Hospitalized with pneumonia
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wrote on 1 Jun 2022, 10:45 last edited by
So you done with the pills? Are you back in the shack?
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wrote on 1 Jun 2022, 11:32 last edited by
No I'm here still and will remain so until tomorrow morning.
Had a CT yesterday which showed lower left lobe pneumonia, which just confirmed what they got from the X-ray Monday.
Vitals are all normal.
I feel fine but they want to do a broncoscopy and see what they can grow. But barring some unforeseen event I'll leave in the morning.
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No I'm here still and will remain so until tomorrow morning.
Had a CT yesterday which showed lower left lobe pneumonia, which just confirmed what they got from the X-ray Monday.
Vitals are all normal.
I feel fine but they want to do a broncoscopy and see what they can grow. But barring some unforeseen event I'll leave in the morning.
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wrote on 1 Jun 2022, 12:18 last edited by
No. they will have stopped them by then and moved to oral.
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wrote on 1 Jun 2022, 13:25 last edited by
Good news. I hope all goes well.
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wrote on 1 Jun 2022, 13:51 last edited by
Sounds like you’ve got it licked. Hold the course.
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wrote on 1 Jun 2022, 14:31 last edited by
They found the likely source of my issues from a sputum culture. They think it started with a parainfluenza virus (which Dr. Google tells me is not flu) with the bacterial pneumonia as a later add-on.
Because of that they are canceling the bronc. I'll probably go home today with a prednisone taper and a script for ribavirin.
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wrote on 1 Jun 2022, 14:33 last edited by
Glad to hear you are going home.
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wrote on 1 Jun 2022, 14:34 last edited by
Happy to hear you are leaving the hospital today. There's no place like home.
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wrote on 1 Jun 2022, 14:39 last edited by
Must be counting the minutes…
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wrote on 1 Jun 2022, 14:41 last edited by
In light of all this, are they going to change your daily meds?
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wrote on 1 Jun 2022, 14:51 last edited by
I doubt it. I'm already on a daily prednisone dose of 5mg, so that will change for a while.
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I doubt it. I'm already on a daily prednisone dose of 5mg, so that will change for a while.
wrote on 1 Jun 2022, 15:01 last edited by@jon-nyc said in Hospitalized with pneumonia:
I'm already on a daily prednisone dose of 5mg, so that will change for a while.
OIC. Knowing nothing about pharmacy, I thought maybe part of your regimen was to protect against precisely the kind of invasion that put you in the hospital this time.
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They found the likely source of my issues from a sputum culture. They think it started with a parainfluenza virus (which Dr. Google tells me is not flu) with the bacterial pneumonia as a later add-on.
Because of that they are canceling the bronc. I'll probably go home today with a prednisone taper and a script for ribavirin.
wrote on 1 Jun 2022, 18:25 last edited by@jon-nyc said in Hospitalized with pneumonia:
They found the likely source of my issues from a sputum culture. They think it started with a parainfluenza virus (which Dr. Google tells me is not flu) with the bacterial pneumonia as a later add-on.
Because of that they are canceling the bronc. I'll probably go home today with a prednisone taper and a script for ribavirin.
Ok, I was overconfident. They want to check me tonight to make sure the anti-viral doesn't do bad things. Almost certainly I'll leave in the am.
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wrote on 1 Jun 2022, 20:43 last edited by
That's disappointing, I know. Hang in there.
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wrote on 1 Jun 2022, 20:46 last edited by
Prednisone always mad me want to crawl along the ceiling. I suspect you don't have that issue - but glad you're doing well.
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Prednisone always mad me want to crawl along the ceiling. I suspect you don't have that issue - but glad you're doing well.
wrote on 2 Jun 2022, 01:13 last edited by@kluurs said in Hospitalized with pneumonia:
Prednisone always mad me want to crawl along the ceiling. I suspect you don't have that issue - but glad you're doing well.
Prednisone always made me want to work like crazy.
Jon, whacha doin' this weekend? My house needs painting.
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@kluurs said in Hospitalized with pneumonia:
Prednisone always mad me want to crawl along the ceiling. I suspect you don't have that issue - but glad you're doing well.
Prednisone always made me want to work like crazy.
Jon, whacha doin' this weekend? My house needs painting.
wrote on 2 Jun 2022, 01:35 last edited by@brenda said in Hospitalized with pneumonia:
@kluurs said in Hospitalized with pneumonia:
Prednisone always mad me want to crawl along the ceiling. I suspect you don't have that issue - but glad you're doing well.
Prednisone always made me want to work like crazy.
Jon, whacha doin' this weekend? My house needs painting.
You missed your real chance. When I was in acute rejection they gave me 750mg daily, straight in the vein.
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They found the likely source of my issues from a sputum culture. They think it started with a parainfluenza virus (which Dr. Google tells me is not flu) with the bacterial pneumonia as a later add-on.
Because of that they are canceling the bronc. I'll probably go home today with a prednisone taper and a script for ribavirin.
wrote on 2 Jun 2022, 03:03 last edited by@jon-nyc said in Hospitalized with pneumonia:
They found the likely source of my issues from a sputum culture. They think it started with a parainfluenza virus (which Dr. Google tells me is not flu) with the bacterial pneumonia as a later add-on.
Because of that they are canceling the bronc. I'll probably go home today with a prednisone taper and a script for ribavirin.
Can we all pause and be thankful for the medical expertise we have? Not from reading this post, but my kids went in for their 4-year-old and 18-month-old visits and I see the various vaccinations and shots they've received (and are scheduled to get) and I thought today......what a world we live in. Most of it is (literally?) greek/latin to me.
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@brenda said in Hospitalized with pneumonia:
@kluurs said in Hospitalized with pneumonia:
Prednisone always mad me want to crawl along the ceiling. I suspect you don't have that issue - but glad you're doing well.
Prednisone always made me want to work like crazy.
Jon, whacha doin' this weekend? My house needs painting.
You missed your real chance. When I was in acute rejection they gave me 750mg daily, straight in the vein.
wrote on 2 Jun 2022, 03:23 last edited by@jon-nyc said in Hospitalized with pneumonia:
@brenda said in Hospitalized with pneumonia:
@kluurs said in Hospitalized with pneumonia:
Prednisone always mad me want to crawl along the ceiling. I suspect you don't have that issue - but glad you're doing well.
Prednisone always made me want to work like crazy.
Jon, whacha doin' this weekend? My house needs painting.
You missed your real chance. When I was in acute rejection they gave me 750mg daily, straight in the vein.
