For the last few days I've had a sore throat, mild sinus and a mild cough. Today I woke up with lower left rib pain and thought it might be indigestion. Later in the afternoon started feeling worse and then it dawned on me it could be pneumonia, because I had this last year and remember that pain. I went to a clinic that recently changed ownership - went there because they have an Xray place but they aren't there anymore either. The doctor said he could hear something and I was sent to get Xrays at a different place and bring them back.

He's not a radiologist and they will be sent back later to be read by one. He looked at them and thinks I have Pleurisy - where the outer lining around the lung gets inflamed and this causes the pain. He said I didn't need antibiotics and to take ibuprofen. I haven't heard this term in a long time and at 1st was puzzled. I think I'll make an appt tomorrow to my regular family doctor because I don't think this doctor was completely reliable - he forgot to check my throat. I don't know if this is from my pneumonia last year or what's the reason I have this. I don't smoke BTW but was exposed to a lot of 2nd hand smoke as a child.