Situation update

[Psyborg]

I think the CPAP is making the airway worse. It worked well that first week, but it's been downhill the last two. Coughing a lot more, but also getting chest pain when it's on and having trouble breathing when in the same sleeping positions again.

[Rini]

i wish i could have info 2 make u better. sleeping oddly sucks. best wishes

[pberggren1]

This is not good Bob for sure. I sure hope Dr. VF has some ideas.

[Sangye]

Bob, you definitely need to call whichever doctor has you on it. You could be damaging your lungs. Maybe the setting is too high or maybe something else is going on.

[Psyborg]

I saw the Pulmy today...but CC screwed up my documentation they provided him. (Issue with notes not matching what I was told). Anyway he says he'd like to get my card to see what the machine is saying and that I shouldn't worry as the pressure is very low (5cm) and realistically can't cause any real damage. I'm going to go back for another sleep study so the insurance should pick things up next month. Going to ask about a different mask as well as the mouth and nose makes me feel like I'm suffocating at times.

[Sangye]

That's good. What explanation did he have for the chest pain?

[Psyborg]

He actually said that shouldn't be related to bronch's at all. I'm going to ask my Wegs doc when I'm at CC next week.

[jola57]

I do think that the air is starting to move the mucous from your lungs and just like after a bad bronchial attack, your lungs hurt.

[Psyborg]

Yesterday I noticed something I had tied together previously. First I went to Cedar Point on Saturday, discovered that as fun as it is my head can't handle roller coasters like it used to .

Anyway end up lying around most of the day yesterday. And one time I jumped up to fast...nearly blacked out. This was followed by ringing in the ears...which I had noted before. But then I noticed a massive metallic taste in my mouth. After it happened it clicked that that happened on occasion when I got dizzy. It was just so random that I never tied things together. Has anyone else ever had anything like this?

[Sangye]

I don't know what to make of the dizziness and metallic taste combo, but I can say that I'm glad I did all my rollercoastering many years before I became a chiropractor. I'd never do them knowing what I know now!