Pneumonia is very similar to other diseases, for sure. The only true way I know of diagnosing is an x-ray and sometimes even that will miss it. My solution is never wait until I'm quite sure I'm that sick. My deal with my doc is that as soon as I see any red flag (for me it's often that my mucous changes to yellow or worse, green) I start taking the antibiotics I have at home and call the doc. I tell all the symptoms I'm having and everything I'm doing about them, including taking the antibiotic and ask what else I should do. Most of the time I'm told to continue taking the antibiotic and let them know if nothing changes in the next day or so. I never let myself get so sick that I would consider calling the ambulance. Getting that sick almost always means more damage to your lungs that you can't change. Neither I nor my doc want to take that chance.

good for you,maybe next time I will also go to the ER instead.

I have only been to Urgent Care once and I do not plan to ever go again. I should have gone to the Emergency Room.

hope the answers were helpful,being on this site helps alot

If you sat in a room with 20 c.o.p.d. Sufferers and talked about how you are with your condition, you would get 20 different answers, each of us is an individual and suffer differently to the person sitting next to us.
Managing your condition comes down to knowing yourself how you are, how you feel and what to look out for.
Hope this is of some help 🐕🐕