Still having a helluva problem breathing. I had a heart ablation, they use anesthesia and intubated me. The procedure was pretty simple, but when I woke up I was out of breath and breathing very hard. They thought the anesthesia just paralyzed my diaphragm for a little while. It's going on three weeks or so and things seem to be getting worse. They also thought it was too much CO2 in my blood because my breathing was so shallow. That seems to be getting better, I still get out of breath very easy. I can write about four words but then I'm exhausted. Or I can eat about two bites and I have to recline because I'm so exhausted. My vital statistics are all great blood pressure, oxygen levels, breathing well up in my chair, heart rate. The cardiologist and the lung doctor say everything looks good. But just laying in bed makes it hard to breathe and I need to use a respirator at night. Sometimes during the day when I feel bad. When I'm up in my chair I feel like I breathing just as well as normal. Just nothing makes sense. I was back in the ER last week and spent three days doing test. And they find nothing. Does anyone have sleep apnea? How tired you get throughout the day before you used to CPAP. The sleep studies the only thing I haven't had yet, but I know my breathing is very shallow at night. I just wouldn't think I could be that exhausted from sleep apnea. But maybe.
Greg
