Connect
← Return to Wildly fluctuating O2 levels
Discussion
Lung Health | Last Active: Nov 10 10:23am | Replies (124)
Comment receiving replies
Don’t know. I also suffer from health anxiety and took my pcp’s advice not to take o2 levels right now.
Seeing scary low readings whether accurate or not does something to me.
Actually, if I’m functional and not blue I’ve decided maybe it doesn’t matter anyway. I may have had fluctuating levels all my life and not known it.
I’m going to see the pulmonologist today if they don’t kick me out for still running a low grade fever, so I’m really nervous.
Thanks for asking; glad your levels are going back up. I hope your appt. goes well.
Replies to "Don’t know. I also suffer from health anxiety and took my pcp’s advice not to take..."
Connect
Update on pulmo appt for lenchiksf.
Good news. The doctor is very suspicious that the Amiodarone could have caused the drop in lung capacity. He wants to retest in about 6 months when it’s all out of my body.
As for the fluctuating o2 levels, he said the fact that I do have a heart arrhythmia could temporarily affect perfusion.
He had me do the six minute walk test wearing a medical grade oximeter while he walked with me and I did fine. Not up to my usual standards, but I’m recovering from Covid.
Or, if my circulation to my hands was not good(I think the Amiodarone was messing with my thyroid too)