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* )