Pulmonologist

This past week i reached my breaking point in regards to the phlegm and spitting. I was waking up any where from 4 to 8 times a night, which kept Bob or Tana awake as well, has make it increasingly difficult to go to appointments, out of the house, ect.

Bob spent quite a bit of time calling various pulmonologist trying to get me an appointment earlier than 8-11. I ended up seeing a Dr. on Thurs. and for the 1st time since may I feel a tiny bit of hope that we may be able to get the phlegm issue resolved.

He validate that it is mucus coming from my lungs even though my chest x-ray is clear and my lungs sound clear through the stethoscope. Hes not sure why its getting caught in my throat but wants to try 2 separate breathing treatments before moving on to any other procedures. I just received my nebulizer yesterday and we discovered that im not able to inhale well enough to breathe in the medication. I will be following up with him tomorrow so that we can get the necessary supplies to run the meds through my bipap instead.

If the breathing treatments don't work then they will stick a camera down my throat and he indicated he would probably need to clear the airway. He didn't take any guesses at what is causing the issues, but is more currently focused on fixing it, which is just fine by me at this point! It was so good to finnaly hear somebody validate that what i was feeling is in fact what is happening (ie..mucus in airways)

The only bad thing from the appointment was that he confirmed that i am barely moving oxygen on my own, but I didn't need him to tell me that because i have felt it for some time. I just hope that one of the breathing treatments for the out patient procedure helps to clear this up!