Still Frustrated

• by lwiggin1
• 2009-04-05 09:04:35
• Complications
• 1392 views
• 4 comments

Hi,

Since my last post, I have had more issues. My cardiologist sent me to my pulmonary doctor because he believes that my SOB, palps & dizziness might be pulmonary related (even though I had 2 PFT's - 1 in 2001 & 1 last year - that showed my lung function to be ok, not great but ok with no change in numbers at all). So I went to see him again because I want to feel better somehow - willing to do anything. We did another PFT which actually showed a slight improvement in my lung function since last year. My pulmonologist said it is definately not lung related because I have been stable in that regard since 2001 - he said it is cardiac. So I took the info back to my cardiologist thinking that now we can maybe do something about the pacemaker and settings (as you might recall in my previous post they had adjusted my settings many times trying to get it to work for me - even telling me that my pacemaker was not a very good one at all). When I told my cardiologist what the pulmonary doc said - he told me he did not believe him. He still feels there is a pulmonary component to this. OK now what???? I cannot even walk up a small flight of stairs anymore without having to to stop because I am so short of breath and having my heart to flip-flops in my chest. I cannot carry a lunch tray across the hall without being completely wiped out. Exercise.....not even close! With totally frustrates me because I am only 41 and used to be able to do 3 karate classes a night with alot of cardio work. Now what do I do? I have both doctors pointing their fingers at each other and no one willing to help me. There is something going on because I do not feel good at all - but no one is helping. Close to giving up. Please help.......