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Holy Mackerel. So I went away on a retreat on May 31st and all things were good. The retreat was great. Good to see some friends I don't see very often. Was feeling really good and refreshed. It ended Thursday night and we headed home on Friday. Was excited because my girls were having their birthday party on Saturday and I couldn't wait to celebrate with them (one turned 3 on the 6th and the other turns 5 on the 14th). But my lungs had other plans.
Now rewind to Wednesday. I woke up and my left arm was hurting. Hurt all day. I got a little paranoid and looked up symptoms for a heart attack. Everything I saw said you have to have other things with the arm so I just dealt with a hurting arm all day. Until about 8pm. I started getting kinda cold and sleepy. So I went to bed early (we were trying to leave out early anyway and there was a 13 hour drive ahead of us).
Before I could get into bed I was freezing. My roommate put an extra blanket on me. This took care of me being cold but now i was sweating like crazy. I woke up the next morning at 5:30 with crazy chest pains that were so bad I couldn't go back to sleep. Couldn't hardly breathe, I was freezing, felt like I could throw up at any time, was hungry but couldn't bring myself to eat, and in the worst pain I've ever been in. I'm a man so I decide to power through it.
We get about 30 minutes down the road and I tell my friend to take me to the hospital. I just can't handle the pain. Go in and tell them I'm having chest pains and get a wheelchair and my own private room. They hook me up to everything and find out that the heart is fine. At this point they're not sure what's causing the pain. So they take me for some chest x-rays. And what did they discover? If you guessed pneumonia you'd be correct.
Wow, pneumonia is no joke. It has had me out of commission the last few days. I'm just about finished with the medicine and I'm quite sure it's not all out of my system. Might be going to the doctor tomorrow just to see if I should get more meds. There is no way I want this coming back. Oh, and the worst part... missed my girl's birthday party. Thankfully my inlaws came to town and were able to help my wife take everything to the park and get it all setup. But it would have been nice to be there.
So for anyone wondering, "Should I try my hand a pneumonia?" The answer is a clear NO!
Now rewind to Wednesday. I woke up and my left arm was hurting. Hurt all day. I got a little paranoid and looked up symptoms for a heart attack. Everything I saw said you have to have other things with the arm so I just dealt with a hurting arm all day. Until about 8pm. I started getting kinda cold and sleepy. So I went to bed early (we were trying to leave out early anyway and there was a 13 hour drive ahead of us).
Before I could get into bed I was freezing. My roommate put an extra blanket on me. This took care of me being cold but now i was sweating like crazy. I woke up the next morning at 5:30 with crazy chest pains that were so bad I couldn't go back to sleep. Couldn't hardly breathe, I was freezing, felt like I could throw up at any time, was hungry but couldn't bring myself to eat, and in the worst pain I've ever been in. I'm a man so I decide to power through it.
We get about 30 minutes down the road and I tell my friend to take me to the hospital. I just can't handle the pain. Go in and tell them I'm having chest pains and get a wheelchair and my own private room. They hook me up to everything and find out that the heart is fine. At this point they're not sure what's causing the pain. So they take me for some chest x-rays. And what did they discover? If you guessed pneumonia you'd be correct.
Wow, pneumonia is no joke. It has had me out of commission the last few days. I'm just about finished with the medicine and I'm quite sure it's not all out of my system. Might be going to the doctor tomorrow just to see if I should get more meds. There is no way I want this coming back. Oh, and the worst part... missed my girl's birthday party. Thankfully my inlaws came to town and were able to help my wife take everything to the park and get it all setup. But it would have been nice to be there.
So for anyone wondering, "Should I try my hand a pneumonia?" The answer is a clear NO!