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Oh Yvonne, I don't know what to tell you. I am no doctor, but I have personally watched O2 sats fall in my friends and my daughter. And watched them recover when I talked them through breathing exercises.
Stress and its companion anxiety cause a host of crazy health issues. My friend's blood pressure rises and falls dramatically when she is anxious (causing more anxiety, of course.) My young nephew gets very bad stomach pain when he is feeling anxious.
Here is an article that explains why this can happen:
https://psychcentral.com/stress/can-stress-cause-low-oxygen-levels
You have been doing fine for many months now - maybe you can begin to relax?
Sue
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Oh..P S. the only symptom I have left is when I lay down at night, I still have crackles on inhaling. 🙂
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Aw Sue, I do appreciate everything you've done to ease my many worries. Yes I am improving steadily and my pulmonary function test on Feb 28 was good. I have another ct scan scheduled for April 27 and then the pulmonologist will see me May 10th and he will more thoroughly discuss the function test and whatever the upcoming ct may show. Believe it or not I've relaxed and upped the exercise. I was just surprised how even the nurse said anxiety affects 02 but then he said no. I'd heard so many times that it does.
I'm getting bored at home so am looking for work. And I dont even look at my scary toy anymore and I'm feeling really good! 🙂