Yes Sue I have to put my scary toy away. But the weirdest thing was....I've been reading on Google over and over that anxiety can cause 02 saturation levels to decrease. Even his nurse said yes absolutely! When I asked him? He said absolutely NOT! Who knew?
Anyways, I forgot to tell you I have a sliding hiatus hernia! So he did ask about my medication for my GERD and I said it was Nexium. He asked if I had any breakthrough heartburn and so far I dont but a little bottle of 14 pills here costs $25.00. I'm wondering if a prescription would yield more pills and cost less. He said dont eat anywhere close to bedtime. I do that anyway. I have breakfast about 9 am and dinner about 3:30 so everything is digested well. He also said lose more weight AND get on a low acid diet. Lose the chocolate, caffeine, onions, garlic, tomatoes, pizza fried greasy food etc which I've been doing anyway to keep my body healthy. Except I do love tomatoes and salsa so that's not fun. I was trying to ask about certain foods like is ice water bad for the lungs, and I miss my yogurt, my protein powder and my cottage cheese and are dairy products really that bad regarding mucus? But he said he only does lungs, not diet so to ask my doctor.
I was only asking because I think this situation made my doctor so nervous, that when I have any lung related questions he says to ask the pulmonologist! Anyway, the pulmonologist said for my next visit we will do the 6 min walk, the spirometer, the breathing tests. And he will keep up my ct scans every 3 months till hes satisfied they are all healed. Thank you for asking Sue. I'm not at all familiar with hiatus hernias so I know nothing about if theres any no nos to owning one of these lol!!!