I'm still having problems with my breathing, I'm not on trech now, I was last year for a week or two. I am on a respirator but only at night, sometimes during the day if I'm really out of breath. I've been to so many doctors they just can't find my problem. My oxygen levels are fine, but I feel like I'm out of breath. Sometimes it feels like a heavy chest, sometimes I feel like I've been running around the block, and other times I just don't feel like I'm getting air.
My next test is an EMG. To test the diaphragm for electrical currents. And they also talked about a sniff test.
My breast feel like they're big enough, I'm just breathing real hard. I have had blood pressure issues, often in the 70s/40s. So I am taking a blood pressure medication.
They're also talking about a diaphragm Peacemaker. Is anyone ever had that or know someone who has? I worry that will make my breathing not natural, like making me take breaths when I'm trying to breathe out xcetera.
It all started the day after I had a heart ablation to fix A-Flutter on my heart. But that shouldn't have anything to do with it, except I was intubated. I left the hospital and had to go back that night my breathing was so hard. They thought it was a CO2 buildup, but that's gotten a lot better.
I haven't had a good breath in about 2 months now. At least one that felt normal. I don't know what's worse not breathing well for being on that darn ventilator. I don't want to go to trech again.
Greg
