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need some advice and help Return to previous page 1/15/2019 374 Views 7 Answers Last Activity: 1 year ago, Stephanie Williams, RRT Tags: #advice #copd #reflux #scared Question: 0 lch2018 1 year ago I Care Report Comment Unlike I Care Report Comment Add an Answer Answers: Edit Remove Accept Unaccept Unlike I Care Report Comment Add an Answer Save Cancel need some advice and help lch2018 1 year ago Add an Answer Answers Answer View More Save Cancel Tags: Subscribe: Subscribe: Your question has been submitted and is awaiting moderation. It is low-quality It is spam It does not belong here Other (enter below) Thank you for reporting this content, moderators have been notified of your submission. Close Anonymous Unfriend Friend Requested Friend Load More Close Destination Page Area Group Destination Content Title Title Article Type Copy comments Hi, I have 9/11 exposure with significant exposure to second hand smoke. I have had these symptoms for the last 17 years and they've gotten worse. When it is humid or an extreme pressure change, my symptoms flare. If I am around people who are sick (If I took a couple of days of antibiotics when I was in my 20s it would pass, but haven't tried it lately), I won't get sick but that type of exacerbation that happens with the humidity will happen again. Symptoms can last for up to a week often accompanied with feelings GERD then will abate. I also have a reduced DLCO between 60% and 76% so I kind of always feel like it is a little hard to breathe. Sometimes I feel like my chest hurts and my lungs are heavy. At times I think it's reflux but maybe it's my lungs struggling and affecting the GERD. CT scan is clear and so is my echo cardiogram. I am only 44 and I am very scared for my future and what will happen to my two little girls. I truly beside myself. Everyone keeps saying I'm fine and I want to believe them but I am not! I do exercise running a mile and a half (walk 1 minute run 2) 3x a week and yoga 2x a week. When I ran this week I used a pulse oximeter and my oxygen remains at 98/99% Are these early signs? Is it possible to have this disease and have a clear CT scan. I am really depressed and this is not something I can beat. It is progressive and scary. Also extremely low ferritin for 10+ years.
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