Good Grief - getting anti biotics is like trying to get class A drugs !

[Tillyscoutsmum]

I appreciate about people getting immune to them and super bugs etc. but I have had a chest infection for almost 3 weeks. I'm struggling to breath, have no appetite, am knackered and feel really really bad. I also have an ear infection which makes me feel like I'm under water all the time.

Went back to the GP this morning and he now thinks I have pneumonia and has finally given me anti biotics. The last time I had some was 20 years ago when I had a kidney infection so its not like I have them all the time.

Grrr

Oh that sound awful, you must be feeling really rubbish. Poor you
How many times has your GP refused to prescribe antibiotics before today? I hope you start to feel better soon.

I recon getting the class A drugs would be easier!!

Did he send you for a chest X-ray? Otherwise he is probably just guessing. So if you don't feel already quite a bit better after 48 hours antibiotics I would see (another) doctor as it may not be the right anti-biotics. I would also insist on a chest X-ray. I hope you feel better soon

dikker - he's told me to come back next week if I'm not feeling much better and he will refer to an x-ray. He did say it was "probably" pneumonia and he could hear the infection in my lungs.

copycat - To be fair, I only went once. I had the cough etc for about a week before I went to the GP and that's when I was told it was probably a virus but to go back if it wasn't getting better within another week or so. When I went back today, as soon as I started telling him my symptoms (before he examined me), he said there were so many people in the village with this virus. I honestly thought I was going to have to beg !

Thank you for the sympathy