Cold/Flu or whatever.

Hi all,

Recently I have had a series of flare ups due to some sort of respiratory infection. I did get a flu shot this year but maybe it wasn't for the right strain or maybe this is just a cold on steroids...I don't know. Bottom line is that it has been/is giving me the blues. I saw my pulmonologist yesterday and was coughing so badly she had me take a breathing treatment in her office. She prescribed levaquin and prednisone. I am starting to feel much bettter now that I am on antibiotics and a prednisone taper. So much so that I was a bit more active today and found out that feeling better and being better are not exactly the same thing. As a result of pushing myself too hard too soon, I had a slight relapse and needed to use my nebulizer to get things back under control.

I will now chill out until my followup visit in 2 weeks. Lesson learned. I will behave despite how good the pred makes me feel. It will be hard though. Pred always makes me energetic and feelin bullet proof. I would advise everyone to follow their doc's advice no matter how well you feel. It's too easy to relapse.

Be well...and Be smarter than me,

Tom