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60. Pneumonia still exists

Sat Aug 30, 2025, 06:20 PM

Aug 30

Even despite having had a pneumonia vaccination, I was detected with pleural effusion last year.

((stupid me, I went into the medical center for a procedure, but they wouldn't do it because I was running a low-grade fever Plus my bloodwork values were too low. They sent me to the advanced urgent care area, where they found the situation. Then it was off to the hospital to get admittted, shot full of antibiotics and more IVs, bent "into a pretzel" to get the fluid drained, sent home with more antibiotics...))

I don't know if the situation would have gotten worse if I hadn't been stubborn and showed up for the procedure.

My lesson learned: if there's something you can't shake, go bother the primary physician anyway. It may be trivial, or NOT.

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