Anyone ever have a PFT (pulmonary function test)?
Had one this morning. All numbers normal except for the DLCO Adj. 26.6 is "normal". Mine is 12.8 or 48th percentile.
Interesting (?) reading on low DLCO on the interwebs. :P
I have a PYT.
[laugh]
So it's not a rumor then. [thumbsup]
So it looks like your lungs can't defuse gases properly. Do they suspect the surface area of your lungs have been damaged?
It was just the test today with the pulmonary people. My doc will get the same report i was given for a review then we'll likely talk about how to deal with it. Don't know if there is damage caused by something or if it's of the idiopathic nature. There are a few idiots in the family, myself included, so that's my guess. ;)
Quote from: Stella StayPuft on April 06, 2012, 02:19:53 PM
It was just the test today with the pulmonary people. My doc will get the same report i was given for a review then we'll likely talk about how to deal with it. Don't know if there is damage caused by something or if it's of the idiopathic nature. There are a few idiots in the family, myself included, so that's my guess. ;)
[laugh] [laugh] [laugh]
Typically with a reading that low there likely is some sort of damage, but I could be entirely wrong. I hope for your sake that it is nothing serious and just what it is....a low capacity of your lungs due to your family genes!!!!
- Brian R.
You haven't just recently sucked in a bunch of salt water, have you?
Why yes, as a matter of fact I did indeed inhale a large quantity of salt water recently. And come to think of it, I do live in Denver - the mile HIGH city where pot smoking is legal. Could be from all of that second hand smoke...
;)
Quote from: Stella StayPuft on April 06, 2012, 03:48:53 PM
Why yes, as a matter of fact I did indeed inhale a large quantity of salt water recently. And come to think of it, I do live in Denver - the mile HIGH city where pot smoking is legal. Could be from all of that second hand smoke...
puff puff, pass.
Name change on asile 3! Stella StayPuff ;D
gasp laugh gasp
;D
Maybe a new test in a week or two is in order. I am somewhere in the same range as you, I don't remember the exact number. I couldn't even imagine doing the triathlon you just did.
Hope all is well, Stell!! ;)
Thanks IZ! All signs pointing to a new mod: oxygen tank cart attached to the bikes. [thumbsup] :P
Sending well-oxygenated thoughts your way!
Quote from: howie on April 07, 2012, 12:35:03 AM
Maybe a new test in a week or two is in order. I am somewhere in the same range as you, I don't remember the exact number. I couldn't even imagine doing the triathlon you just did.
Typically this test is used as a "diagnostic" test to investigate other issues, typically not a repeated test. However, I am definitely no expert on the PFT Test or claim to be!!
Need to get back to preparing some 16oz slabs of dry aged NY Strips for dinner!
and of course to infect my lungs by smoking a nice Perdomo Champagne.
Happy Easter!
- Brian R.
Don't Bogart That Joint! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvGJvzwKqg0#)
Quote from: IZ on April 07, 2012, 09:55:29 PM
Hope all is well, Stell!! ;)
IZ, the Doc called today and said the test was "normal" and that my breathing "problem" is vocal cord related. Have you ever seen a patient with a low DLCO value but w/a vocal cord issue?
(wtf?)Called the respiratory therapist who administered the test and asked him whether the test was normal as she interprets it or if he really did point out the low DLCO value as being a concern (maybe I misunderstood?). He said the number should be 80+, not 48.
Left that message w/the doc.
[bang]
Will be moving this to the NOGAS because I'm beginning to NGAS and will just deal. [roll]
We do though...
Find a new doc?
New doc may be in order since her specialty is orthopedics (went there for a bum hip).
[laugh] make the beast with two backsing OLD I am!!! [laugh] [bang]
Quote from: Stella Stay Puffing on April 10, 2012, 03:50:28 PM
New doc may be in order since her specialty is orthopedics (went there for a bum hip).
[laugh] make the beast with two backsing OLD I am!!! [laugh] [bang]
The alternative to old? ;D
Quote from: Stella Stay Puffing on April 10, 2012, 03:50:28 PM
[laugh] make the beast with two backsing OLD I am!!! [laugh] [bang]
Not yet ;D ;)
Quote from: ducpainter on April 10, 2012, 04:01:23 PM
The alternative to old? ;D
a smiley face with little x's in place of the eyes?
;)
Speaking of which, time to go party for the newly deceased.
There will be much of: [beer] and [wine]
I have to remember that today is Tuesday. Not Friday or Saturday. ;)
Quote from: Stella Stay Puffing on April 10, 2012, 04:09:29 PM
a smiley face with little x's in place of the eyes?
;)
Speaking of which, time to go party for the newly deceased.
There will be much of: [beer] and [wine]
I have to remember that today is Tuesday. Not Friday or Saturday. ;)
Tell him I'm raising a glass too...
in case he's there. ;)
try doping the next test by scheduling it at a doctor that practices at Sea-Level...more O2 down here
then you can pretend there is no issue if the results come up...that would be my approach
as for vocal chord diagnosis...... agree,,,,wtf? how does your yodeler equate to blood gasses?...did this doc tell you to hold on to the ostomy gear just in case?
in any event try another test in another shop with fresh leak-free equipment
aside from quitting cigarettes I have been hiding from my lungs since 9/11
Quote from: RAT900 on April 11, 2012, 12:37:55 AM
as for vocal chord diagnosis...... agree,,,,wtf? how does your yodeler equate to blood gasses?...did this doc tell you to hold on to the ostomy gear just in case?
in any event try another test in another shop with fresh leak-free equipment
aside from quitting cigarettes I have been hiding from my lungs since 9/11
Right. Maybe I'll keep the ostomy gear. [laugh]
I live 1.6 miles from one of the country's top respiratory hospitals, National Jewish. Will check them out.
Quote from: Stella Stay Puffing on April 11, 2012, 05:38:38 AM
Right. Maybe I'll keep the ostomy gear. [laugh]
I live 1.6 miles from one of the country's top respiratory hospitals, National Jewish. Will check them out.
there ya go!
So the doc's office called back today after I questioned her "vocal cord" assessment of the test and after I asked yesterday (through the nurse who called) to review it again to be sure since the one value was a concern of the respiratory therapist who administered the test.
What she looked at was the value related to exhaling. Big WFT since we clearly discussed that exhaling was never an issue (which would relate to asthma and we both agreed that I highly likely don't have that). Big oops on her part. She looked at the entire report this time (gee, thanks lady) and retracted her referral to an ENT.
Processed the referral with their hospital network of pulmonary specialists but I said no thanks. Refer me to the #1 lung hospital 1.6 miles down the street from me please.
[roll]
I hope upon diligent examination they find your chest to be in magnificent condition
Good Luck!!
Quote from: RAT900 on April 12, 2012, 03:35:55 AM
I hope upon diligent examination they find your chest to be in magnificent condition
Good Luck!!
Yes and my lungs too!
;D
Quote from: Stella Stay Puffing on April 12, 2012, 06:41:45 AM
Yes and my lungs too!
;D
I wanted to say it really bad but didn't want to be that guy ;D
But all of you guys are "that guy", no? I was actually surprised that no one beat me to the punch.
;)
I just set up the ball.... ;D
didn't think you were going to be the one to punt it thru the uprights [laugh]
No guy out here was taking care of that job so I had to do it.
;)
You still in the city?
Quote from: Stella Stay Puffing on April 12, 2012, 07:25:06 AM
No guy out here was taken care of that job so I had to do it.
;)
You still in the city?
yes!! the horror continues....
signed the thing out of the mail room
desktop services guy says he'll image it next week
and I have to come BACK in again to move all the company data over
from my existing POS Dell relic
this will be a third trip into Manhattan this year (which is a terrible trending)
Quote from: RAT900 on April 12, 2012, 07:48:35 AM
desktop services guy says he'll image it next week
and I have to come BACK in again to move all the company data over
this will be a third trip into Manhattan this year (which is a terrible trending)
They're toying with you. ;)
Quote from: Stella Stay Puffing on April 12, 2012, 07:01:27 AM
But all of you guys are "that guy", no? I was actually surprised that no one beat me to the punch.
;)
We are definitely.
I was just trying to have some semblance of respect.
It really takes a lot of effort and mental strength
;D
Quote from: Monsterlover on April 12, 2012, 10:45:46 AM
We are definitely.
I was just trying to have some semblance of respect.
It really takes a lot of effort and mental strength
;D
+1
I had lots of comments...
I just decided it would be wise to refrain.