Lisa - pneumonia is SERIOUS. People still die from it, young healthy people. I am surprised your doc has allowed you to keep working.

When I had pneumonia in the 1980's, I was out of work 5 weeks, and then returned part time for 4 before getting back on my feet. At the start, the doc yelled when he learned that I was walking form the bedroom to the living room twice a day for a "change of scenery." He said if I couldn't stay put in bed he's send me to the hospital.

When we over stress a muscle, say in the arm, we jsut use the other arm for a few days. You hold books in the other arm, use the other hand to open doors. But when we stress the lungs, which are expanding and contracting like muscles, we can't NOT use them. So it takes much longer for them to recover. Using the lungs - walking, stairs, moving about - just puts more stress on them.

I say seek another opnion BECAUSE this doc let you keep working! Just my opnion.
Sandra