Flyman35 Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 Okay, I am just going to assume that this is good news. The doc's office called with my x-ray results and they say that I have minimal infiltration. I asked what they meant by minimal infiltration. She said that I must have had pneumonia and compared to the last x-ray I was getting better. Now that was about 2 months ago that I had that last x-ray and I did all the meds that I was given. I never had a follow up and the breathing never got back to what it was. When I went back to the doc Friday after Thanksgiving they said I had asthma and added the Advair on top of the inhaler I still had. I stayed sick on top of that and stayed home with Tom a few days last week. I had the new x-ray on Friday and now they say minimal infiltration. So do I really have asthma or is it just lingering residual pneumonia? They never did call me with the results of the first x-ray 2 months ago. So I never really new for sure that it was pneumonia. The getting better part sounds good though. Denise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandraL Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 The getting better part does sound better Denise. Those darn doctors hey and their follow up. Some just don't seem to get it that we would really appreciate knowing exactly what is going on and what we have! Geesh. Oh well...just keep getting better and it shouldn't matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyman35 Posted December 10, 2008 Author Share Posted December 10, 2008 Before I went up to see Tom tonight I stopped by the X-ray dept and asked for copies of my last 2 x-ray's. Now the one from July states: Clinical information- Diagnostic Code 786.2 Cough.The peripheral lungs are clear. No active pulmonary disease present. Saturdays states: Clinical information - Diagnostic Code 482.9 Bacterial Pneumonia Unspecified and Asthma. Frontal and lateral views of the chest are acquired and compared to the previous exam on 7/14/08. Minimal infiltration appears to be present medially at the right lower lobe. Now I do not claim in the least to be a doctor but how does that qualify as getting better? To me it reads as the exact opposite. I suppose I will continue to take the Advair, Combivent, Steroids, Levaquin and Promethazine syrup w/codeine. I am suppose to follow up in 6 weeks but I am going to the hospital early as the doctors told Tom they would be in early. I will try to clarify the results then. Denise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry's Wife Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Dang it, Sis. Your docs are just lucky I'm not around. I'm ready to rip them up. I've been in a bad mood all week. Combine "Lynn in a Bad Mood" and a "Reason" and it's not a pretty sight. And I mean that in the most lady-like, Christian way, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyman35 Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 No kidding Lynn. It has been a very stressful week. When the doc came in to see Tom this morning I went over my results with him. He said Rita must have been fried out that day when she called me. He said you have pneumonia and we are treating it. So there it is out of the doctors mouth. I HAVE PNEUMONIA. Denise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry's Wife Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Well, at least they are treating it. Jerks. As Nick said in another post, they should go poop in their hats. And I'll add that I would like to smash those hats onto their pointy little heads. And then pop them upside. Hope you feel better soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyman35 Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 LOL Lynn. I'm actually not feeling so bad. I sure am glad that I asked for that x-ray though. Denise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry's Wife Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Me, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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