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Well, it has hit me again. I had a really bad night last night and my pulse oximeter keep staying below 73 on 5 liters of oxygen. I felt chilled and I was running a fever of 101.4 most of the night. By the time I woke up this morning, I was so weak, I could barely make it out of bed. I already had a doctor appointment to discuss my blood test results. My doctor immediately sent me to their diagnostic center for a chest xray, and sure enough I have pneumonia AGAIN, my doctor heard crackles in my lower right lung. I am getting sick and tired of this. My doctor wanted to know if I wanted to go to the hospital and I said "NO". If my pulse ox falls below 70, I have been instructed to go to the emergency room. I wish I knew why this keeps happening to me. I also have anemia and I am on iron supplements. The only good news is that my A1C is 5.2%. That is a good A1C for me because I had been on prednisone and had pneumonia twice in the last 2 months. This is my 3rd time to have pneumonia in the last 2 months. I am very down in the dumps.