question: I had the flu, no cold just a very bad chest and got to the stage where I could not breathe properly, I was put on 3 weeks of steroids and every time I finished them Icouldent breathe again ,  he sent me for a chest xray and was called by the hosp and fast tracked for the following week to see a chest consultant, he sent me for a ct scan that afternoon and phoned me pm to say that they think it is inflamation but wants to do a bronchostomy, I am still waiting for that, I am now on a very strong steroid and blue inhaler but now the pain has changed it is now on my left lung and it hurts when I breathe out and on my breastbone it almost feels bruised I have had this for 2 weeks now, I have tried coming off the steroid inhaler to see if my chest is getting better but I always go really wheezy, my x ray looked as if there was all splatter marks in it.