Quote Originally Posted by FPDoc77
Ken hope you dont mind a few comments about the medical aspect of what you just said. The influenza shot will only protect you from the major viruses that cause influenza types A and B. There happens to be thousands of viruses that can cause cold/flu like symptoms. It sounds to me you started off with some upper respiratory virus (above the neck) then it moved to the lungs. It might have even turned into a bacterial pneumonia. The steroids...do you have asthma or have you smoked for a long time? If the answer is no to both these then your cold probably turned into a pneumonia (which you can even with a clean chest xray). Anyways Im glad you are feeling better.

Mild or moderate Athsma depending on who you ask. I wasn't particularly pleased with Prednisone. I had a LOT of the side effects both going on it, and coming off it. It was only a weeks regimen, and it did suppress the bronchial inflammation, but the cure was almost as bad as the disease.