What is the deal??? I have been through an injection of Rocephin, 17 days of Keflex, and still I have problems. The Urgent Care doc made me come back in this morning and "Voila," now it is pneumonia, sooo I get a double injection of Rocephin and a round of Levaquin...

What else is left after Levaquin? I am getting really worried about taking all of these antibiotics. I was already on Doxycycline before this all started...

Frankly, I was wondering if this could be the Sjogren's affecting my lungs... Anyone know if that looks like pneumonia on X-rays???

Cathie

fungus.

http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec04/ch042/ch042d.html

There was an epidemic of blasto... at our vacation location a couple of years ago. A man died, and many dogs. A friend's dog lost an eye due to it.

If this is becoming chronic, and not responsive to antibiotics, you need to see a specialist.

My MIL had Valley Fever when she moved to Calif., many years ago.

HI Cathie, I agree with Mrs. D.......you need a specialist to take over and get to the bottom of all this. All those antibiotics are really bad for your body. Are you taking Probiotics to combat what the antibiotics are doing to your body? If I'd taken that much antibiotics I'd have a roaring case of yeast infection
I hope you get this figured out soon!

--as Roxie mentioned, needs to be checked out; all the antibiotics you have been taking may have altered the natural bacterial/floral balance in your body enough for an opportunistic fungal attack.

This would be made more likely by having been in warm, moist conditions, or being near damp grounds . . .

Cathie,
Sjogren's doesn't "look like" a disease on xrays. But it could be affecting the elasticity. With Sjogren's sometimes the lung tissue is affected. And Sjogren's and the prednisone will make you vulnerable to an opportunistic infection. Sure hope you get to feeling better soon.

Billye

See a pulmonologist ASAP. I had pneumonia the spring of 2006 that almost killed me. It was probably caused by mold. Two lung biopsies were inconclusive. I'm still not 100% recovered, and have a golf ball size scar that looks like an octopus from the damage the fungus caused. If you have fungal pneumonia, antibiotics will not help. You need a CT scan to see the specific location and extent of the pneumonia, and if a biopsy or PET scan is needed.

Pneumonia is life threatening and can rapidly overwhelm your body's ability to fight back so please err on the side of aggressively getting a conclusive diagnosis and appropriate treatment.

I think I am going to have to quit googling. Apparently, there is some connection between Sjogren's and various types of pneumonia, at least on occasion... I can't even tell you how many times I have gotten this, and I am pretty sure it has always been when I was trying to reduce my steroids...

I am going to try and get to the bottom of this ASAP... I bet there is not one single bacteria alive in my body after all of these antibiotics, good, bad or otherwise... Today, I took so many pills at breakfast, there was hardly any room for food... Well, maybe a little...

http://www.chestjournal.org/cgi/cont...act/130/5/1489

Cathie

Please read this also:
http://www.stjohnsmercy.org/healthin...re/sarcoid.asp

If you have flares of this when decreasing steroids..sarcoid is a possibility.

I would seek a specialist rather than Urgent care for this lung issue.

Another good link:
http://noairtogo.tripod.com/sarcoid.htm

and:
http://dermnetnz.org/dermal-infiltra...rcoidosis.html