Looks like that may need reviewing?
Looks like that may need reviewing?It's given to infants and adults over 65 on the NHS. She is neither!
Don't feel bad mate, glad you're feeling better. Back to the GP tomorrow to see if I can get some more steroids.......Feel bad putting this post straight after Manchester’s but today is the first day in approximately 6 weeks I’ve actually felt completely ok.
That's shit mate.Good job I did go back to the GP today. Got yet another bacterial chest infection and he's diagnosed me with sinusitis too. More antibiotics, steroid tablets and a steroid nasal spray. Yay!!.........
In a strange way I actually feel more cheerful knowing I've got another infection which can be treated. It feels better than just feeling like crap and being told it's just a virus live with itThat's shit mate.
I know it's hard but try and keep your head up.
Missus got the "urgent" x-ray appointment through - 7th March!My missus has had a chesty cough for about 4 weeks. She was diagnosed the first time at the GP with a chest infection (no shit, Sherlock) and gave her 5 days of doxycycline. Didn't touch it so she rang the GP again and a different doctor gave her amoxicillin for 5 days. Didn't touch it. Saw another doctor yesterday and he has put her on high-strength clarithromycin (usually used for pneumonia) and referred her for an "urgent" chest x-ray. Despite being able to cross the road to the minor injuries unit, she has to wait for them to write to her with an appointment, then i guess it will be another week before they bother to send the results back to the GP. Some fucking urgency!
Poor lass. All the while Covid negative.
Are you going to Walsgrave? Try Rugby instead, you can pretty much turn up without and appointment and get an xray on the spot.Missus got the "urgent" x-ray appointment through - 7th March!
Brilliant!
We're in Evesham, Chief - but thanks for taking the time to replyAre you going to Walsgrave? Try Rugby instead, you can pretty much turn up without and appointment and get an xray on the spot.
My GP advised me to try there when there was a wait at Walsgrave. Was pre-Covid so may have changed
Coming under Worcester then, I don't why they bother with them anyway , just do a scan,fit you in overtime from experience??We're in Evesham, Chief - but thanks for taking the time to reply
Sounds awful mate. Hope you and the others on this thread suffering these symptoms recover as soon as possible.Back to the GP today. He’s given me a different batch of “very strong” antibiotics.
Confirmed it’s Pneumonia.
He said if it hasn’t give by next week I’ll be off for an X-Ray.
The confusion is the strangest symptom.
That’s what they’ve got me on. I’m on day 2 and a half of a 7 day course.Wife update - the "very strong" antibiotics (clarithromycin), normally used to treat pneumonia, have done fuck-all, despite her being on the highest dose for a week. Unless she has TB or the plague, it ain't bacterial!
Her coughing is tiring ME out listening to it; she must be exhausted!
Thanks Terry!That’s what they’ve got me on. I’m on day 2 and a half of a 7 day course.
i hope she gets the right treatment soon and starts feeling better.
I'm not on any BP meds but my BP has been high ever since this lurgy started, having never been high before.Thanks Terry!
GP has now given her a salbutamol inhaler with a face mask attachment. May help, but he admitted he doesn't know what is going on!
One thing that may be a coincidence is that the GP started her on blood pressure medication about the same time the cough started. He says that class of BP meds does not cause a cough as a side-effect ... but doing some digging on the web suggests it might be a more common effect than documented.
If any of you are on BP medication, that may be something to consider????
You really should get down to the emergency room by the sounds of that.I’m in the 6th week of being off work. I’m now waiting on chest xray result. I’ve been dizzy as fuck today, and quite nauseous at times.
This is the longest I’ve ever been off. GP said it’s pneumonia and that I need to keep on at them…I’ll be trying to go back tomorrow.
Yes or NHS 111.You really should get down to the emergency room by the sounds of that.
Cheers mate and @Deleted member 9744 tbh it’s fluctuating quite a bit. I’ll get an appointment tomorrow with the GP…if I don’t do anything I’m grand!You really should get down to the emergency room by the sounds of that.
For me it’s not so much the cough…although I have one from time-to-time…my chest is also quite crackly at times. It’s more feeling kinda tired, slightly nauseous and bewildered. although this also fluctuates throughout the day. I might have an hour or so of clarity and think ‘what am I doing being off’ but then will feel like I haven’t got a clue what the hell I’m doing. It’s very weird.I came back at the weekend after being overseas for work and had got the cough back in a massive way and felt rotten. Could hear my chest wheezing, was knackered etc.
My cough was so bad that the Missus pushed me to ring the docs Monday morning and I managed to get an appointment a few hours later. I explained I'd been away, coughing etc. and she had a quick listen to my chest told me it was completely clear and that I had "Post Nasal Drip" where basically all the mucus in my nose and throat was dripping onto my trachea and irritating it and causing me to cough. She prescribed a nasal spray and said to treat it like hayfever so also take antihistimines and three days later I am significantly better and my cough is slowly subsiding.
6 weeks I put up with this previously so if anyone is still struggling it might be worth trying to clear out with nasal sprays, antihistimines, olbus oil in hot water etc.
That's just your age mateFor me it’s not so much the cough…although I have one from time-to-time…my chest is also quite crackly at times. It’s more feeling kinda tired, slightly nauseous and bewildered. although this also fluctuates throughout the day. I might have an hour or so of clarity and think ‘what am I doing being off’ but then will feel like I haven’t got a clue what the hell I’m doing. It’s very weird.
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