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Post by wilder11354 » Wed. Feb. 15, 2017 4:14 pm

missed work monday... felt horrible, tuesday got up..felt worse..Breathing horrible. Off to ER ... seems I got me some of the Pneumoniia in one lung. IV'ed me with antibiotics... nebulizer treatment. Sent me home. got antibiotics, but told me to stay out of cold, drink lots of fluid...REST! So I am taking the whole week off(vacation time) which I didn't want to use till hay season.

 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Wed. Feb. 15, 2017 4:19 pm

Better your still alive to have a hay season. Hopefully you get over it quickly. There's some nasty strains going around that are proving very tough to fight.

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Post by SWPaDon » Wed. Feb. 15, 2017 4:19 pm

Well hay , we are just glad to hear you sought medical attention and are on the road to recovery.

Get well soon.


 
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Post by CapeCoaler » Thu. Feb. 16, 2017 10:10 pm

I'll vouch for nasty strains...
Last year I spent 2 weeks in the Hospital, 8 days in ICU... :shock:
Went from nothing to ICU in 72 hours...
And that was on antibiotics!
Respiratory failure, on a bipap while in ICU...
Still on a bunch of respiratory meds...
If you get worse go back for another look see by the doc...
Trust me you will know when it gets worse...
High fever and shaky hands, I could barley hold a water glass before I went to the ER...
Neb every 2 hours was doing jack *censored*...
When that happens it is time to go to the ER...

 
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Post by gaw » Fri. Feb. 17, 2017 4:33 pm

Sunny Boy wrote:Better your still alive to have a hay season. Hopefully you get over it quickly. There's some nasty strains going around that are proving very tough to fight.

Paul
…what he said. Get well wilder11354
CapeCoaler wrote:I'll vouch for nasty strains...
Last year I spent 2 weeks in the Hospital, 8 days in ICU... :shock:
Went from nothing to ICU in 72 hours...
And that was on antibiotics!
Respiratory failure, on a bipap while in ICU...
Still on a bunch of respiratory meds...
If you get worse go back for another look see by the doc...
Trust me you will know when it gets worse...
High fever and shaky hands, I could barley hold a water glass before I went to the ER...
Neb every 2 hours was doing jack *censored*...
When that happens it is time to go to the ER...
Damn, I would say you were pretty sick.

 
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Post by CapeCoaler » Fri. Feb. 17, 2017 11:30 pm

Yep...
You know it is bad when...
All the doc's are doing rounds...
but all the doc's stop in to see you... :shock:
Never thought 'a little pneumonia' could do such damage...
As a nurse my wife must have been exposed and was resistant...
Because she never got it...
Our youngest had a mild strain...
But I got the grand prize...
They threw everything at it and it just laughed back...
Even had a doc that specialized in infectious diseases at MGH looking over the chart...
Ya gain an appreciation for life when something like this...
dangles you over the edge and you get a chance to come back...


 
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Post by wilder11354 » Wed. Apr. 11, 2018 6:41 am

Once AGAIN...Pneumonia! Right lung, woke up yesterday morning (early) in intense pain, right side of chest. Went to my doctors medical office(Giesinger), got an appointment with any Dr. that could squeeze me in that morning. Chest xrays, and meds prescribed.

 
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Post by freetown fred » Wed. Apr. 11, 2018 6:48 am

Yep, had it 3 yrs. runnin--got re-upped on pneumonia shot (every 5 yrs.) plus flu shot each yr. & been good last 2 yrs. Feel better Bill.

 
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Post by rberq » Wed. Apr. 11, 2018 6:56 pm

There are two different pneumonia vaccines now available, intended to protect against many common strains.
Get them at any age, and booster (or original) again after age 65, I think.
My youngest son had pneumonia while in college when he was strong and young, and it still knocked him for a loop, took weeks to feel right again. Hope you're out from under it soon, Wilder.

 
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Post by CapeCoaler » Wed. Apr. 11, 2018 9:46 pm

Get the shot prescribed...
Check the insurance coverage if it is out of pocket close to $500 here...

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