Originally Posted by PornAddict

Interesting thread... and one that recently coincides with me. I'll explain...

About 3 weeks ago, I thought I got the flu. I was feeling a little run down, had flu like symptons (achy muscles, sweating then cold, nauseous, etc...) So, I take some Nyquil and let it ride. The next day I'm feeling better.

Two days go by and all of a sudden, I went from zero to sick. Again, same symptoms as before. I thought I relapsed and this time I did the same thing but rested a bit longer. I then felt better in a couple days and went on with my life.

Then, one night I found myself slowly having trouble breathing. At first it was just some tightness in the chest (started around 8pm on Monday night). I couldn't sleep and I noticed that as the hours went on, I had a more difficult time breathing. I tried taking some hot showers to open myself up, but I noticed that it was working... and now I was getting tunnel vision. By 6am Tuesday, I seriously thought I was going to die. I could barely breath (only quick short breaths). So, I called 911. It turns out I had Pneumonia, and pretty bad. What I thought was the flu was walking pneumonia and it just progressed into full blown pneumonia.

This is something that I would not wish on my worse enemy. For 2 solid weeks, it felt like everytime I took a breath someone was stabbing me in the lungs... seriously. I could only sleep about 1 hour a night and was basically confimed to sitting up 24 hour a day. There was absolutely no way I could lay down... no way.

It was a horrible... horrible experience. And, just like you... I rarely get sick so when the early symptons started, I just thought it was something I could kick in a day or two. So... long story short, if you're under the weather for longer than 3 days, get your butt to the doctor. If I had done that, I would have bypassed two full weeks of extreme pain.

- PornAddict