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I'm dying of pneumonia waiting for x-ray results? what should I do? URGENT!! Emergency room ?

  • I don't know what to do! I got what I think is Pneumonia in my lungs. I went to doctor thursday and he seemed to think it could be pneumonia and I also had an HIV test cause I suspect it's from HIV infection. Now it's saturday morning, he didn't get the results back yet which means I'm not even going to know whats going on until monday????? I won't last that long! My lungs are killing me and I got congestion gagging me. I would go to the emergency room but a nurse said "blood tests still can take a few days even if I get them in the hospital and the x-rays are preliminary until a radiologist looks at them (whatever that means) What the heck am I gonna do here? Even if they find out I'm HIV positive on monday, then I still got to wait to see a hiv specialist doctor to start the anti-aids drugs. The doctor didn't even give me antibiotics or anything. Plus if I go to the emergency room i might catch another cold or infection on top of this one. How can I get a fast HIV test on a saturday? I know they got 30 minute oral test, but I'm not sure doctor's even trust that test and the health clinic is closed on saturday I think. If the doctors would look at my x-rays I had taken thursday I could at least know whats wrong? the results ar e not back from the lab. I'm not gonna last until monday but If I go to the emergency room at the hospital and took another hiv blood test, they still won't get the results till monday or tuesday. If I knew for sure I was HIV positive I could start taking aids-meds to get my cd4 levels up. I don't know why my doctor is making me wait to get the results of the HIV test before he gives me treatment for my lung condition which is obviously pneumonia. Should I try to contact an infectious disease doctor at home on saturday and maybe he could do something in this emergency situation?

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    Unless your licking the floors of the hospital and shaking hands with dying people you're not gonna get more sick. Go to the hospital if its that bad. I've had asthma all my life and have had an asthma attack and pneumonia together, barely able to breath, and went to emergency and wasn't freaking out like you are. I eventually got some antibiotics and an oxygen mask. If you were dying you wouldnt be typing this, you'd call 911 and be in an ambulence on the way to the hospital. Freaking out isn't gonna make it better. If you can't handle it anymore go to the frickin hospital. You're worrying too much about what will happen if you go when clearly you're just going to drive yourself nuts at home.

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Go to the ER, they have all the machines there.

Hi Jack, You give me the impression that you are dying. If you were that ill then the radiographer would have forwarded your x-to the radiologist for immediate assessment and recommended you for immediate treatment. You seem to act and behave as if you have aids. Yet, you state that you are waiting for HIV results. When doctors believe that someone is very ill they always start treatment without results. So it is possible that your condition is not as serious as you seem to feel. Pneumonia is not a big deal unless you have full blown aids. Pneumonia is simply a chest infection. We all get pneumonia once or twice each year.

be a good patient and trust your doctor

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