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Post by johnnybandit on Mar 31, 2024 17:03:34 GMT -5
Just in case my absence in posting and commenting the last week or so has been noticed...... I had a pretty rough week.... Last Sunday or so I started feeling under the weather last Saturday night/Sunday Morning. Nothing big, Just achy, low grade fever.. Sunday Night cough added in.
Went to my doctor Monday morning to nip it in the bud Tested Negative for Covid and the Flu..... Did not feel any better Tuesday... Felt a little worse Wednesday, back to my doctor. Tested negative again for Covid and the Flu. Added More meds.
Things got continually worse during the day on Wednesday. By Wednesday Evening I was riding in the back of a Hillsborough County Ambulance on the way to the ER....... Turns out I had BOTH Influenza A and Influenza B.... and Pneumonia had started in... Basically I was having what on my discharge papers was called acute hypoxemic respiratory failure.
Initially they were going to move me to ICU pretty quickly. And ICU doctors had been down to see me in the ER a couple of times. ( I got bumped from my ER bed by someone that needed it worse) So I was in the ER about 18 hours. By then my condition had improved to the point I did not need ICU so they sent me to a Critical Care Unit where they could isolate me as I was contagious.....
Another little twist... I have an auto immune disorder in which my immune system attacks my blood platelets as if they were a virus..... That condition has been stable for a couple of years without having any treatment or medication for the disorder.... However, with two viruses and the pneumonia kicking in, my immune system started in hard on my platelets as well..... They crashed but are coming back up. Anyway.... Things are much improved all around and I got discharged from the hospital today. Fun Times
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Post by gardawg on Mar 31, 2024 17:13:15 GMT -5
Dang JB ... glad you're feeling better. I spent Saturday and half of Sunday in the hospital. Not much fun.
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Post by cadman on Mar 31, 2024 17:32:01 GMT -5
Sounds like you had a bad time. Glad you are feeling better.
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Post by conchydong on Mar 31, 2024 17:33:26 GMT -5
Wishing you well Johnny.
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Post by ferris1248 on Mar 31, 2024 17:42:33 GMT -5
Good news JB and dawg.
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Post by mackeralsnatcher on Mar 31, 2024 17:42:45 GMT -5
Hope you are feeling better John. Just went thru a month of my wife being in the hospital. hospitals suck
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Post by conchydong on Mar 31, 2024 18:04:44 GMT -5
Dang JB ... glad you're feeling better. I spent Saturday and half of Sunday in the hospital. Not much fun. Wishing you well also Gardawg.
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noeettica
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We are all brothers on the water From Yellow fin to Jon boat ;-)
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Post by noeettica on Mar 31, 2024 18:39:48 GMT -5
Wow glad u are on the mend ! ;-)
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Post by TRTerror on Mar 31, 2024 18:51:13 GMT -5
Have you ever licked Dumpster Lids..? Just askin
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Post by illinoisfisherman on Mar 31, 2024 18:59:18 GMT -5
Mr Johnnybandit, glad you are doing better.
My wife also has ITP. We are battling her platelet count continuously. We found that Papaya leaf tea has a very good effect on her count. Our GP doctor, who is a family friend, mother also has the disorder. He had her start on the tea when nothing else was working (even the shot failed). Miraculously her count began to rise. She is going strong two years later now.
Just thought that you might need to try it sometime.
Best of luck and good health always. Ken
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Post by jcbcpa on Mar 31, 2024 19:01:11 GMT -5
I’m glad you are better Johnny.
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Post by richm on Mar 31, 2024 19:16:10 GMT -5
Glad you are back. Crazy how fast some of these things hapen.
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Post by stc1993 on Mar 31, 2024 19:51:39 GMT -5
Get well soon JB & GD both of you. Its no fun when we get older and sick.
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Post by illinoisfisherman on Mar 31, 2024 20:10:54 GMT -5
Get well soon JB & GD both of you. Its no fun when we get older and sick. Yes please get well both of you 🙏
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Post by olmucky on Apr 1, 2024 4:44:32 GMT -5
Wow Glad they figured it out and hopefully you’re on the mend
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