Thank you Gabe for reaching back out to me. To make a long story short, I’ve have lots of different blood work done and it’s always come back relatively normal. Cholesterol is good. Triglycerides are borderline high. ALT (liver enzymes) are borderline high, need to give up the hard liquor.
I’ve seen two different pulmonologist groups, both administered pulmonary function tests both resulted in normal lung function with one exception. The second group afministered and ABG (arterial blood gas) draw and found mild hypoxemia, 72. The doctor wasn’t all that concerned saying that the rest of your studies were way above average and that hypoxemia could be lots of things not to do with lung function or gas exchange. With regard to GERD, I still have some reflux depending on the foods that I eat. I’m trying to figure out specifically if a particular type of food triggers it. Meanwhile, I am on Protonix. It appears to be aiding in reducing the frequency of the reflux. I’m in the process of trying to convince the GI doctor to perform an endoscopy.