Facing Illness in Germany 🇩🇪 Life hasn't been easy...

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[@erikweissman8443]

Get well soon! You’re totally correct! Health is so important. Come back when you’re ready. We understand. God Bless!

[@aenwynsnow2828]

Please be careful and listen to your body. You're far from recovered, that's obvious. Only if you look after yourself, you can be there for your family etc. KZbin can wait. It's never as important as life. All the best wishes for the new year.

[@NotSoMightyAphrodite]

Please do rest and heal, that's the most important right now. Will be looking forward to your next new video when you are all well.

[@EatPrayCrunch1]

Oh my goodness, Antoinette! What a rough season you've had! Being sick as a mom is so freaking hard. I had to learn how to depend on my family and friends when I was undergoing surguries and cancer treatment as well. It was a hard pill to swallow, but I am now grateful for that humility and realization that it truly takes a village and mom can not be everything to everyone at all times. Take care, friend and hope you are back to feeling fully yourself soon! ❤

[@AntoinetteEmily]

Oh my goodness, thank you so much for your kind words! It really does mean a lot to me. I completely agree that leaning on our loved ones during tough times can be such a challenge, but it’s amazing how much support we can find when we allow ourselves to accept it. Your journey sounds incredibly tough, but I'm so glad to hear you’ve come through it with that beautiful perspective! It truly takes a village, and I’m grateful for the wonderful people in my life. Wishing you continued strength and healing as well! Let’s both keep looking after ourselves and each other. Sending lots of love your way! ❤

[@EclecticLoves]

I have a ton of empathy for you, I too have been prone to Bronchitis & Pneumonia. I had dealt with them since childhood. I have spent many evenings in the ER due to Pneumonia. I would get Bronchitis annually. They're absolutely miserable and scary. I would get major shivers from the fevers alone. I would also throw my back out from the coughing. For over 40 decades I lived by the coast, so it would get pretty humid at times. Now I live in a dryer climate and I only have had 3 mild colds within 5 years. I actually have a cold (cold#3) at this moment, and what a huge difference - I'm so grateful. No trouble breathing - the wheezing was unbearable, & no fevers! I strongly believe that the climate, elevation & air quality was a major factor. Sending healing vibes & wishing you a speedy recovery!

[@AntoinetteEmily]

Thank you so much for sharing your experience! It sounds like you’ve really been through a lot with bronchitis and pneumonia, and it’s interesting to hear how the change in climate has made such a positive difference for you. I can only imagine how tough those evenings in the ER must have been! It’s great that you’re feeling grateful for the improvement and managing to handle colds more easily now. Your healing vibes are much appreciated, and I’m sending some right back your way! Here’s to many more healthy days ahead! 🌟

[@sphhyn]

Get well and take your time ! 🙏🏼

[@Kelsea-2002]

Erst einmal ein frohes und gesundes neues Jahr für dich und deine Lieben. Privatleben und Gesundheit geht IMMER vor You Tube und ich denke dass deine Follower dafür auch vollstes Verständnis haben.

[@KK-vq9vt]

Gute Besserung Antoinette. Gesundheit ist das wichtigste. Pass auf dich auf. YT kann warten und wer dich gerne sieht bleibt auch dabei.

[@raisinette35]

Full swing can wait, Antoinette. Hoping you heal quickly and that you feel fantastic very soon. Have a marvelous year.

[@BobbiDoll]

I'm sorry to hear of you being ill and your struggles through the Christmas season. Do take care of yourself and be well.

[@hayleyandmike]

😔☹Antoinette, I am so sorry that you are dealing with this! I know the struggle and it is one of the worst experiences ever! Not being able to breath properly is so scary and being completely exhausted/in pain is horrible! I am sending you some positivity and some get well soon prayers ❤

[@AntoinetteEmily]

Hayley! So great to hear from you. Thank you so much for your kind words and support! 💖 You're so right; it can be such a daunting experience. Your positivity and prayers are truly appreciated, and I'm holding onto that good energy! I hope you're doing well too! 😊✨

[@mattesrocket]

The same happened in my friends family: mother your age, mid November, high fever, cough..., hardly breath. Hausarzt gave normal antibiotics. Didn't help. Hausarzt sent her to hospital. Specific antibiotics intravenously for 1 week. Pneumonia needs a specific antibiotics. It slowly helped. Doctors said: recovery will take months, a horror for the mother ("without me not much works for the kids etc.). But she survived the hospital and the reduced Christmas and the time after. Still fighting the disease. Normal media didn't reported it but this winter, pneumonia was 10 or 20 times (times!) higher than in years before with high rates of pneumonia. Worldwide and especially also in Germany. When it gets worse, please go to hospital (via Überweisung von Hausarzt)

[@slidenapps]

My heart goes out to all who are now suffering because of the choice they made a few years ago.

[@AntoinetteEmily]

Thank you for sharing your friend's family's experience-it sounds incredibly tough. It’s alarming to hear how pneumonia cases have surged this winter, and it’s a reminder of how important it is to seek appropriate care when things take a turn for the worse. Your friend’s mother is fortunate to have such a supportive family, especially during her recovery process.

[@mattesrocket]

@@AntoinetteEmily unfortunately, this family has zero relatives or friends helping except me (but I had to work a lot), so this mother was like you, fighting til the last bit of energy, except in the hospital, she was forced to rest.

[@dorisschneider-coutandin9965]

You poor thing. I can relate quite well because I went down with Covid-19 (my first time) on December 19. I felt miserable and cold the whole evening but when I went to the bathroom that night to get ready for bed, I just passed out totally, fell on the floor like a lumbered tree. I then spent four days completely in bed and we had to cancel ALL celebrations and festive cooking for Christmas because my daughter and her partner had Covid as well. I sat for an hour or so with the family around the Christmas tree on December 24, all of us wearing masks. I still had a positive test on December 27 , but thankfully was negative on December 29. I had a bad cough until two or three days ago. That has improved now significantly, thank God. I also can hear in your voice that you're still on your way to recovery. Take it easy, don't overdo things!

[@Stephen-ko8fh]

Get well soon!!! Take your time!🍀🍀🍀👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 KZbin means nothing! Your health and family means everything!

[@mdqdear3112]

Dear Antoinette, I’m so sorry you’ve had such a rough Christmas time 🥺 your voice sounds extremely hoarse, please keep focusing on your health! Even though I have missed watching your videos, please take your time recovering thoroughly🤗

[@franz1102]

I hope you are doing better soon Antoinette, a friend of mine had pneumonia about 2 month before, she broke 4 rips!!! just because of coughing, needed to stay in hospital for a week. She is really suffering for a while now. I really hope you will get healthy soon...... takes a while... 😨👍👍👍 So, take your time to recover, as I see at the comments here, everyone loves you and will wait for you to come back. ❤🙋‍♂

[@hans-dieternichau5467]

Grüße aus Hamburg! Gute Besserung und selbst wenn du meinst jetzt ist alles wieder gut,lasse dir sehhhhhhhr viel Zeit um alles richtig aus zukurieren ,ich habe auch einmal den Fehler gemacht und zu früh wieder 100 Prozent gegeben,die Quittung kam später eine Herzmuskel Entzündung! Ich denke dein Körper wird es dir Zeigen wenn noch nicht alles wieder so ist wie vorher! Alles gute für dich und deine ganze Familie 🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀

[@purpledeer1]

Rest Well. Happy New Year!!

[@tobiasrotschke3108]

Hi Antoinette, I hope you get better soon. With respect to antibiotics, I do not think that is hard to get a prescription in Germany, generally speaking. It really depends on the individual doctor, whether you get them easily or not. As far as I understand, antibiotics only help against bacteria and not against virusses, and there are risks involved with respect to resistencies. So some doctors are very strict and prescribe antibiotics only as a last option when nothing else appears to be helping. Others deal out pills like candy, especially if the patient asks for it. It is just a matter of finding a family doctor you are comfortable with.

[@AnnetteLudke-je5ll]

Gute Besserung und lass dir bitte Zeit mit dem Gesundwerden!

[@idoj4ever]

Hope you feel better soon! 😢

[@gooldog]

Ahhh... that old New Zealand stubbornness. 😅 I've had terrible walking pneumonia a few times. OMG...it was awful. Get well...and stay well.

[@olafborkner]

There is a fitting saying in German: Alle Wünsche werden klein, vor dem Wunsch gesund zu sein.

[@christianefeyen6524]

Trotz deiner Erkrankung ein frohes und gesundes 2025.Nimm dir die Zeit zur Erholung, die du brauchst und mach langsam!😊

[@IrisPatricia]

Please get well soon! And my advise for the next time you get sick is: as soon as you start feeling bad, stay in bed for a few days, so your body can recover. As you found out, you end up in bed sooner or later anyway. So it is better to do it sooner, because you won’t get as bad as you did this time. And the recovery won’t take this long.

[@MagnificentGermanywithDarion]

Hello from Florida, so sorry to hear of your illness. Unfortunately, my wife was going through the same thing you were a while back. I hope you get well very soon. My family and I are praying for you and yours.

[@AntoinetteEmily]

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it.

[@MarkAlexander-n5b]

Take your time. Get well soon.

[@nic6208]

Get well soon

[@wtsalive8210]

Schön zu hören, daß Du auf dem Weg der Besserung bist. „Toller Jahreswechsel“ Mit Lungenentzündung ist nicht zu spaßen! Ich hatte auch drei mal eine Lungenentzündung. Die erste war sehr schlimm. Mit über 40 Grad Fieber. Es hatte aber auch etwas Gutes, denn Inn dieser Zeit habe ich extrem viel gelesen. Es waren Romane, zu denen ich vorher nicht die Zeit und Muße hatte, sie zu lesen. Also richtige dicke Schwarten. Weiterhin gute Besserung ❤️‍🩹

[@AntoinetteEmily]

Vielen Dank für Deine lieben Worte! Es freut mich sehr zu hören, dass Du trotz Deiner eigenen Erfahrungen mit Lungenentzündung die Zeit nutzen konntest, um in spannende Romane einzutauchen. Manchmal bringt uns das Leben ja unerwartete Gelegenheiten, oder? Ich hoffe, Du hast einige tolle Bücher entdeckt! Ich werde weiterhin mein Bestes geben, um schnell wieder fit zu werden. Pass gut auf Dich auf und alles Gute für das neue Jahr! ❤️‍🩹

[@wtsalive8210]

@@AntoinetteEmily Auch ich bedanke mich für Deine warmen Worte. Die Bücher waren „Von Winde verweht/ Gone with the wind“, „ Doktor Schiwago“ und „Krieg und Frieden“

[@petrabeschorner459]

Get well soon, gute Besserung!🍀 Wishing you lots of health and happiness in 2015!🍀🎉

[@BruckerAndFriends]

All the best for you. Get well soon.

[@traceywatson2092]

My son in law is a respiratory therapist here in America. He says the hospital beds have far more pneumonia patients than Covid or other respiratory illnesses. Take your time. It takes lots of time to recover from pneumonia. ❤

[@AntoinetteEmily]

Thank you for sharing that! It's really eye-opening to hear about the current state of hospital care, especially from someone so close to the situation. Your son-in-law’s work as a respiratory therapist must be incredibly challenging yet rewarding. Pneumonia can indeed take a lot out of patients, and it's great that he's helping them through their recovery. Wishing him and all healthcare workers the strength they need during these times! ❤️

[@MinnieLane]

Gute Besserung! Es ist so schwierig als Mutter krank zu sein und das auch zuzulassen. Erhole dich, das ist das Wichtigste.

[@kathrin816]

Oh no! I’m so sorry you have been so unwell. Pneumonia is shit! I had pneumonia (and a broken rib from the coughing) while giving birth to our 3rd son in September 2023😩 It was shit. Just like you, I didn’t go to the doctor soon enough and just assumed it was my asthma making whatever flu I had worse. And I’m just like you, in that I never ask anyone for help. My parents live 3000km away and my in-laws in locally but I’d rather do everything on my own, even if I’m struggling🤦‍♀️🥴 I hope you got given some good steroids too to make your lungs recover faster and make the breathing easier! Sending loads of well wishes from hot and humid Queensland☀️🌸🌴

[@joannunemaker6332]

I hope you get well soon. This time of year seems to be hard on people. Many people in the US this Christmas has seen many people sick also. My thoughts is the changing weather.

[@cianomalley7049]

Happy 2025 Antoinette. I hope you are so well.

[@eastfrisian_88]

Oh no, get well soon! It's so incredibly exhausting for the body and absolutely miserable, I can totally feel that. I had a bad case of pneumonia in 2012/2013 for almost three months which didn't respond to three antibiotics and my former GP said: "I don't know what to prescribe anymore!" and I was really upset, said I'll never set a foot in his office again and left. Found my GP after that, was examined very thoroughly, breathing test, bloodwork etc. and I was given a broad-spectrum antibiotic that was also in short supply and only the tenth pharmacy in town had it and luckily it was the right one and yet it took me almost four months to feel well again. I wish you a speedy recovery, take care of yourself! ❤

[@AntoinetteEmily]

Thank you so much for your kind words! It really means a lot, especially hearing about your own experience with pneumonia. It sounds like you went through such a tough time, but I'm glad you found a doctor who could help you get back on your feet. It’s reassuring to know that recovery is possible, even if it takes a while. I’ll definitely take your advice and focus on taking care of myself. Wishing you all the best and hoping to hear more of your healthy adventures soon! ❤

[@FiniFie-g3s]

Gute Besserung liebe Antoinette. Pass gut auf dich auf und schone dich ❤

[@vik6304]

I even got antibiotics for bronchitis even though it can be bacterial.

[@alexgilbert]

Antoinette, please get better and rest up! Important to right now!

[@dieZera]

don't ever do that again, I mean not going to the doctor and getting worse because of it 😢 get well soon ❤

[@olafborkner]

I'm sorry to hear that. Yes, pneumonia, that's no joke. Anyway, I hope you get better soon.

[@arnodobler1096]

Take your break. Gute Besserung! 💐

[@jennifer6281]

Get well again, soon 💐 And please be mindful of your gut bacteria after taking antibiotics. You could take some probiotic yoghurt (like activia) or omnibiotic 10 (pharmacy).

[@greekxstitcher5379]

Hope you get back to normal soon! Stay healthy ! I just have one thing to say I don’t understand how all Northern Europeans Anglo Saxons all say the same exact thing “I don’t like to ask anyone for help”! It’s family FAMILY we would never say or feel like this ! Very sad !,but I could never understand Americans always say the same ! It baffles me ! I guess Italian, Arabs Greeks Italians Africans Asians Latinos we see family differently x Happy and peaceful 2025

[@Kaytlin-d2y]

I also got super sick once either Bronchitis and at the time refused to go to the doctor and after that I vowed to never do that again! Going to the doctor is important for peace of mind

[@AntoinetteEmily]

Absolutely!

[@ingvarjensen1088]

Get well soon, Antoinette. Happy New Year nontheless ❤️

[@AntoinetteEmily]

Thank you! Happy new year to you too.

[@Attirbful]

Get well soon!

[@susanneS371]

And the good thing is that you can go to see a doctor in Germany without fearing the costs.

[@franz1102]

as I know, the newsealand health system ist similar to the german system

[@natashaw401]

Health is very important

[@germankitty]

Getting sick sucks. Hope you're well again soon.

[@AntoinetteEmily]

Thank you so much.

[@Naseweis-se9wt]

Get well soon! Nevertheless happy new year. Please take the time needed to cure your desease.👍❤

[@lorisutherland7728]

Check in with the Dr. Just to make sure you might need another round of meds.

[@s.f.8867]

I had pneumonia about 10 years ago, felt like a 100 year old person, 3 steps and absolutely exhausted.

[@AntoinetteEmily]

Yes! That's the a perfect way to explain it.

[@cyrielwollring4622]

Get well soon.

[@Myladyinred999]

Please take better care of yourself in the future ❤ If you continue to be so stubborn about going to the doctor, finding out what's going on, and asking for help then you'll end up chronically ill 😢 Believe me (I know), you don't want that, especially not for your family. Because then you'll have to learn to rest and set aside your perfectionism the hard way. While watching your family being on their own from bed. Please be careful and get better soon ❤

[@tiffanimilburn8885]

I’m sorry you were so sick over Christmas. I know how exhausting that can be. I hope you feel better soon.

[@buffalotinchen]

Gute Besserung, Antoinette! Please rely on your husband more often in case of health issues. Your health is the most important :-)

[@joannataylor8992]

Yes Antoinette....you are just like your mother. She never asks for help 😂 Get well darling and don't push yourself!!!! Be more like your Aunty Jo. Go to bed as soon as you feel unwell. Sleep it off and the next thing you know you'll be up and about!!! It always works.......and go to the DOCTOR!!!

[@natashaw401]

U look beautiful

[@msfrehel8758]

I‘m so sorry! Get well soon!! ❤

[@OldLordSpeedy]

Gute Besserung! 🤗 Ich hatte über Weihnachten eine kleine Erkältung und laufe jetzt am 11.1.2025 immer noch mit einer laufenen Nase herum. Jepp, Lungenerkrankungen sind Mist. Schön zu wissen, daß es dir nur besser geht!

[@jjinwien9054]

you make me out of breath just listening to you! take care...

[@AntoinetteEmily]

Thank you for sharing your friend's family's experience-it sounds incredibly tough. It’s alarming to hear how pneumonia cases have surged this winter, and it’s a reminder of how important it is to seek appropriate care when things take a turn for the worse. Your friend’s mother is fortunate to have such a supportive family, especially during her recovery process.

[@markusschenkl7943]

Happy 2025 and get well soon! Und: Mach langsam und kuriere dich richtig aus!

[@amandaziccatti6195]

Do you know lavender oil? If you rub a little bit on your chest you’ll see that you can breathe much easier and if you have a cough it’ll also help. 😄 You can buy it in almost every pharmacy. It just has to be pure without any other added ingredients.

[@KeesBoons]

Hope you'll feel better soon. Pneumonia is not funny.

[@Matthias_Br]

2-4 raw organic eggs blended with raw fresh orange juice.;-), two days usually

[@Adalbert777]

Take care of yourself. Not trying to be funny, but you sound like a StarWars battle droid, you definitely need more time to recover. 🍵🫖

[@AntoinetteEmily]

Oh my goodness you are right!😂 Sorry you had to listen to that.

[@wallybistrich3474]

Get well soon!

[@amandaziccatti6195]

Do you know lavender oil? If you rub a little bit on your chest you’ll see that you can breathe much easier and if you have a cough it’ll also help. 😄 You can buy it in almost every pharmacy. It just has to be pure without any other added ingredients.