And it's all okay with me. I have tried so hard for so long to figure out why I struggle to breath sometimes. As of Monday I will have done everything medically possible to figure it out.
I went to a pulmonologist today. My doctor had told me to go last year and I guess I just never got around to it and needed desperation to force me to go. He did a chest xray and lung function and it was all fine. Great! In the end, he said he thinks it my allergies messing with my sinuses. Okay no new information there. He said, though, there is a chance that it could be clots in my lungs. He said it is possible (though it seems remote to me) that there are small clots in my lungs making it hard for me to breath. He said the only way to know is a CT. He also wants a CT of my sinuses to make sure there's nothing else going on there that we're not aware of. So, while it will cost (chaching) I know I will have exhausted all of my options.
I asked him if I should go back to allergy shots and he told me it probably won't do any good after this many years of shots. I asked him if I should have another sinus surgery and he told me he though I just kinda had bad genes here and in the end there's nothing I can do but make myself comfortable. I told him I wanted as few meds as possible and NO steroids. I've gained enough weight after years of steroids and don't want to do all this stuff to my body anymore. He said the vitamins I've been taking and the nettipot is all good. He said to keep it up and take some mucinex everyday too. He said it won't hurt me, but will make my life a lot more comfortable. I take it almost everyday anyways. So, in the end, after I get the all clear from my CTs I'm good to just go on with what I'm doing now, which means some struggling to breath, but not constantly second guessing myself.
This is all good....to me anyways.
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