6MP and getting sick

[Jennifer]

Hey guys. I don't mean for this to scare off the people who are thinking about taking 6mp for the first time. I've taken it before but never really had any issues. I stopped taking it for a couple of years cause my insurance stopped covering it but for some magical reason a couple months ago, they decided to go ahead and pay again. I also didn't get a flu shot this year so keep that in mind. My Crohn's is also better after starting back up on 6MP.

Now I'm sick. I've been getting sick a lot and I know that that's normal when you first start taking it but I got a pneumonia from the bronchitis that was/is still going around. I took xithromax (an antibiotic) 2 weeks ago and it seems like I started getting better but today that wheezing sound in my chest has returned (well it never really left I can just hear it now again instead of just feeling it) and the couching has lessoned but has yet to stop along with coughing up stuff (green or yellow boogie stuff). I'll be seeing my doctor again on the 27th to see how I'm doing concerning the pneumonia.

I guess my question is, when will it stop? Do I need to stop taking the 6MP for a little while until it goes away assuming that's whats keeping it around or do pneumonias just take a thousand years to get over? I've had it for three weeks now (officially 2 weeks since that's when they took the chest x-ray cause I finally decided to go in after coughing up a little blood for a couple of days). Also, am I still contagious?

Also wish me luck on my ultrasound of my heart today. Checking for heart disease. Wooo!

 

[Welsh-bird]

Hi Crabby,
Firstly good luck with the ultrasound today- hope it's all clear. IBD is enough without heart problems too!
As for the 6MP- I was diagnosed just over a week ago with a lung infection, following a chest x ray. Had a cough for just over 2 weeks now, and my IBD nurse got a bit worried about it due to being on the Immuno's. They started me on a 2 week high dose of Doxycycline, and I have to go back for repeat x ray and examination on the 29th. My 6MP was also reduced (due to elevated ALT), but I was told that this may well help with the infection. I too can hear it rattling around, but in my case it won't break up for me to cough it up (nice eh?), so I'm off to pick up a script for Mucodyne tomorrow in the hope that this will help. Every time I've had an infection since starting on Immuno's they seem to linger for a lot longer than before them.
Sorry can't be of more help.
Andrea

 

[maxibear]

good luck with your heart, wishing you good health

 

[David]

Hey coughing up blood buddy! I spent 5 solid weeks coughing up blood recently due to what they think was pneumonia or god knows what. Super scary so I just wanted to send some well deserved *hugs* your way.

 

[Entchen]

Ohhhh, Crabbers and Andrea, just saw this. You poor things! Hope you are both soon on the mend.

 

[Lisa]

oohhh...coughing up blood is NO FUN!...had that back in the spring...was away from home too at the time so I sucked it up and finished my class I was taking...had pneumonia about 3 years ago now too - came into work most days even though I could hear/feel the rattling.....YEP - I'm one of those...lol...don't go to the doc until I absolutely HAVE to!...

I'm still fighting some chest congestion from my cold a few weeks ago - not sure how much is allergies and how much is just not clearing the crap out..my sinuses have crud in them too.......at least everything else feels semi-normal (for me at least!)....

Feel better soon!!!!!