinologist wanted to put me on one 20 years ago to protect my kidneys from long-term type 1 diabetes, we had to try 4 or so of them before we found one that didn't keep me up all night coughing.
HTH,
Bev
58 yo Type1 DM 48 years
12/09 Stage IV 2/22 nodes + liver met, colon resec
3 tx FOLFIRI, liver resec 4/10
9/10 6 mos off chemo, Neg PET&CTC CEA nl
2/11 finished total 10 rounds chemo
9/13 ^17th clean PET/CT NED for now