Well that sucks. Hope you get some answers On Tue, Jun 8, 2021 at 3:52 PM Greg <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Still having a helluva problem breathing. I had a heart ablation, they > use anesthesia and intubated me. The procedure was pretty simple, but > when I woke up I was out of breath and breathing very hard. They thought > the anesthesia just paralyzed my diaphragm for a little while. It's > going on three weeks or so and things seem to be getting worse. They > also thought it was too much CO2 in my blood because my breathing was so > shallow. That seems to be getting better, I still get out of breath very > easy. I can write about four words but then I'm exhausted. Or I can eat > about two bites and I have to recline because I'm so exhausted. My vital > statistics are all great blood pressure, oxygen levels, breathing well > up in my chair, heart rate. The cardiologist and the lung doctor say > everything looks good. But just laying in bed makes it hard to breathe > and I need to use a respirator at night. Sometimes during the day when I > feel bad. When I'm up in my chair I feel like I breathing just as well > as normal. Just nothing makes sense. I was back in the ER last week and > spent three days doing test. And they find nothing. Does anyone have > sleep apnea? How tired you get throughout the day before you used to > CPAP. The sleep studies the only thing I haven't had yet, but I know my > breathing is very shallow at night. I just wouldn't think I could be > that exhausted from sleep apnea. But maybe. > > Greg > >
