@Danny: Thanks. I'm lucky I didn't end up in the hospital. When it gets to that point it's not good. :( @mgh: Glad to hear you're headed home. I went back to doc today. They took x-rays and extended my antibiotics and added steroids. Said it sounded worse than it was judging by x-rays and I should be good in a couple weeks. I got lucky going to doc early enough.

danny, i am feeling better though if i try and do anything i am knackered in two minutes! from a professional point of view i am interested though as i am a respiratory nurse specialist, both from a trying-to-find-out-what-organism POV and a being-on-the-other-side-as-a-patient perspective.
i don't know whether knowing more about what may happen (including all those rare and dangerous potential complications) is better than not having an insight? 
anyway, hopefully on the road to recovery, might even have a few hours for song writing!

mgh


danny, i am feeling better though if i try and do anything i am knackered in two minutes! from a professional point of view i am interested though as i am a respiratory nurse specialist, both from a trying-to-find-out-what-organism POV and a being-on-the-other-side-as-a-patient perspective.
i don't know whether knowing more about what may happen (including all those rare and dangerous potential complications) is better than not having an insight? 
anyway, hopefully on the road to recovery, might even have a few hours for song writing!

That's great you're at least feeling better. I was hoping to hear from you also. It's good you guys give us updates on your status. I sincerely hope you both improve and beat this thing asap.
 
On the knowledge thing....sometimes knowing less is better I would say. Then again, due to your profession, you probably want to know as much as you can as it will only help you deal with others that go through this. It's a catch 22...sort of like waking up with some sort of issue gone wrong with your body so you go on web md or some place to check out the possibilities. You wind up scared to death over something that may not be. In your case, it's even more intense because you know all the truths behind the illness.
 
Though knowing about those complications may scare you, knowing about them may help prevent something worse because YOU know the signs to look for where someone else may ignore them due to simply not knowing. So yeah...I'd say both a blessing and a curse. Try to stay positive though and embrace the blessing part as being well informed due to your career, knowing/seeing the signs, helping yourself and others....pray the curse part just never happens and you don't let the knowledge part rule your mind.
 
Hang in there guys....wishing you both the best.
 
-Danny