To ask if you've had Pneumonia, how did you know it wasn't 'just a cough'

[Christmastits]

Had a cough since Tuesday, I've called in sick for the weekend. I'm not starting to feel any better.

I have a temp of 39.5 and my sputum is now brown, it's really hard to cough up anything but it's always there. Lots of vomiting caused by the coughing, I feel bloody awful.

Drs on Thursday said it was viral but I'm not so sure now, I feel like I have the flu, I also have a uti which I'm on antibiotics for but they won't treat a chest infection.

Is it time to go back to OOH tomorrow? Or tonight? I all of a sudden feel really unwell. I'll have to wake DH up to take me but I don't feel like this is just a cough any more

So sorry OP

Oh OP, so scary and horrible. I hope you got a lot of morphine and managed some sleep last night. Sending you all the get well soon vibes.

OP, in the grand scheme of things it’s excellent that your temperature is reducing and the fluid from your chest is clear.

But I’ve no doubt that this is marred by your loss. It’s absoluely heart breaking.
I hope you slept ok in the end and they gave you something.

So sorry for your loss Christmastits - awful time for you all round. Thanks goodness for your ace dh. Huge hugs to you.

Couldn't walk up the stairs without gasping for air and the fridge aisle in the supermarket made it unbearable to breathe..ouch! Sweating even though I was so cold and chest was agony
Hope you feel better soon!

So sorry to hear your sad news OP. Take care of yourself x

Hope you are starting to feel a bit better today OP. Wishing you a quick recovery and thinking of you, sorry for all that you're going through. Glad you listened to your gut feeling though and took yourself to hospital. Keep us updated on how you are if you can.

Oh my goodness. I've just read your thread. I really feel for you, what an awful awful time you're going through.

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Oh gosh. You poor poor thing. You are going through hell.

Sending you my very best wishes Christmastits

I'm so sorry for your loss, life is not fair at all

I'm so bloody sorry Christmas. Hang in there x

Hope you got some sleep. Temp down and clear plus is really good.

I feel so sad for you OP, I'm so sorry you're going through all of this

Coughing til I peed myself endlessly. Sweet paper noise in my chest that I could hear. You need a chest X-ray to tell. I've had it twice. 2nd time I had a temp of 42 that I could not get down. Couldn't get out of bed, basically delirious or unconscious, but totally different from the first time.

If you have a real “weak” feeling inside and drained of energy whilst breathing, it’s almost certainly a chest infection at least. Awful. Get some antioniotics. Hope you get better soon

Oh Christmas I'm sorry. You are due some really fine things in your future to make up for this fuck cluster. Any chance that your GP could be told what she missed and the consequences?

Oh Op, just foudn this thread, what a crap mix of things

to those saying you can't have pneumonia and be up walking etc, my Mum had a cough and felt rough, made a gP appointment, drove herself there, the GP called an ambulance, once in hospital it became apparent she was really sick, and she was much worse for several weeks and we were told to get my brother back from overseas etc
She is, thankfully, now fine! But it was a horrendous time, and there is no way she would have driven to the GP if she hadn't felt well safe to drive.

Oh OP, so sorry you're going through all this. Life can be so bloody hard. Thinking of you

Oh op. I have no words. I am so sorry

Sending you and your lovely DH massive hugs. X

So sorry about the miscarriage. All the best x x

Good grief you're really having a horrible chain of events :( Hopefully you're turning the corner on the illnesses but it's going to be hard to feel positive after your loss
Is there another GP's surgery you can change to once you are well? I imagine you'd struggle to have any faith in your current GP ever again.
My pneumonia was a walk in the park compared to what has happened to you. I had bronchitis that started to get better with antibiotics and then suddenly got worse and worse.

I actually feel more human today, I don't feel like I'm going to die, so that's good. Thank you for all your kind words. My DH has taken time off work and hasn't left the hospital in days so I sent him home to shower and sleep. My colleague has come down on her lunch break to say hi.

I do feel very very loved

Oh OP, what a shit time you’re having!

Very best wishes to you - and your DH too.

Your DH sounds like a good man. How are you coping mentally?