@ethanmcconkey- Hi Ethan. and @peggyn. I can understand your frustration with this. I see in your past posts that you have a lot of daily nephropathy pain and gerd. Gerd can cause shortness of breath. When my omeprazole doesn't work I take a tums. If that fails I add 2 pills of FDBgard. My GI guy recommended these and they work for me. This is for functional dyspepsia or recurring indigestion and it stops the pain for me. They are expensive and over the counter or on-line.
A few years back I was with my husband and son in Oregon. We drove up to the top of Mt Hood to have lunch. We parked and climbed up the restaurant's stairs outside and inside to our table. I could. barely lift my legs to reach the next rung. I felt sick to my stomach. When I mentioned this my husband mentioned that he had a problem too and that it was altitude sickness. As a lung cancer survivor I was also short of breath. My son was a young man and very active and said that he also could barely lift his legs. It wasn't a great feeling at all, and it was scary.
I'm wondering if it's gerd or something else that caused your SOB (shortness of breath) issues. Have you checked with your doctor?