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August 05, 2003
Bronchial Pneumonia
Been sick for over week. Finally (despite advice from 'A' and several friends) I went to the doctor.
I've got the early stages of bronchial pneumonia. A couple of chest x-rays, breath test, strep test, two taxi trips, a trip to Eckerd and $180 later, I'm on an anti-biotic, an inhaler and Sudafed for congestion.
On the plus side, the treatment is straight forward and apparently very effective, but it might take until the weekend before I feel better. Washington's 90% humidity isn't helping.
Posted by Samer at August 5, 2003 07:41 PM
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Sorry to hear you're so sick, Samer. I hope all the medicine works ASAP.
Posted by: Jill at August 6, 2003 12:05 PM
I'm recovering from bronchial pneumonia, was in the hospital for 3 weeks and in ICU for 10 days due to acute respiratory failure. Now I'm home, recovering, and am being told that it will take "some time" for me to get better. Months. I hate being on oxygen 24/7 and taking so many medications, breathing treatments, bed rest 3/4 of the time. Then I'm told I've got COPD because I've had chronic bronchtis since my first bought of pneumonia at age 3 years. Anyone out there who has had pneumolnia this bad?
Posted by: Leanne at February 9, 2004 04:02 AM
i hope u continue to recover, my father had it and no one know, i told him to see a doctor, he did but the doctor didnt detect it....i dont know much about it, could some one explain plz
Posted by: maz at March 30, 2004 05:09 AM
I was just doing some research on pneumonia, and stumbled across this page. A friend of mine just lost her 2 year old son to bronchial pneumonia on Apr. 3, 2005.
Posted by: Heidi at April 14, 2005 09:33 PM