This is an old post from 2016.
I went to the doctor and requested a chest x-ray.
It showed an opaque shadow on my right lung.
What prompted me to go to the doctor was a creeping sense of fatigue…
And a kind of breathlessness that I’ve never had before.
The good news was that it isn’t cancer….
The bad news is that it’s pneumonia.
I was in denial at first because I felt mostly OK …and thought of pneumonia as a kind of triple x-rated cold.
I did not know that pneumonia begins without symptoms.
Today I have the symptoms of nausea, headache and a passionate urge to sleep.
I will do my best to keep up with comments but it may take me a couple of days to go through them.
If you have the following symptoms get thee to a doctor.
The symptoms are mild at first but they quickly worsen in older people or in people with compromised immune systems.
C. pneumoniae:
• Gradual onset, which may show improvement before worsening again; incubation period is 3-4 weeks.
• Initial nonspecific upper respiratory tract infection symptoms lead on to bronchitic or pneumonic features.
• Most of those infected remain quite well or are asymptomatic.
• Cough with scanty sputum is a prominent feature.
• Hoarseness is a common feature.
• Headache affects the majority of symptomatic sufferers.
• Fever is relatively unusual.
• Symptoms may drag on for weeks or months, despite a course of appropriate antibiotics.
• Where it causes significant problems, this may be due to secondary infection or co-existing illness – eg, diabetes.
Right now I have blinding headache…and I’m taking a course of Empiric Antibiotics because we aren’t sure which type of pneumonia I have….but given the onset my guess is C. pneumoniae:
Hoping you Get to feel better soon, and Please look after yourself 🙂
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Thank you Wild…This thing is taking it’s sweet time…I have more energy today than yesterday but it’s still limited…
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Late as usual, but i trust you’re doing better, onto full recovery? Do take care.
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I’m getting better…bored with being sick — But I have to stop pushing myself…
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Glad to know:)
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Thank you, my friend….
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Rob, are you in fabulous SFO? Be a dream to see your works someday.
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Thank you… this is from a post I published in march of 2015
http://wp.me/p47Ymh-Va
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Soulful, your SFO. I’m glad you found your sanctuary, home. Thank you for the link; bookmarked. Sleep tight, sweet dreams.
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Hope you are feeling better sending good wishes
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Thank…it’s taking as long as I officially expected to take which is longer than I hoped it would be…:)
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stop expecting and take the time we will still be here
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LOL…thank you, my partner wants to shake your hand…:)
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sensible partner 😉
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🙂 Yes…
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Pneumonia is rough (I had it a couple of times). I hope you feel better soon!
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Thank you…it’s not pleasant but I’m so cheered up by everyone’s comments that I feel better.
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Yes, which is why we do the work we do to enlighten people. I’m so happy to belong to a community of interested, compassionate people because ultimately these folks can be our best advocates.
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I agree…:)
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Oh my goodness, sometimes I’m such a twit. I was going to ask you how you were feeling and then I realized I replied with the wrong comment to your reply if that makes sense. How are you feeling?
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Oh I’ve done that — and it makes perfect sense.
Sometimes the software hiccups and if I’m composing a post in the reader (a mistake I keep repeating) I drop into the next comment and don’t know it.
I’m feeling better which means awful but conscious….which is definitely an improvement, although I’m about to let this sad old rag of a body go to sleep. Thank you for asking.:)
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Oh Rob! I had it twice last year and boy it knocks you about. Lots of fluids and rest! x
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Oh wow, twice…I really feel for you. Thanks for the comment.
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Sorry to hear Rob. Do take care of yourself and I’ll say ‘a little prayer for you!’ ( now that would make a great song title). 😉 You don’t want a relapse so make sure you do REST. I’d ordinarily send you a little Aussie sunshine but it’s overcast today. ☂☁️
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LOL…on “I’ll say a little prayer”…and we can use some of that Aussie sunshine here in San Francisco. It’s cold and we are getting inches and inches of much needed rain. I hadn’t considered the possibility of relapse. That would be wretched…(scratch the hike I had planned for today)
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Take it slow, Robert, and allow yourself to heal. Wishing you a full recovery. 💕
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Thank you, my friend.
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Sleep!!! Your job is to take care of yourself. You will be better soon. I am sending health fairies to watch over you. They will keep you warm. They helped me recover more quickly. ;).
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Oh Health Fairies is what those are…(thank God, I thought I was hallucinating!) 🙂
Thank you for leaving such a nice comment.
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I saw a new therapist today and I told her about big and little and protector. I think you have a positive influence on me. Thank you. Sometimes fairies drop glitter making you sneeze- forgot to mention. 🙂
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I hope I have a positive influence…please ask the fairies to leave less glitter next time…:D
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Get well soon, Rob. Wishing you a speedy recovery.
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Thank you, Hugh…:)
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Good grief! It’s hard to like this post, as I certainly don’t like that you have pneumonia! I hope you feel better quickly!
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I don’t like it either. I hate the fact that I had to drop the blog just as it seemed I was getting somewhere with it…and then of course there is the physical misery of physical misery…but on the bright side if I do everything right the bugs will go away and I’ll live to blog another day. 🙂
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You will blog again — and you’ll be breathing nicely and everything!
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You’re cool…I like you. 🙂
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It’s mutual, thank you 🙂
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🙂
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Get well soon. Wishing you a speedy recovery.
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Thank you….:)
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That’s commonly called “walking pneumonia.” I had it…it left scars and I will forever have “shadows” on my chest x-rays.
Take care of yourself.
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Thank you–I am taking care of myself. The doctor would not even have ordered the x-ray had I not requested it. I looked like I was in perfect health.
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So did I. It was my request also that prompted the x-ray. One lung was completely full and the other one was half full. Had I not been young, and demanded an x-ray, I might not have made it. Sometimes, the doctor isn’t the smartest person in the room!
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I know what you mean…Medicine is so corrupt right now that we have no choice but to become paraprofessionals just to take care of ourselves.
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Exactly. I always told my children and Loser….make those doctors listen to you and answer your questions. If you have to…remind them that they work for you….not the other way around!
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Robert!! Please take care and get well soon.. No more blogging until you’re better.
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Thank you…anything that I would have blogged on the 22nd would have like mental pancake dough. Today I’m feeling a little better. A couple of days ago I was so miserable all I did was sleep. It’s good to see you…Thank you for your good wishes…:)
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I had this when I was a kid – knocked me down for two weeks. Get well soon!
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When it started I had no symptoms; the symptoms came on full force on Wednesday. I’m on a course of antibiotics and it’s the fourth day and I’m feeling better. It’s like having a nuclear flu. Thank you for your good wishes…:)
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Ah, that;s how it comes, creeping up and taking the wind out of you. Happy to hear that the antibiotics are working and that you are feeling better. Here’s to a speedy recovery 🙂 You are welcome!!
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Thanks again…:)
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You’re welcome 🙂
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OH NO! I had it before. Not fun. Rest and more rest!
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Thank you, my friend. I’m feeling a little better today…it’s nice to read your good wishes….
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OH! Hello there! Nice to know you’re feeling a bit better! You deserve every good wishes there is!
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Thank you…you are one of the best…
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My wish is for you to get well soon, Robert.
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Thank you…:)
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You are most welcome.
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I hope you can get lots of rest, and I hope you are feeling better soon!
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Thank you…I appreciate your comment…:)
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I hope the antibiotics do their job and clear this for you.
Hugs
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Thank you, Dave.
They seem to be working for me.
I just got a call from my therapist who advised me to remember that Pneumonia is not like the flu even if it feels like it is. I have a hard time just laying around — I suspect I will not be back to my normal energy levels for another week or two. Thank you for the hugs…they are most welcome.
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Hope you get well soon. Get a lot of rest!
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Thank you…at this point my body will fall asleep whether I want it to or not. 🙂
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Hope you get well soon!
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Thank you…I suspect it’s going to take another week..I appreciate your good cheer.
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Hope you get well, soon! No need to reply. Just rest. ❤
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Get better soon.
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Thank you…:)
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You doing okay now?
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Thank you for asking…I thought I was doing better but today I slept until 2 PM and my chest feels congested and heavy. If it doesn’t get better I will call an advice nurse.
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Good idea. It’s probably this crap weather, though. I felt congested all day, too. Just keep getting more rest.
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I hope so…I wrote and entire post in reply to you.
http://wp.me/p47Ymh-3qq
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Aww. Hope you feel better. Take care. Get rest and fluids. It’s going around Chicago too. Tempted to buy a box of surgical masks. Thanks for the list of symptoms. Had no clue about most of them.
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A box of surgical masks makes sense. I had no clue either, and it makes the flu feel like a tickle….I am feeling a bit better but for the past few days I’ve mostly slept.
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Get well soonest… i had pneumonia two weeks ago… gosh must be the weather there… get well! 🙂
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I think it’s traveling around the city by bus–from what I understand it thrives in enclosed densely populated environments…
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Take care 🙂 be well… you need rest 🙂
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Thank you…I’m beginning to feel some improvement; but I’m not ready to do very much except sleep.
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ohhh all you need is rest and I am glad you are feeling better… you have to hydrate most of the time… take care 🙂
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Thank you!…I keep a ten gallon drum of water above my bed…(I wonder if that’s dangerous…?)
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Wow… thats cool 🙂 hope you are feeling better 🙂
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Thank you, I’m feeling a little better….
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take it easy!!! Rest, rest rest!! I know what it’s like! the fatigue is awful!
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Yeah…I hate it more than anything…I’m a work horse and tend to feel guilty when I’m not doing something..thank you for your good wishes…
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Oh my, Robert. Wishing you a speedy recovery.
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Thank you, Rita…:) I’m off to sleep now…
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Sweet dreams and healing rest, my friend.
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Thank you Rita, for leaving such a lovely comment.
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You are so welcome and I do hope you are much better now. That’s a scary bout you had.
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Thank you, Rita…I still have it but I am feeling better…I appreciate your support.
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Get well soon!!
Big hug, David
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Thank you…:)
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🙂
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Well, if I could beat pneumonia with relative ease last month with all I have going on, I’m sure you’ll be just fine. Remember to breathe deep despite any pain, and don’t be afraid to cough (cover your mouth). Don’t miss those antibiotics and get well soon!
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Thank you Josh — I really didn’t start feeling sick until yesterday. I’m glad I requested the x-ray because based on my blood-work I’m in excellent physical health..so the doc would have missed this entirely…
I expect that with the medicines on board it will be mostly resolved in a week or two…thank you for leaving a comment…:)
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Don’t try to keep up. Rest.
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Thank you, Linda. It’s nice to read your comment…I’m going to take my first dose of azithromycin and curl up and watch a good bad movie…
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That ought to help.
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Reblogged this on SURVIVORS BLOG HERE.
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