Something more than a chest infection?

Hi all!

Last Tuesday I caught a dry cough from my son, which quickly turned into flu (coughing up green mucus, stuffy nose, headaches, muscle aches, fever etc). 

But every day I would feel worse rather than better and after coughing up pink & yellow mucus on Monday, I went to the GP. 

I walked 5 minutes to the surgery and was wheezing and out of breath when I arrived. He didn’t ask any questions, or take my temperature. He listened to my chest very quickly and told me I had a “viral infection” and then changed his mind saying “hay fever” and prescribed an inhaler. 

Although I knew it wasn’t hayfever, as I feel completely wiped out... I even tried hay fever tablets and have been using the inhaler but I’m just feeling worse again.

Back to the GP today to be told it’s a “mild” chest infection and prescribed antibiotics. 

Trouble is, I don’t feel like it’s mild. I’m completely exhausted, coughing up foul tasting yellow mucus, my nose has now cleared but I’m getting out of breath quickly and my chest crackles when I inhale and it’s really painful. Feel like the pain is searing through to my back. I can’t eat either as feel nauseous and vomited a lot with the coughing yesterday. 

I am a smoker but apart from that I’m healthy. 

Has anyone else experienced a chest infection like this? Just feel like my doctors are fobbing me off after the first misdiagnosis! 

TIA 

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