been at the hospital for chest xray’s and a ecg today……got bloody pneumonia!!
and i thought i was just being a big girl’s blouse moaning about being cold and feeling ill.

does it take long to go?

Where are you? Can I have your bikes? 😉

You need more carbs.

4 to 6 weeks IIRC.

Hope you get better soon.

Looks like you’ve caught it early enough otherwise you’d be in an hospital bed. It can take while to get back to normal

Unlucky, glad I have had my pneumonia jab so I am protected from the bacterial sort! Its not pleasant and will take you some time to recover. Plenty of strawberries is my prescription for aiding fast recovery!

Get well soon.

Get well soon Tony. 🙂

I had that a few years back ended up with a collapsed lung as I left it thinking it was a cold took about 8 weeks to clear off then I struggled to get back to work as I couldn’t get the breathing apparatus working due to low lung function. Still suffer now with chest when I get a cold and I never did before so I put it down to the after effects 🙁

Oh and get well soon mate 😉

Suggsey, the pneumococcal vaccine will only protect you from one particular type of bacterial infection; you can still get others.

ton, it all depends, it can kill healthy people, or OAP lifetime smokers can be back to normal in a month.

Bloody hell Ton hope you get that sorted soon! You said you were feeling crap on Monday!

Mother in law was hospitalised with it, took a good 6 weeks before she was back at work (and back smoking!)

fit as a fiddle neighbour went to hospital with a cough on tuesday admitted and was buried 10 days later.. not to be mucked about with .. take it very seriously..

I had it a couple of years ago. And the quote from the doctor – “On the bright side, if you were 80 you’d probably be dead now from it by now” 😯

Took me a lot of weeks to recover. Seemed to knock me out for the rest of the year, fitness never recovered for ages.

Blimey Tony, you’ve got no luck, get well soon mate.

1st dibbs on your van? 😉

I had it few years ago..Was in Hospital for a week,Took me 8 weeks to get over it,then another 3 months to get my fitness back

Healing vibes mate,Take it easy.Do as the doctor wants,take the tablets.Rest is the thing

had it a few years ago.. ended up with a short stay in hospital. Ever since then I get a wheezy chest in a winter.. no idea if it’s related.

only ray of light i have from all this, i was supposed to be taking the leccy road bike that i kept as ransome, back for a refund on friday.
this has made me decide to keep it as a back up commuter/tourer… 😀

Bloody hell Ton hope you get that sorted soon! You said you were feeling crap on Monday!

Tim, been inbed since monday 6pm til this morning…. 🙁

I had it as a 13 year old; it was minus 4 in my bedroom one winter with damp pouring down the wall behind my bed!

It took me about a month to get better; felt pretty awful throughout.

HOpe your recovery is swift

does it take long to go?

For me no, but it was the most ‘ill’ I remember being ever

I had it last spring, I was very very ill with it for about 4 days, we thought it was flu (or it could have been that the pneumonia started after flu?)

Then I was off work for a week after that. Main symptoms that week were tiredness and a fever that got worse each day and TOTAL loss of appetite. That was followed by 2 weeks of being ‘weak’, but back at work, I then took some hardcore antibiotics and was much better a week later. .

After that I was up to full fitness in 8 weeks and was the fittest I’ve ever been 3 months after.

Chest x ray showed a big grey cloud over 1 lung at the point 2 weeks in

Had last year aged 38.

Was initially treated by the GP. Long story short 2 weeks later I ended up in hospital after 4 different courses of antibiotic didn’t work. Had iv drugs,big doses of steroid and eventually after about 4 weeks started clearing up. I was off work for 2 months, lost loads of weight (only benefit) and didn’t get back to normal health for 6 months. Only 1 year and a bit on is my fitness returning a bit on the bike.

Take it easy, do not rush back to work.

Yep, a few years back now. I went from being OK one week to unable to climb a flight of stairs a few days later without nearly passing out halfway up.

And I was told mine was mild 😯

Responded well once I had the antibiotics, Vicks steam inhalation and Lemsip wasn’t shifting it. Still took about 6 weeks before I felt right again.

Take it easy, I didn’t and I’m always at the hospital these days, collapsed tubes in my lung these days. Last week was a trip to the specialist on Monday, x-ray Wednesday and a lung function test on Saturday. Next up will be another year with the respiratory therapist and a bronc, which is like water boarding.

Really don’t push yourself with it! I had it last year and got a collapsed lung as a bonus. Destroyed me for weeks, I honestly thought I was going to die at one point!

Speedy recovery take it easy… really easy!

I lost over a stone last August to a chest virus. Not sure it was/could be? No appetite for 10days at one point!

Get well ton and rest.

Was hospitalised with double pneumonia and pleurisy a few years back. Was a few months before I felt anywhere near back on form.