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Hi all. Have not been on for a few months due to illness. Have been stuck on 13mg of preds for over a year but started to reduce very slowly back in September and managed to get down to 11mg at the start of March. Beginning of January picked up a nasty cough which led to a chest infection where doctor prescribed antibiotics but after 3 weeks the infection was still there. After a further course of anti's this seemed to clear the infection apart from a slight tightness across the chest but very little coughing and slight pain on my right side which I put down to coughing to hard and damaging a rib or something. Doctor sent me for an x-ray to make sure all was clear but then got a phone call to say that there was a 2cm patch on the right upper lung (the slight pain is on my left). I have no other symptoms of the big “C” such as lose of breath, appetite, loss of weight or constant coughing but being a complete pessimist I am fearing the worst. Have upped my pred to 15mg to help with the additional aches and pains you get from reducing as I feel I cannot cope with both. Am seeing a consultant next Tuesday which still seems a long time away and my mind is playing all sorts of tricks on me at the moment. Thanks for listening as it has helped no end just writing it down. Good luck with your own problems and may they all be little ones.
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gill14817 tavidu
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EileenH tavidu
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Good luck Tavidu - been there with OH. Why won't GPs send patients for a chest x-ray sooner rather than later? However - these days his post-infection "patches" are usually fluid, probably due to mild pneumonia which take months to go away.
Let us know how you get on.
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Hi Eileen. Thanks for your reply, am hoping it's something like this. Fingers crossed and will keep you updated. Best wishes Dave (tavidu)
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constance.de tavidu
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Great! 💐🍾🍸
Silver49 tavidu
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Silver49 tavidu
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That's important and the fact that three docs looked at it is reassuring.
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Silver49 tavidu
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The NHS is getting a lot of criticism. I can only sing its praises in Scotland as far as my family goes. I'm glad you are having a positive experience.
constance.de tavidu
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I wondered where you had got to! I hoped we hadn't hear from you because you were doing well. Not so!😡 Sorry you aren't having an easy time of it. Hope everything turns out alright. Keep us informed.
Regards fr Constance. 💐🍾🍸
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linda17563 tavidu
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I sympathise with you, had Pneumonia just before xmas....doctor was on the ball, and said to go immediately to the hospital for xray.... was ?lucky anti-biotics cleared it up....I myself am trying to lower the pred...it`s a minefield and the extra illnesses are hard to deal with....
?Keep us posted.....good luck...
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