Engineer has pneumonia

[Engineer]

Get well soon!

Trying. Fever seems to finally (again) be broke. Body aches and still have shortness of breath. Gotta work out the kinks I guess.

 

[Mo0o]

Trying. Fever seems to finally (again) be broke. Body aches and still have shortness of breath. Gotta work out the kinks I guess.

Have you been alternating ibuprofen and tylenol and staying hydrated?

 

[RossMAN]

Get well soon my friend.

 

[AreaCode707]

Get well soon my friend.

Well hi there!

 

[jupiter57]

I got it too, neighbor!
Started Thu. night, went to Jessamine Diag.(St John satellite center), saw a young Dr. who was not familiar with Emphysema, he kinda panicked, I could tell he was stumped.All he could come up with was admitting me to the hospital!
Got some X-rays, I had to show him the Emphysema damage & point out the (minor) pneumonic area.
Told him I needed a Z-pack, Prednisone, & an Albuterol treatment.
He ended up giving me the Albuterol, & a script for Prednisone, but skimped on the antibiotic, gave me some weaksauce Vybromycin.
All this was over $700.00! (Haven't hit my deductible yet)
(Should have went to UK's UTC in Nicholasville, they are good, and my bill is always less than $150.00!)
This will take a week to 10 days to get over like that.

I have ordered some Zithromax in case (when) it happens again, I can nip it in the bud!

 

[Engineer]

Get well soon my friend.

Wow, I didn't see this until just now. What an honor RossMAN.

Thanks to you all. I'm feeling better and eating/drinking more. I'm down nearly 10 pounds from last week but I would bet a big part is water weight. Still short on breath and ache but getting better. Tired of not doing anything so moving around a bit more. Might go outside and clean up a little since it's 63 degrees here (20 degrees above normal).

Thanks for all the well wishes.

jupiter, where do you "order" Zithromax?

 

[lokiju]

Get well soon my friend.

OMGOGMOGMOGMGOMGOGMGOM HE LIVES!!!!

I've seen a mythical creature with my own eyes!!!!


AHHHHH!!!!!!!

BTW, How you doin?

Belated Happy Birthday also.

EDIT: On topic. I had a lung infection and bronchitis back in 2005 and man that sucked. Started off as what seemed like a regular old cold but then I flew to Vegas for 10 days for some training I was doing at the time and I think between the flight, the dry weather in Vegas the smoking in the casions and pushing myself extra hard even though I felt like crap, I just went way down hill right as I got back home from the trip.

I missed literally 2 full weeks of work after that and at the time I was living on my own with all my family being pretty far away. At one point I went for I think 3 days without getting out of bed. I had seen a walk in clinic doctor already and he put me on some antibiotics but it still didn't' kick it out of me.

I finally drug myself to a doctor a co-worker said was the best he's seen and that guy actually took an x-ray and said "how are you standing right now?" seriously said that.

Gave me a steroid injection plus some super strong antibiotics and some oral steroids and within about 2 more days I felt reborn.

Amazing what good doctor can do

 

[jupiter57]

jupiter, where do you "order" Zithromax?

I found an online "Canadian" Pharmacy site that sells most any non-narcotic drugs, most DIRT CHEAP.
(Found it from some SPAM trying to sell Viagra, I bought Cilias instead!:biggrin
Saves me a small fortune on my Emphysema meds, (Drugstore price: >$500 mo., their price: <$150 mo.) which I purchase exclusively from them.

Just give them one legitimate Prescription one time & they will sell you whatever you order!

PM me if you need a link to the site, I've been buying from them since my Insurance changed, (Their prices are even cheaper than when I had GOOD Insurance!) always prompt shipping & never an issue.

 

[CRXican]

it's that time of year

all the old folks getting pneumonia

 

[Mo0o]

Wow, I didn't see this until just now. What an honor RossMAN.

Thanks to you all. I'm feeling better and eating/drinking more. I'm down nearly 10 pounds from last week but I would bet a big part is water weight. Still short on breath and ache but getting better. Tired of not doing anything so moving around a bit more. Might go outside and clean up a little since it's 63 degrees here (20 degrees above normal).

Thanks for all the well wishes.

jupiter, where do you "order" Zithromax?

dont medicate yourself, just go to a competent doctor. if you have legit pneumonia, you often need stronger antibiotics than just azithromycin (zithromax). zithromax is popular for COPD exacerbations (which sounds like is what jupiter is describing) because it has other effects than just killing bacteria

 

[Engineer]

dont medicate yourself, just go to a competent doctor. if you have legit pneumonia, you often need stronger antibiotics than just azithromycin (zithromax). zithromax is popular for COPD exacerbations (which sounds like is what jupiter is describing) because it has other effects than just killing bacteria

Wasn't going to, was just curious. Oh, and the doctor prescribed me a Zithromax Z-Pac for what it's worth. 2nd day in (will take 3rd at around 6:00pm) and recovery is going pretty well compared to the first few days with nothing.

 

[cirrrocco]

Engineer. get well soon. have you tried taking those super spicy thai or indian soups [again only if your chest and head is all blocked up, I feel like the pepper in them eases things up]

lAlso having a couple of packs of throat lozenges seems to definitely help me with the coughing if you have em.

regarding Rossman, i think after forum upgrade where his post count went down to 69,890 something, he just wants to get back to 70,000

I need to find jokersmoker thgh.. I forgot his tag line thgh.

 

[Engineer]

I forgot his tag line thgh.

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(or something like that).

 

[pay]

Did they say if it was lobar pnuemonia or bronchopnuemonia? Did they culture your sputum?
Edit: Also are you a smoker?

 

[FallenHero]

I had it earlier this year. It sucked...couldn't sleep for more then an hour at a time I was coughing so bad. I had it for over 2 weeks before I got it diagnosed because I refuse to go to see doctors for what I thought at the time was just a bad chest cold. I'm still coughing every so often...shit lingers and messes up your lungs big time.

 

[BoomerD]

I eat as much capsaicin-rich food as possible when I'm sick.

Jalapenos, serranos, etc. LOTS and LOTS of hot, spicy food to help kill the damned virus.

(it might not actually kill the nasty little bastards, but it's not for lack of trying on my part) PLUS, they're an excellent source of Vitamins C and A.

"By weight, green bell peppers have twice as much vitamin C as citrus fruit; red peppers have three times as much. Hot peppers contain even more vitamin C, 357 percent more than an orange. And red peppers are quite a good source of beta carotene.

http://www.fiery-foods.com/article-...-part-2-capsaicin-as-a-cold-remedy?format=pdf