A few days after I thought I had recovered from pneumonia, things went downhill again. Fatigue, light-headedness, nausea, merciless cough, chest congestion. My husband came home from work early to take me to my naturopath. Why didn't the pharmaceutical doctor's antibiotics kick this thing completely?
I was sent home with a lung tonic, megadoses of vitamin C, advice for my husband to administer cup percussion on my upper back, instructions for a wet sheet wrap, and orders to avoid dairy, sugar, citrus, and peanut products. After the first sheet wrap, I could actually feel my body healing itself. Within days I was back on my feet, albeit for only short periods of time.
The cough hung on for weeks. I got to spend a couple of solid hours with it every morning. By the way, an hour or two of nonstop coughing leaves a person feeling wiped out.
At this point, four and a half weeks after pneumonia day 1, I have a residual cough but am feeling almost "normal". I think if I hadn't crushed my left index finger on April 1 and had a huge cavity in one of my left molars, I would have recovered much more quickly from pneumonia, or maybe even avoided it altogether. There is only so much the body can do by way of recovery all at once. (Yes, there is evidence that with the right tools your body can, at least to some extent, repair a dental cavity.)
I did have my tooth filled this week, my crushed finger is still healing, and I'm continuing to take megadoses of vitamin C.
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