Hi, Merry. Thank you for the reply! One of my doctors is a cardiologist — I was on the cardiology floor at the hospital for a couple days last week. I had a chest x-ray, CT angiogram, stress test and echocardiogram done — all good, although the stress test was done when I wasn’t short of breath.

I do think this started with diverticulitis, as I never really rebounded fully. I have some auto-immune conditions, notably hypothyroidism and mild vitiligo — I wonder if those play a role, too.

My sister today said, “If the doctors here [in Chicago] can’t figure it out, let’s go up to Mayo for a couple days.”