I have some type of respiratory virus or illness for the past month. I've taken some antibiotics, which didn't seem to make too much of a change --- not really coughing up anything. I've had no appetite for the last couple of weeks, losing about 10 lbs. I've been eating some chicken brother and crackers to give me nutrition but no sign of an appetite. My mother contracted the mycobacterial disease and they found nodules in her lungs. She was in her mid-80s and wasn't able to tolerate the antibiotics and died weighing about 75 lbs. She may have contracted the virus when she visited me in Arizona, where the virus is known to exist (lived here 30 years).
X-rays of my lungs showed them to be "clear," but would X-rays detect nodules in lungs? I'm also looking into whether my thyroid may not be functioning correctly as I had radiation for adnoids as an infant and have had a lot of dental X-rays in the past few years.