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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?
Lung Health | Last Active: Oct 23 10:20am | Replies (3405)Comment receiving replies
Thank you for giving us such an encouraging update! We really do have to be our own advocates sometimes, don’t we? Your perseverance in searching for a resolution paid off!
It’s wonderful you’re making progress with the breathing. That has to be a huge relief for you. What did you have do to get your bronchiectasis under control? Are you on medication for this?
Hopefully this next step to correct the little pouch in the esophagus will take care of the rest of the symptoms and return your life to some normalcy. By any chance did you mean Zenker’s Diverticulum instead of Kender?
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Yes I am sorry for the typo. Yes Zender. For my bronchiectasis I use two preventative inhalers daily as well as a rescue inhaler. Because it was assumed my swallowing and breathing issues were a flare up I started using 7% nebulizer daily as well. I keep an antibiotic with me and when I have a flare up start that immediately. I have had this for 40 years and 38 years ago had a lobectomy. I learned thru the years to read my body and self treat. I stay away from camp fires, dust, pollen as much as possible and make sure our air ducts are cleaned. No wood heating or second hand smoke. This has kept me going all these years so when I started choking, clearing my throat all the time, had a hoarse voice and regurgitating and vomiting I vowed to find a solution as at this rate I was frightened I would choke in my sleep.