Well Sue it looks like I am a survivor of ARDS.
When i had GERD i choked on the acid in my sleep at least 3x a week. All this acid went into my lungs and I'd wake choking. I could hear it gurgling in my lungs. I coughed it up as best I could.
The pulmonologist feels it was aspiration pneumonia from the GERD. I'm very lucky and so grateful. My next step is a low acid diet and more weight loss. Exercise of course. Next appt he will do the physical testing. Then another ct in 4 months. Man do I feel relieved.
He said put the oximeter away! Lol