Have you been scanned for bone spurs in your neck. A buddy, C3-6, had breathing problems due to a spur growing at the C3 level of his injury from the vertebrae in towards his spinal cord. Among all the things I had to worry about, never knew this could happen. He had a risky surgery to have it removed. (risky back in the 90's, hopefully not so now)
Aaron Mann On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 6:29 PM Greg <[email protected]> wrote: > One more test done, that does not show what is causing my breathing > problem. First they were sure it was CO2 buildup, so they put me on a > BiPAP. Then they thought it was weak lungs. Then they heart issues. But > those were both cleared buy a lung doctor and cardiologist. Then they were > sure it was low iron, but now at 3 Iron IVs with two more to go, but so far > no change. The hematologist said that's probably not the cause now. The > last test they can think of is the EMG test I do next week. They will test > the diaphragm. I just feel out of breath, heavy chested, like I've run a > marathon with a belt across my chest very tight. I was perfectly fine until > I had the heart ablation. I use a ventilator at night sometimes during the > day just to make it easier to breathe. Just a little help on my inhale > makes me feel fine. I just hate wearing that mask. No one else has any > ideas, and it's getting very frustrating. > greg >
