It's comforting to know others obtain low readings as I have the past 2 years. I was referred to a Pulmanologist for a"spot" on my right lung which turned out to be scaring from an old infection. Had bronchitis a couple of years ago, a Pulmanary Spiromotry Test was performed & was dangerously LOW. (remembering way...back 10 or so years ago, a similar test was done at my local Dr. office while having similar chest congestion...showed too low, see Dr. now...I ignored & left & never thought about it again...I was younger then!!). Now, I have these spriomotry tests done every 6 months...It's always low. Pulmanologist states it's "like an asthma type obstruction". I have
Azmacort inhaler for it. Well, now I think I can't get my breath, cough a lot, have phlegm in throat & go nuts worrying about it. I never had a problem before I had this computerized test done which shows where I'm supposed to be for my height & weight & was about 1/2 the way to it. I bought a peak-flow meter at the drugstore for about 16.00. You take a deep breath & blow as hard as you can. Normal is somewhere between 400 to 550. My age,height,weight should be 425, well, I'm lucky to get it to 300 most days. I keep doing it till I'm dizzy, however, sometimes I can get it up to 400, not very often. Most of the time it's 250-325. I think this is just "normal" for me. I was told by another MD, if you were told you have obstruction, it can be treated, restriction is another problem, still treatable however. So me too on this one, I'm getting very anxious about this & the more I try to breathe normal the worse it gets. I also have chronic nose dripping which perhaps plays some part in this whole thing. Any comments appreciated. TNX
Re: I FAILED MY Spirometry TEST, PLEASE HELP SOMEONE !!!!
Also, thanks for the tip of reading the printout, my tech always ships it off to the Dr. so I've never had it in hand. I go the 24th so I will insist on reading it. I can be very demanding when it comes to MY health concerns. As I write this I have so much "stuff" in my throat I keep clearing in hopes of getting a good deep breath. I dwell too much on the process of breathing lately. Well, good luck to you & I would not be surprised if you keep off the cigs, your lung capacity will improve. I was a smoker, have been off for (oh my gosh 23 years). Dr. says, if you've ever smoked, as we AGE, the lung damage is still there, it deteriorates at a faster pace than a non-smoker in the aging process. I'm sure what you are looking at would be obstruction vs. restriction, as restrictive lung disease would be "caused" from some lung disease, which you've not demonstrated to this point. Let's try not too worry too much about it. God Bless 
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