taesch
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Last month I caught a cold, and using zinc acetate lozanges it cleared up after a day or two. I rarely get colds but sometimes get a tingle in my throat or mouth sores that go away before becoming full blown.
After a week of regular activity (including morning squash games), I went out and had a few beers on a Friday and was sleep deprived over the weekend. Then on the Monday morning, I was playing squash and couldn't catch my breath. That day at work I was very ill with chills, stomach bloat and and soon after had developped a cough and felt an infection type of thing in lower and mid left lung and . I saw my doc a few days later and I underwent an x-ray and started with a puffer. X-ray seemed to suggest pnuemonia (walking pnuemonia I presume) and I did a 5day course of z-pack.
After the z-pack, I had one good day and then on the next, I again felt feverish and had chills. I returned to the doctor who spent 40mins with me and was assured that respirology, internal medicine and medical imaging will be used to help. I was then prescribed 5 days of 750mg of Levifloxacin and a CT Scan was scheduled. I didn't realize an MRI is also an option but I can't find much info on why it isn't used as much other than it takes so much longer to conduct.
I requested from my doctor to consider changing the CT Scan for MRI but I doubt that will occur.
From reading Peat on radiation, I will load up on Aspirin, Niacinamide, Magnesium (which is contraindicted by Levifloxacin), Stressnon, Tyromix and caffeine. Additionally, I found a spa that has a red light therapy bed I can use right after the CT Scan.
It seems the big 'C' is what the doctor is hoping to rule out but getting cultures going doesn't seem to be as pressing. The lung infection is smaller but it's still there and I am not as energetic as usual. Also lost 5-10 pounds somehow. My TSH is very low, high T4 but lowish T3 which might be a normal reaction to fighting an infection. White blood cells are high but nothing I can see or my doc indicates any abnormalities from the labs.
If I go through with the CT Scan, is it possible to get methylene blue as the dyeing agent?
Is MRI an option just because I prefer it and don't mind waiting?
Thanks for reading!
After a week of regular activity (including morning squash games), I went out and had a few beers on a Friday and was sleep deprived over the weekend. Then on the Monday morning, I was playing squash and couldn't catch my breath. That day at work I was very ill with chills, stomach bloat and and soon after had developped a cough and felt an infection type of thing in lower and mid left lung and . I saw my doc a few days later and I underwent an x-ray and started with a puffer. X-ray seemed to suggest pnuemonia (walking pnuemonia I presume) and I did a 5day course of z-pack.
After the z-pack, I had one good day and then on the next, I again felt feverish and had chills. I returned to the doctor who spent 40mins with me and was assured that respirology, internal medicine and medical imaging will be used to help. I was then prescribed 5 days of 750mg of Levifloxacin and a CT Scan was scheduled. I didn't realize an MRI is also an option but I can't find much info on why it isn't used as much other than it takes so much longer to conduct.
I requested from my doctor to consider changing the CT Scan for MRI but I doubt that will occur.
From reading Peat on radiation, I will load up on Aspirin, Niacinamide, Magnesium (which is contraindicted by Levifloxacin), Stressnon, Tyromix and caffeine. Additionally, I found a spa that has a red light therapy bed I can use right after the CT Scan.
It seems the big 'C' is what the doctor is hoping to rule out but getting cultures going doesn't seem to be as pressing. The lung infection is smaller but it's still there and I am not as energetic as usual. Also lost 5-10 pounds somehow. My TSH is very low, high T4 but lowish T3 which might be a normal reaction to fighting an infection. White blood cells are high but nothing I can see or my doc indicates any abnormalities from the labs.
If I go through with the CT Scan, is it possible to get methylene blue as the dyeing agent?
Is MRI an option just because I prefer it and don't mind waiting?
Thanks for reading!