Guest guest Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Ughh, what an ordeal!! Hope you feel much better soon! L xox Sent from my Verizon BlackBerry Pnuemonia Blues Hi Fellow SMAers, I'm finally home from hospital for pnuemonia. This one snuck up on me in a way. I didn't have any colds or flus. I kept feeling run down, my [bleeping] primary poo-poohed me until I was gasping in my sleep, shallow breathing, waking up blue colored, etc. My pulmo dr gave me an antibiotic that I knew wasn't working, the ER drs sent me home against my pulmo drs wishes, then I kept coming back to the ER by ambulance until I got admitted. I was given IV antibiotics that gave me diahrea from hell while the dumb assed drs told me to " just eat yogurt " . I told them " I've been taking the acidolpholis you prescribed and eating yogurt already! Every time I put anything in my stomach I have shit pouring out of me. I'm dehydrating here! Give me immodium before I pass out again! " . Eight immodium doses later I could finally eat and drink without explosive results again. Meanwhile I found out this whole infection might have happened because unknown to me until then my pcas were putting unrinsed soggy nebulizer handsets away in a drawer everyday then squirting albuterol in them and giving them to me in the morning for weeks. So anything was growing in them while I used them unknowingly. Lately my days are spent trying to clear my lungs, eating, sleeping and going to med appointments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 Thank you Day by day - thank you God- I'm doing a little better bit by bit. The cough assist and frequencer have really helped me. Having respiratory therapists who know what they're doing makes a BIG difference. Years ago I hated the cough assist because it hurt to use it. But now I have respiratory therapist who knew what they were doing and they taught me the right way to use this - now - helpful machine. > > Ughh, what an ordeal!! Hope you feel much better soon! > > L xox > Sent from my Verizon BlackBerry > > Pnuemonia Blues > > Hi Fellow SMAers, > > I'm finally home from hospital for pnuemonia. > > This one snuck up on me in a way. I didn't have any colds or flus. I kept feeling run down, my [bleeping] primary poo-poohed me until I was gasping in my sleep, shallow breathing, waking up blue colored, etc. > > My pulmo dr gave me an antibiotic that I knew wasn't working, the ER drs sent me home against my pulmo drs wishes, then I kept coming back to the ER by ambulance until I got admitted. > > I was given IV antibiotics that gave me diahrea from hell while the dumb assed drs told me to " just eat yogurt " . > > I told them " I've been taking the acidolpholis you prescribed and eating yogurt already! Every time I put anything in my stomach I have shit pouring out of me. I'm dehydrating here! Give me immodium before I pass out again! " . > > Eight immodium doses later I could finally eat and drink without explosive results again. > > Meanwhile I found out this whole infection might have happened because unknown to me until then my pcas were putting unrinsed soggy nebulizer handsets away in a drawer everyday then squirting albuterol in them and giving them to me in the morning for weeks. So anything was growing in them while I used them unknowingly. > > Lately my days are spent trying to clear my lungs, eating, sleeping and going to med appointments. > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 Exactly the same here, too! charmedcripchic wrote on 02/05/10 18:37: > Having respiratory therapists who know what they're doing makes a BIG > difference. > > Years ago I hated the cough assist because it hurt to use it. But now > I have respiratory therapist who knew what they were doing and they > taught me the right way to use this - now - helpful machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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