[Marc Stock]

Was feeling a bit unwell all last week but pressed on working.

Monday just gone i was feeling a bit rough to say the least...but worked anyway. By the time i got home  i had a temperature and started developing this cough that progressed to a persistent painful cough i couldn't even breathe.

Tuesday morning i make an appointment to docs.. turns out i have a very nasty bacterial  pneumonia infection  on strong antibiotics and she said if i hadn't come in to see her i would probably be on my way to A&E by now with possible sepsis of the lung.

So im laid up at the mo watching Narcos on Netflix. Bored.... i had no idea that it could develop so seriously so quickly.

[dazmond]

take it easy marc.

i had a dodgy stomach for 4 days (when i got back from egypt)then man flu and then a chest infection.worked through it but had to cut down my gym visits.all fine now.

how the hell did you end up with pneumonia?can we just pick it up from the air we breathe?

[Marc Stock]

take it easy marc.

i had a dodgy stomach for 4 days (when i got back from egypt)then man flu and then a chest infection.worked through it but had to cut down my gym visits.all fine now.

how the hell did you end up with pneumonia?can we just pick it up from the air we breathe?

I have absolutely no idea Daz. Doc said its deffo pneumonia as she did some chest tests on me.

[Miko67]

Get well soon mate.
Keep the head up your on the mend. 
Get the misses running your feet for ye lol

[֍Winp®oClean֍]

You did the right thing..... I waited the extra day and ended up in hospital with pneumonia two years ago!! Thought I would battle on and it would go away!!

[֍Winp®oClean֍]

P.S. DON'T rush back to work!!

[Arnold Palmer]

Wuss.

One of our lads was only off for a single Monday with a collapsed lung (it definitely wasn't a hangover or owt), another only had one day off with meningitis, funnily enough that was a Monday too.

Jokes aside, get well soon.

[tlwcs]

Get well soon Marc.

[nathankaye]

A friend of mine a number of years ago pressed on working when he was ill. He ended up in hospital for a week and then another month of work. All for not wanting to take a couple of days off!!
Thankfully he had some good friends and we all met up and did his work in 3 days. When we finished we went pub for a pint courtesy of our friend and he got his money.
The power of friendship or atleast knowing alot of shiners as friends!

So keep your feet up and look after your health. All the best to ya

[֍Winp®oClean֍]

To be honest I am never ill, never suffered with anything so if I ever get a cough or bit of a cold I just plod on. On this occasion it was the week before xmas so I kind of wanted to get the work done which had been arranged. After 3 days I was on my knees and knew this was something different and not right. A rush to A&E and Two faintings later I was in the emergency room full of wires  and pipes- feeling like what I can only describe as "dying " . Big eye opener for me, never experienced being put down by anything before and being completely out of my control. Lesson learned though, never again will I hold out so long if I get even as remotely ill again! 👍

[markymark]

I've had it explained well from two different (qualified) medical friends :
If you have a sick child, you take them to the doctors or A&E. They get sorted.
If you have a sick elderly relative, you take them to the doctors or A&E. They get sorted.
People in the middle with kids and/or elderly to sort out think they'll soldier on and 'work through it' and end up in A&E. Or the morgue.
The swine 'flu epidemic of 2010 taught me that one the hard way 
And on that cheerful note.... I hope you're feeling better soon anyhoo

[Missing Link]

My best mate's twin brother died at age 39 with sepsis.

They don't know how he got it, but suspect he was infected from a small blister that he had on his foot from running.

Enjoy it while you can.

[deeege]

My best mate's twin brother died at age 39 with sepsis.

They don't know how he got it, but suspect he was infected from a small blister that he had on his foot from running.

Enjoy it while you can.

A close family member of mine got sepsis and was on the brink for a week or so, thankfully recovered now.

The consultant said that athletes foot/blisters and broken skin on the feet is the cause of most cases of septicaemia.

[Marc Stock]

Woah thanks guys for the wishes.

Im sorry to hear of your friend passing away with sepsis. Its sobering to think that one moment your fine and the next it's all over, from a blister.

When the doc examined me yesterday she said its often tempting to "soldier on" but if i had left it a few more days she was 100 percent certain a visit to a & e with a possible sepsis case would be on the cards.

I have been resting today and yesterday and the antibiotics seem to be working (although making me need to poop) i am actually feeling much better but i think im going to stay in bed till monday. 😥

Wife is making me stay put..i hate it.

[p1w1]

Woah thanks guys for the wishes.

Im sorry to hear of your friend passing away with sepsis. Its sobering to think that one moment your fine and the next it's all over, from a blister.

When the doc examined me yesterday she said its often tempting to "soldier on" but if i had left it a few more days she was 100 percent certain a visit to a & e with a possible sepsis case would be on the cards.

I have been resting today and yesterday and the antibiotics seem to be working (although making me need to poop) i am actually feeling much better but i think im going to stay in bed till monday. 😥

Wife is making me stay put..i hate it.

Then do as you're told  , The dirty windows will still be there when you get back to work. All the best

[dazmond]

Woah thanks guys for the wishes.

Im sorry to hear of your friend passing away with sepsis. Its sobering to think that one moment your fine and the next it's all over, from a blister.

When the doc examined me yesterday she said its often tempting to "soldier on" but if i had left it a few more days she was 100 percent certain a visit to a & e with a possible sepsis case would be on the cards.

I have been resting today and yesterday and the antibiotics seem to be working (although making me need to poop) i am actually feeling much better but i think im going to stay in bed till monday. 😥

Wife is making me stay put..i hate it.

try and enjoy your time off marc getting better day by day.

mind you the weathers been great here in manchester this week.id hate to be off when the weathers this good in november.

best wishes.

at least you can catch up on movies/box sets/audio books,books or whatever takes your fancy for the next 4 days.

[robbo333]

Well played to get to the Docs.
Enjoy your time off (as best you can) and get well soon mate.
P.S. Don't watch daytime TV...it's poopeeeee!

[lee_dewing]

Speedy recovery Marc

[Plankton]

Take it easy!
End of 2011 I had pneumonia and it was murder felt like I couldn't breathe and had to get outside a couple of times as I thought I was suffocating. Women down the road was in hospital and she runs marathons so it can get the fit people too. Loads of fluid in my lungs and they gave me tablets for it rather than the stories of getting your lungs drained.
Two months later I picked up a virus and that put me out of action for a year and still affects me! So take it easy and don't jump back into full shifts. 

[lal]

 Have a speedy recovery Marc, take plenty of rest, Don't go back to work until your doctor says your fit too,
 Many years ago my doctor signed me off sick for a week with a bad Chest infection, my Boss at the time pressured me
 to come back to work early after been off for just 3 days, which i stupidly agreed too, then after a couple of days back
 to work my condition deteriorated a lot worse then it originally was, long story short i ended up having over a month
 off work before i fully recovered.
Best regards
Lal