The Monday Checkup

The Monday Checkup

So I went to the hosptial this morning to check on my pneumonia and it's looking pretty good. I don't have to check into the hostpital. Thank goodness.

Here is the Xray I was shown on Friday.

The whispy white strands of stuff, that's the pneumonia. It's very freaky to see your lungs are full of some guck that shows up on xray. The dark area in the top left, that's what it should look like throughout according to the doctor. No strands, all dark. Today, the new xray still showed strands of stuff but they were about half the size they used to be so I guess that means I just take it easy and cross my fingers now.

The zithromax I was given over the weekend is supposed to keep kicking for another 4 or 5 days and the doctor didn't tell me to come back so I guess that means as long as my symptoms go away I'll be fine.

Since Friday I haven't had a fever but I still sweat like crazy and I have a cough. The doctor gave me some medicine to help loosen up that stuff in there so I can get it out. Hopefully that's it.

Comments:

Good [ e ]

It looks like your getting better. Hang in there.

SRL

posted by stickyriceloverSeptember 3, 2003 at 10:01

How are you feeling? [ e ]

It's been about 2 weeks since you posted this. How are you feeling now? Are you over it?

posted by VorteksSeptember 16, 2003 at 15:34

Feeling mostly better [ e ]

I have a slight cough I can't seem to get rid of but otherwise I feel great.

posted by greggmanSeptember 17, 2003 at 18:58

Glad to hear it [ e ]

posted by VorteksSeptember 18, 2003 at 8:40

??? [ e ]

i had a small case of pneumonia about a month ago and they gave me medicine i thought that it was cleared up but suddenly i got even more sick and now theyre saying that its worse and i had to get a shot of steroids and im on reallllllly strong medication now its about half way up my lungs now and they are hoping that they can get it before it gets so bad that i have to go to the hospital. i hate hospitals. im now officially on a new inhailor because i have asthma ontop of all of that. but it just really sucks right now. i gotta go back in 2 weeks and get another chest xray. but anyways i was wondering what medicine finally helped you?

posted by billiecatMarch 11, 2009 at 22:39

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At the time they gave me azithromycin. I've had pneumonia again twice since then and this year I had it in June and I haven't been 100% the entire last 8 months except for about twice, 3 weeks at a stretch

posted by greggmanMarch 18, 2009 at 6:55