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How Long To Convalesce After Pneumonia ?
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I have just been discharged home after a 10 day stay in hospital with bilateral community acquired pneumonia and exacerbation of COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease). .My husband is doing a great job of looking after me by cooking, doing the housework etc but I feel so useless that I can't do much for myself and I feel that he will make himself ill by doing so much(My husband is 73 and I am 69). Is it normal to feel so tired all the time and still have an aching chest & shortness of breath. I've managed the COPD for 10 years with inhalers etc and never needed a hospital admission until now.
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COPD must be an energy sapping disorder and on top of that a period of hospitalizat ion for pneumonia plus at 69 years old you are not getting any younger..... ........a significant period of convalescenc e would be appropriate. ........say 3 months. On discharge, you would have had a chest X-Ray and blood analysis to exclude any other "energy sapping"...
08:58 Wed 30th Apr 2014
COPD must be an energy sapping disorder and on top of that a period of hospitalization for pneumonia plus at 69 years old you are not getting any younger.............a significant period of convalescence would be appropriate.........say 3 months.
On discharge, you would have had a chest X-Ray and blood analysis to exclude any other "energy sapping" disorder.
On discharge, you would have had a chest X-Ray and blood analysis to exclude any other "energy sapping" disorder.
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