Ho-hum...another Day, another Dr., another Dx (continued)
Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 1:38 pm
(New thread update! 3-3-13)
(Thread updated 10-21-12)
It's pneumonia this time - my very first bout with it! My life is so absurb that it continues to hit me with one dx after another - almost all of them totally unrelated to MS, of course. I can only assume it's "aspiration pneumonia" due to my (non-MS related) hiatal hernia/reflux problem, that often wakes me up choking my most recent meal into my lungs. A couple hours of gagging, coughing & sputtering seems to take care of it, but I've always assumed that, sooner or later, my lungs wouldn't be able to handle the load. Looks like I was right.
(The hiatal hernia story is here: http://www.thisisms.com/forum/post15818 ... al#p158180 )
Woke up at 3:00 am this last Monday morn coughing up blood, with no other real symptoms. I actually went on to work, because it had stopped by then, I wasn't that sick, and, hey, this isn't even close to the weirdest or scariest thing I ever woke up with anyway. The doc dx'd bronchitis due to low grade fever and not many other clues, gave me an antibiotic. I suggested a chest x-ray anyway, he agreed, and there it was - pneumonia!
And then on Friday was the latest trip to the physiatrist for more leg EMGs (on the non-MS one). So Part 2 of this week's Docs & Diagnoses posts will come later. I guess I don't really need sympathy or even advice, (unless you have a magical, non-surgical cure for the hernia), I just always feel the need to share my whines with everyone.
And you're all welcome to stop into my thread and whine along! Sending good thoughts, good health, good humor, and good lungs to all!
(Thread updated 10-21-12)
It's pneumonia this time - my very first bout with it! My life is so absurb that it continues to hit me with one dx after another - almost all of them totally unrelated to MS, of course. I can only assume it's "aspiration pneumonia" due to my (non-MS related) hiatal hernia/reflux problem, that often wakes me up choking my most recent meal into my lungs. A couple hours of gagging, coughing & sputtering seems to take care of it, but I've always assumed that, sooner or later, my lungs wouldn't be able to handle the load. Looks like I was right.
(The hiatal hernia story is here: http://www.thisisms.com/forum/post15818 ... al#p158180 )
Woke up at 3:00 am this last Monday morn coughing up blood, with no other real symptoms. I actually went on to work, because it had stopped by then, I wasn't that sick, and, hey, this isn't even close to the weirdest or scariest thing I ever woke up with anyway. The doc dx'd bronchitis due to low grade fever and not many other clues, gave me an antibiotic. I suggested a chest x-ray anyway, he agreed, and there it was - pneumonia!
And then on Friday was the latest trip to the physiatrist for more leg EMGs (on the non-MS one). So Part 2 of this week's Docs & Diagnoses posts will come later. I guess I don't really need sympathy or even advice, (unless you have a magical, non-surgical cure for the hernia), I just always feel the need to share my whines with everyone.
And you're all welcome to stop into my thread and whine along! Sending good thoughts, good health, good humor, and good lungs to all!