Pneumonia

[shreddermon]

It sucks. In a major way. My two little girls and I all have it right now. Rough stuff.

Do everything you can to stay healthy boys and girls - there's some nasty stuff going around this season.

[Ben...]

My Grade 8 teacher got pneumonia. He was out for a month and a half. We had an amazing sub so all was good. Luckily, I've yet to get pneumonia, it definitely sounds like a rough time. Get better soon!

[Joe_Steeler]

How old are your girls dude?
That stuff could be devastating on children. I don't mean to scare you.

ABs I presume and breathing treatments? (albuterol, etc.)

Hope you all get better soon.

[guitarsjb]

Be CAREFUL..I got it 6 years ago..didn't know I had it for a couple of MONTHS before I found out what it was. 2 months of antibiotics did nothing. Took SURGERY to get rid of it. I have a 12 inch incision, where they went in between my ribs, took out my lung, and scraped the crap off of it, then put in chest tubes to clean out the inside. I almost died. No shit. I was only 34. It's nothing to fuck with.

[Wylde06]

Hopefully you can get rid of it soon....

[Cleveland Metal]

Pneumonia/bronchitus got me bounced out of the Police Academy at the VERY end after I'd passed everything but the 1.5 mile run...

Took 5-6 weeks to even get close to better...

No fun... for sure.

[MartinBarre]

Christ I never realised pneumonia was so common. I hope you and your girls get better very soon shreddermon.

[javert]

I was in New York for a month back in February doing some work. One week into my stay, I got ill, some kind of airway infection, pneumonia I suspect. I'm only rarely ill, my last sick day was four years before this, so I didn't go see a doctor. Also, I wasn't sure how my travel insurance worked and I though I just had a cold... I was ill for the rest of my stay and it took a week of antibiotics to kill it. I was completely drained for a long, long time. I'm not going to take any chances like that again...

Anyways, I wish you and your family a speedy recovery!

[shreddermon]

My girls are only 6 and 3. I know this stuff isn't controllable but, on some level, it makes me feel like a failure as a parent.

I'm also letting a lot of people down at work during a crucial time.

Yeah, anit-biotics and inhalents all around. Plus one had to get steriods for her respiratory system.

Cleve- very sorry to hear that. I had no idea you got bounced. It truly sucks to have happened because of an illness. Not much fairness in that.

[SEEGERMANY]

Get well soon!

[Cleveland Metal]

Pnuemonia isn't hard to get sometimes depending on the situation... The colds/flu's that go around these days are much harder than they used to be. Takes steroids, inhalants, antibiotics and time...

Absolutely nothing about being a failure as a parent WHATSOEVER. Please don't even think about things that way, you can't help these thing no matter what.

As for me... Yeah, major suckage on the academy. 7 months of hell, this wasn't no punk college academy, it was Cleveland's and they don't play there (think 7 month of ass busting military basic training). Getting sick at the end was (is) very very for me to deal with mentally on a personal level.

Good luck with the lil ones, my son got it at 4 because a doctor missed it when he had a bad cold. Takes a lot out of them. Breathing stuff is a nightmare really, and when you're little, it's beyond scary. I had a lot of troubles with that stuff as a kid and I remember being on the verge of a panic, feeling like you're drowning of sufficating. Very frightening stuff for kids.

They're in my thoughts.

[horns666]

Yeesh..I had bronchitus for three months right after I stopped smoking for many years. That was ridiculous..man, did I feel so run down.

Hang in there, they'll get better..just take care and ride it out. Nothing much you can do. My nephews had it for a while..they're just peachy now. but they always get sick from school..I hate that!!

Postive vibes sent!

[StukaJU87]

Back around 1990 or so, I went to Ireland for 2 weeks in July or August for vacation. It was hot as hell here in NJ and I was totally unprepared for the weather there. I got sick one week in and when I got home a week later it felt like I was on my way out. Had pneumonia. Caught it fairly early and was back to work in a couple weeks.

Hope you guys get well soon!

[DonP]

That's some scary shit. Right now two of my three are sick at home. Wife took them to the doc already. I feel like shit right now too, but living off of strong coffee and cafine.

[phill_up]

I didn't even know it was contagious until a few years ago. I thought it just happened if you were exposed to the elements for too long.
JBguitars, that is some F'ed up shit!
I got a pneumonia shot last year. Anyone else get the shot?