Just a quick diary to explain my absence for the last few days and possibly next few days.
Last week I was in another hospital and for an URI and was given a course of antibiotics which didn't work. I went to my pcp on Friday who gave me another drug to try but then Saturday night I was feeling horrible-long story short I was told to go back to the er to get tests.
In record time I was admitted. Although there is some debate as to the cause of the problem they've seemed to rule out everything but a copd aserbation. They think I have a genetic disorder that makes me get copd much earlier in life than I should have and even causes copd in people that never smoked, unfortunately I did smoke so it brings on copd a lot earlier in such people. The problem is to verify the genetic thing requires a blood test which takes a week or so for results to come back.
im being treated with hardcore antibiotics and breathing treatments every four hours. If it is the genetic problem I'm worried since it makes copd flares more likely and it often leads to liver problems such as jaundice and chirrosis. So time will tell.
Anyway just wanted to explain my abscence and invite anyone in the area to come visit me at Beaumont if they get bored. 😀