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So I went to the doctor to get an inhaler to help me breathe. I told them that I have viral pneumonia and am recovering, but that I need to open up my lungs.
So they send me off to Xray, and the results come back, and they tell me, "Well, you have pneumonia."
DUH!!!!!
Then the nurse practitioner (doctor is out on rounds) tried to prescribe antibiotics for me, and I said what for? Do I have a bacterial infection? And she said, no, but that some small sections of my lungs appear to have collapsed a bit which is why I'm having trouble breathing. Again, DUH!
So I told her, if I don't have a bacterial infection, then there is ZERO point to prescribe antibiotics, and to please give me the inhaler that I came in for which will help OPEN UP MY LUNGS!
OMG, I'm so mad at that NP - how does she think she is helping anybody by trying to prescribe an unnecessary drug? What would antibiotics help, my psychological emotional well being? Oh my head...
Anyhoo...I got my inhaler script so I should be able to breathe again in a few hours after getting out of work. Breathing will be nice.
So they send me off to Xray, and the results come back, and they tell me, "Well, you have pneumonia."
DUH!!!!!
Then the nurse practitioner (doctor is out on rounds) tried to prescribe antibiotics for me, and I said what for? Do I have a bacterial infection? And she said, no, but that some small sections of my lungs appear to have collapsed a bit which is why I'm having trouble breathing. Again, DUH!
So I told her, if I don't have a bacterial infection, then there is ZERO point to prescribe antibiotics, and to please give me the inhaler that I came in for which will help OPEN UP MY LUNGS!
OMG, I'm so mad at that NP - how does she think she is helping anybody by trying to prescribe an unnecessary drug? What would antibiotics help, my psychological emotional well being? Oh my head...
Anyhoo...I got my inhaler script so I should be able to breathe again in a few hours after getting out of work. Breathing will be nice.