Thank god my back is slowly getting better the pain is not as strong as it was over the last couple of days but is still there so i know i still have to take it easy and be careful what i do. No long walks in cold weather and plenty of rest was the doctors orders so i will take her advice and become lazy this Easter bank holiday. I was again woken at 3 am by a wake up call from the beast that lasted just over an hour. I don’t know what is worst having the attacks or having Pneumonia. I would rather the attacks as at least i know it won’t kill me and i have the injections to help abort the worst ones.
It’s not until you have had a nasty illness you start to appreciate life a little bit more and the mobility a person has in getting around and doing little tasks that seem impossible when you are struck down with a virus from hell. I couldn't even walk as far as the bus stop that is only on the corner of the next street up from mine. As soon as i tried i would become out of breath so quickly and then in terrible pain for hours afterwards. At least its over now, or at least i hope it is.
I have loads to do but just can’t get round to doing it yet as it will just take too much out of me and could end up making me bad again. I have left the house work, the shopping and the washing until i was feeling better now that i am i can still only do small jobs as i am still getting out of breath and a little pain. At least its not as bad as it was. The weather is still forecast to be freezing cold no matter how much sun we get so i know i have t wrap up warm if i go out anywhere and try and keep walking to a minimum for now until the pain has completely disappeared along with the ache that i get in the back in the location of my right lung.
I have now finished the antibiotics and when i saw the doctor yesterday, after having to make another emergency appointment due to the pain being so strong, she has advised me that i don’t need any more tablets as i have completed two courses of the antibiotics and the infection has definitely gone. She seemed to think the pain i am now getting could be muscular or there is still a little residual infection left in the lung that they can’t hear when they check you up. She said if the pain is still strong and i don’t feel any better then i have a letter where i can ring the hospital and make an appointment for them to x-ray my right lung to make sure nothing has happened and i don’t have any damage.
I don’t think i have any damage but believe there is still a little infection there as every now and again i keep getting hot flushes and a sudden increase in temperature. This could just be the last of the infection shifting, i just wish it would hurry up and clear totally so i can get on with things. Its bad enough not doing anything because i suffer from CH and now even the little things i enjoy such as fishing is all put on hold because of this stupid infection. There’s not a lot else i can do except wait for it to clear. Fingers crossed it won’t take much longer.
