I played 18 holes of golf two weeks ago Wednesday and Thursday the next day I went to the gym like normal but I started to get a sore throat. The next day after that was Friday, two weeks ago today I felt even worse so I stayed home from the gym. Since I had an already scheduled appt with my VA doctor on Monday I figured I would just wait until then get get medical advice.
On Monday when I saw my doctor I explained I felt very bad and was coughing so much, the nurse went and got me a mask. He listed to my chest and said, you have some bronchitis and here's a prescription for a 5 day Z-pak, it will knock it out of you by Friday.
On Friday I could barely get out of bed and I had taken all the pills. I called my Medicare doctor at Pinellas and they said come in today, which I did. They sent me for a chest x-ray, which indicated I had pneumonia, for which I had just gotten a vaccine last summer.
Anyway, they gave me an anti-biotic injection right then and some strong anti-biotic pills for 10 days. Today one week later seeing my Medicare doctor I am about 90% improved, just some shortness of breath. The first week when I was just on the Z-pak I couldn't eat or sleep, dropped about 10 pounds, which I don't have to spare. A second opinion saved me a lot of suffering.
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