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Hi Yall....I've been sick on & off for the last 3 weeks but I was coping with it pretty well...everyone you talk to here has been suffering from allergies for the last month and while that usually is not a problem for me, a few weeks ago, I starting sneezing and I was getting horrible headaches after being outside for any length of time....I've been using my AYR saline nasal kit and gargling with warm salt 3x a day, faithfully....not only was I still able to function, I seemed to be successfully avoiding a doctor visit...  Well, I started running a significant fever the last couple of days and I finally folded at almost midnight last night and went to the ER....after a few tests and chest x-rays, he diagnosed me with pneumonia and a sinus infection....  He sent me home with prescriptions...a Z-Pack, 10-days of Amox and cough syrup w/promethazine & coedine...so, if my posts tend to not make sense, yall will know why...
Age 7- Kidney Necrosis Age 11-Bursitis Age 14-Costo Age 17-Psoriasis Age 32-Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Age 33-Sacroilitis Age 35-Interstitial Cystitis Age 40-AS Age 44-Fibro Age 44-PsA Age 45-MS Age 46-Sjogrens Age 46-Raynauds Age 47-PF  
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Chelle,
Be very careful. Two men in thier 40's died from pneumonia here in WY. A new strain, more like a virus is making its way into our culture.
Please get well soon.
agape'
I keep the New Covenant,
when I fail....I am pulled
back into place by HIM.
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Sorry to hear that Michelle. You take good care of yourself until you get the all clear. 
"Traveler, there is no road, you make your path as you walk." - Antonio Machado
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Not good Michelle - wish you well real soon. Hope meds aint interfering with yr drugs trial... Take care hon - keep wrapped up warm. (((HUGS))) lass  Molly C
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Hi Lon, thanks for the warning, I wonder if that's why he put me on two different antibiotics? This isn't very fun, that much is for sure!  ...how's Lin feeling? Talk to you soon....
Age 7- Kidney Necrosis Age 11-Bursitis Age 14-Costo Age 17-Psoriasis Age 32-Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Age 33-Sacroilitis Age 35-Interstitial Cystitis Age 40-AS Age 44-Fibro Age 44-PsA Age 45-MS Age 46-Sjogrens Age 46-Raynauds Age 47-PF
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Thanks kurumi....I'm about to go back to sleep now, I can't wait until this fever goes down, it's making my bones hurt something awful...
Age 7- Kidney Necrosis Age 11-Bursitis Age 14-Costo Age 17-Psoriasis Age 32-Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Age 33-Sacroilitis Age 35-Interstitial Cystitis Age 40-AS Age 44-Fibro Age 44-PsA Age 45-MS Age 46-Sjogrens Age 46-Raynauds Age 47-PF
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Thanks Molly...I put in a call this morning to the clinical trial doctor because I was wondering that too....also, if I were still on Enbrel, I would have to stop taking it until I was well again, so I'm wondering if the same applies to this biologic...
Age 7- Kidney Necrosis Age 11-Bursitis Age 14-Costo Age 17-Psoriasis Age 32-Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Age 33-Sacroilitis Age 35-Interstitial Cystitis Age 40-AS Age 44-Fibro Age 44-PsA Age 45-MS Age 46-Sjogrens Age 46-Raynauds Age 47-PF
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Yes, Lon's correct (why wouldn't he be?), pneumonia is nothing to mess around with. I had it some four or so years ago. I was one of three or four folks in the building in which I worked that were diagnosed with pneumonia around the same time. It took me three rounds of antibiotics to kick the [**BLEEP**] thing.
Kind Regards,
Jay
Almost all of us long for peace and freedom; but very few of us have much enthusiasm for the thoughts, feelings, and actions that make for peace and freedom. - Aldous Huxley
Was the government to prescribe to us our medicine and diet, our bodies would be in such keeping as our souls are now. - Thomas Jefferson
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Sorry to hear you are so ill..please take care.. I have a quick question.. Before I started Methotrexate years ago. I had to be vaccinated for pneumonia. When I started Enbrel in December I did not have to be vaccinated again b/c I guess the vaccine last a long time.. Did you have the vaccination?
Peace,
Tamara
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Dear,
Lin is gaining. Very tired. She has had to work some evenings plus the day shift to cover flu and pnemonia vacines at firehouses and such. I am so glad she made it thorugh this. I tear up when I think about how wick she was.
Snow cold wind but some sun here today
Please get well..
When a young healthy person (sept) for AS gets this stuff it can be concern. I hope by now that you are much better?
I keep the New Covenant,
when I fail....I am pulled
back into place by HIM.
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