A health warning for people as stupid as me.

Glad you are feeling better henetha. I need to book in for a pneumonia jab. Keep putting it off.

You are not stupid henetha, am sure some of us are guilty of trying to battle on regardless, my old dad’s advice was ‘walk it off’ if we ever got ill. But I think we forget our age and how an illness we weathered when younger could now be potentially very serious indeed.
So glad you are now recovering. A bit of a nudge for all of us. 😔

Good advice. Be well quickly.

Hi everyone. I'm feeling better this morning. Thanks to all of you for your good wishes etc. I'm really touched at your kindness.
I definitely will get an Oximeter.
No, I don't think I'd had a pneumonia jab. I'll ask if I can have one now. I'm seeing a doctor on Wednesday.

This must have been so very frightening for you henetha.

Very pleased you are now over the worst.
Take it easy now until you are fully recovered.

It's not always easy to ask for help so this is a lesson we all need to learn from. Thank you.

I’m so pleased that you are recovering Henetha. It must have been very scary for you.

I can understand the “plodding on” aspect - I think many of us do this as we don’t want to make a fuss, or think “it’s only a cold, usual at this time of year”, etc, etc. We are constantly being told how overstretched the NHS is, aren’t we and I think we think what we have is trivial and will get better, so no need to make a nuisance of ourselves.

I think what your situation highlights, though, is that any cough, breathlessness, etc that doesn’t go away after a few days should be investigated further.

Take good care of yourself, Henetha, have plenty of rest and I hope it won’t be long before you are back to normal 💐.

As someone asked previously, had you been vaccinated? If not, do so.

I mean my Doctor Sister, not doctor's sister!

I'm glad you are on the mend.

I was also in hospital via A and E as couldn't talk anymore as so short of Oxygen, coughing, but hadn't left it as long, I rung 111, 4 days in.

But am telling posters this for a spot of advice

You can get a really easy to use device you pop on your finger that measures your Oxygen Levels (uses batteries so no charging up) so you know if they are too low very easily - and act. My doctors sister brought me one, ask a health professional how to use, and you will know when its too low.

"Fingertip Pulse Oximeter" BLT Model M70B

Get well soon henetha. Thank you for reminding us that sometimes we just shouldn’t keep going.

henetha what a fright you had and I'm glad you told your family and got to hospital in time.

The problem is that we don't want to make a fuss, think we'll get better and also are reluctant to go into hospital nowadays.

However, it sounds as if you were well cared for in there, thank goodness. I hope you're recovering well now, take care.

henetha I hope you are on the mend after that awful experience. Thanks for the warning, it is the kind of stupid thing I would do because I "didn't want to bother anyone".

My eye problems are worse because I didn't seek medical help about 10 years ago.

Hi Hethetha -
What a horrible fright you had and thank the Lord you are better .Pneumonia takes several months in which to fully recover .
I also hope that you've had the anti pneumonia jab .
Next time you get a cold look out for not recovering quickly -coughing a great deal and feeling breathless .
And nip it in the bud with antibiotics and steroids.
Get Well soon 💐

So glad you’re now getting better, it must have been very scary for you and your family. Take good care of yourself from now on.

Thank you for the warning

I hope that you continue to make a good recovery

Get well soon

Oh dear Henetha - so sorry to hear and thanks for the warning . I thing we all tend to keep things away from family and friends, because we don’t want to bother them. I know I’m like that …

Oh goodness, Henetha, thank goodness this was caught. I am glad to hear that you are on the mend.

A timely warning to us all, thankyou. I lost a very dear friend to pneumonia last summer.
My mother used to say pneumonia was ‘the poor man’s friend’ because it carried off quietly those who couldn’t afford a doctor.

What a fright, Henetha. I hope you’re feeling a lot brighter now.

Your warning is a lesson to us all, I think. Your story mirrors that of a friend, though she’s only 50. Her illness was pretty much as you describe, she kept struggling on as she still has a young child at home, until suddenly she couldn’t do it any more and was admitted to hospital as an emergency. It was as though she had become used to being ill and she no longer recognised how unwell she was until she was dangerously ill. Like the apocryphal frog being slowly boiled in water. She still isn’t back to full vigour after three months, it’s a long old recovery.

Henetha a salutory lesson indeed. I wish you a full recovery

A stark but good warning * Henetha* thank you and I wish you a speedy return to good health, take care of yourself.

Get well soon henetha 💐😃

So pleased to hear you are recovering now Henetha take care of yourself. As nanna8 said we are of the generation who were brought up not bother anyone and soldier on.
Not a good idea as we get older.

Had you been vaccinated against pneumonia?