Sucumbing to antibiotics

Even though I prescribe them everyday, I don't really like to take antibiotics. The little critters at work have been pretty sick this fall so far, and so even with good hand-washing, it can be difficult to stave off any flying germies in the air. I've had 2 cold the past few weeks and thought I was getting healthy finally when my cough started. It was pretty deep but not necessarily troublesome. I've still been seeing the acupuncturist frequently to help my thyroid nodule, and she worked on my cough this week. I started to feel some fluid in my left lung when I took a deep breath in the past day or 2. Even so, I've been feeling okay. One of my colleagues listened to me last night and I agreed to have her call in some antibiotics. I'm off today but on call this weekend. She called last night offering to take my Saturday call and "suggested" (or told me point blank) to stay in bed today. And then asked if I needed her to talk to Mike to make sure this I took care of myself today. I said I could handle it, but thanks. :-) I appreciated her care-taking last night and hopefully this pneumonia will speedily heal with the help of the drugs.