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@espiritu56 Did you lose pulmonary capacity? When I had pneumonitis, I was prescribed Prednisone starting at 40mg and decreasing by 10mg every two weeks. It solved the pneumonitis issue right away. I tested again(near the end of prednisone), and my pulmonary function test values were a little bit better. Three months later I went back for follow up and pulmonary function test values had dropped significantly, and I was prescribed permanent oxygen

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@vic83 As far as I know only during the pneumonitis. Extremely short of breath but seemed to fully restore after. I had a left lobectomy so I don’t know if left side was affected but I didn’t have any lasting diminished breathing.
Sorry for your difficulties.