hello,
I feel like im starting to get somewhere after almost two years of no progress. I have had on and off shortness of breath for about two years and lately it has gotten very bad. I basically don't feel like i can get a full breath of air and find myself yawning just to get a decent breath.
I have seen a cardio about this and all came back fine.
I went to my new GP a couple weeks ago to talk to him about this and he did a PFT. (interestingly enough, he is the first doc that has even thought about a pft. all the other docs said to just deal with it) I don't have the specific results except that it showed severe to moderate restriction. He didn't believe the results and said to come back in a couple weeks and retest. Well, i retested today and it came back with the exact same result. He put in a referral to a pulmonary specialist. i think its going to take quite a bit of time to see the specialist though..
In the meantime, can anyone tell me what PFT results like this might mean? Is asthma a possibility? I don't know much about it, but always sort of assumed that asthma was an "attack" type of disorder, not an every day, all day shortness of breath thing.
I smoked for about 4 years and interestingly enough, the shortness of breath sort of started right when i quit.
My only other suspicion is that this is allergy related. My situation seemed to be manageable until I moved into the house I am currently living in. After living here for about a month, i started getting severe shortness of breath, insane fatigue and a whole bunch of other problems. Its an older duplex with disgusting carpet and I also suspect that there is a mold problem. Could this be causing something? i just have this weird feeling that the place I am living in is slowly killing me. does that sound crazy??
I was going to move because it was the only way i could be sure, but i decided against that. now i wish i would have gotten the heck out of here.
