Pneumonia take two
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valihaSo I have to take another chest x-ray tomorrow morning. My latest results came back, and they were not good, so my GP is sending me back to the pulmonary specialist. I don't have a fever, but I did start coughing again. I do not need this now. (>_<)
ETA Well, I went to see the pulmonary specialist, they took another couple of chest x-rays, and they didn't show any changes from the last set. My erythrocyte sedimentation levels were quite high (40, whereas normal levels are 10 or below), and there were other signs of a persistent inflammation. With no improvement on my x-rays, my doctor suspected that I might have what they call atypical pneumonia, and might be caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae. So, once they find out the cause of my pneumonia, they'll put me on another type of antibiotics. I will do those tests on Monday.
ETA Well, I went to see the pulmonary specialist, they took another couple of chest x-rays, and they didn't show any changes from the last set. My erythrocyte sedimentation levels were quite high (40, whereas normal levels are 10 or below), and there were other signs of a persistent inflammation. With no improvement on my x-rays, my doctor suspected that I might have what they call atypical pneumonia, and might be caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae. So, once they find out the cause of my pneumonia, they'll put me on another type of antibiotics. I will do those tests on Monday.
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Date: 2011-10-13 09:14 pm (UTC)Let me know what the doc says tomorrow - I'll be worrying all day :(
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Date: 2011-10-13 09:38 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2011-10-13 08:15 pm (UTC)In 1991 I had pneumonia.....did not even do a chest xray because doctor told me he could hear it with a stethoscope deep in both lungs.
I was put me on an antibiotic........after the drug treatment was supposedly over,
I returned to find out it had not even made a dent in it ie it was resistant to the drug...............
Round two featured a new antibiotic which finally killed the bug............but it was a no prisoners taken kind of battle
I wish there was more I could do...............
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Date: 2011-10-13 08:35 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-10-13 08:40 pm (UTC)They are super bugs...........resistant and sometimes dangerously so
When I was in India I had a bacterial infection and was hospitalized
They have much more powerful drugs in India than they do here in US
I was on IV antibiotics for several days..............and managed to
kick it, but they cultured it first before they even started me on one
I had done all that I could to stay healthy, but somehow I picked up
one of the bugs..................
:-/
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Date: 2011-10-14 04:48 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-10-14 04:56 pm (UTC)I guess that is what I was dealing with because the first drug
did NOTHING. It just got worse since it was not treated.
I hope they can identify the culprit and you will soon be on your way
to being free from it.
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Date: 2011-10-13 08:51 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2011-10-14 04:56 am (UTC)Hope they'll finally figure out how to treat it properly!
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Date: 2011-10-14 04:50 pm (UTC)