Just keep breathing

Today (March 12) I have another appointment with the pulmonologist. On Wednesday they always have wide consultations with all doctors and I expect that they have discussed my case there. And of course I hope the pathologist gave the biopsy results. The hospital visit starts with a new lung function test. The pulmonologist would like to know whether the procedure has been successful. Immediately after the surgery I noticed that I could breathe a lot better, by that I realized how bad my breathing was. After the round of Corona questions, you have a cold, you have a fever, you cough (yes, but that's because of irritation in my trachea because of the surgery), we can start. The nurse informs me I have to tell if it’s not feeling okay because there is no need to provoke the trachea. The blowing is fine and I immediately see that the curve is looking fine. The nurse responds to this by indicating that she is not allowed say anything about it, but I notice that she agrees with me. Due to...

For over a year I have been suffering from vague tightness. It is difficult to say when it does and doesn’t bother me, what type of tightness it is and whether there is a certain trigger. Because it has been getting worse in recent months, I make an appointment with the general practitioner. The GP does not hear anything strange about my lungs, but she wants me to have a lung function test to see if it may be asthma. If that does not work out, then I have to see a pulmonologist because breathlessness is not okay. A few days later, the practice nurse takes the lung function test, spirometry. The curve I blow is abnormal, a strange flattening instead of a nice peak. Because she has never seen this before, she wants to advise the GP to refer me to a pulmonologist. Because I would like to know what the abnormal curve could mean, I am looking for information about spirometry curves. Soon I found that this curve fits an airway obstruction. I also find information about tumors, but I ignore t...