Does It Ever Get Better?

[lizbud]

I say get a 2nd opinion.
I had double pneumonia and was off from work for 5 weeks.

It started as bronchitis while I was on vacation and I was given the wrong anti-biotic.
In 3 days it developed into pneumonia in one lung, and when I got home
my Dr. prescribed the same anti-biotic in a stronger dose.
Soon I had double pneumonia. My Dr. baffeled called an infectious disease
Dr. in the same hospital and my anti-biotic was changed.
I was feeling better with-in a few days, and continually was
getting better with the new drug.
Make sure you are getting the right antibiotics.

I agree with this. My sister just recovered from pneumonia also, but had
a hard time finally shaking it off. The Dr. tried a stronger antibiotic after
the first one didn't work well enough. Best of luck getting 100% again.

[K & L]

Thanks everyone! I'm on a new antibiotic and feel just a bit better today after my first dose last night. Maybe the got the right one this time. I will continue to rest and hope this time will be the cure. In a few months I will get the pneumonia shot.

[crow_noir]

Hijacking the thread, hope you don't mind.

I know it's been a while, but hope you ARE doing better.

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Ugh! I have been so worried about possibly having pneumonia again that i didn't realize that i may finally be over a miserable head cold... that started out as a non-infectious ear infection. Well, a couple days ago i noticed that it was really hard to breath and i'd get 10 times worse after exercising. Usually getting out and about helps me heal faster. Thinking maybe it's pneumonia again (since the only thing that has ever felt how i'm feeling was when i had it last year...) I decided to start sleeping inhumane amount of hours. ...starting to feel a tiny bit better. S.O. desperately wants me to go for x-rays though. I'm convinced i can beat this with sleep (and not taking the dog for walks when i'm supposed to be resting.) And this is really personal for me to share... but sort of vital information... I had my first yeast infection (last year)(and only) and the doctors narrowed it down to being the antibiotics that i was put on for pneumonia. They were 95 - 100% sure that's what it was from after i answered about a zillion of their questions on everything from my personal life, to my hygiene, to foods i eat. It was one of the worst things i've ever experienced!!! (The yeast infection, not the questions.) I'd rather live with pneumonia for three months that go through that again.

Would now be a good time to send S.O. to the health food store for some of those herbal remedies?

How long does pneumonia live in/on stuff? I'm wondering if the stuff was laying on the floor in the bedroom. When we turned on the AC last week it kicked up a bunch of dust, mold, and mildew spores from all the hidden crevices (and stuff we don't vacuum behind. *blush*)

Any advice will be helpful. (Besides vacuuming behind the dresser and such... I already know that we *should* )

[carole]

I do empathise with you really i do, it took me seven weeks to recover and even then it was not a full recovery,i have never felt so exhausted in all my life, and i know all about chronic fatigue,it is part of my normal life, but even just ironing my hubby's shirt was a mammoth task, and i had to sit down several times in between, i do hope you improve soon, watch out for the depression that can sometimes set in,being sick that long can have that effect, it sure did for me anyway, take care and all the best.

[crow_noir]

Just knowing that helps. I had a feeling it was from being sick, but i just wrote it off from my seasonal depression. (I'm weird... I get depressed around May or June instead of in Jan or Dec like most people.)

I do empathise with you really i do, it took me seven weeks to recover and even then it was not a full recovery,i have never felt so exhausted in all my life, and i know all about chronic fatigue,it is part of my normal life, but even just ironing my hubby's shirt was a mammoth task, and i had to sit down several times in between, i do hope you improve soon, watch out for the depression that can sometimes set in,being sick that long can have that effect, it sure did for me anyway, take care and all the best.