Sammantha
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Hey everyone, i went to my doctor's appointment today with Rose by my side... For real, it really worked, its like i could feel your support! I saw the new PA instead of my GP. First the nurse saw me and did a pulse ox. It was 90 but my resting pulse was really high and she went and got the EKG machine.. I wanted to say my heart is fine its my muscles! But i let them figure it out. She brings in the EKG and has me taped up to it and says your face is so much thinner have you been working out?! I said no more than usual, but the more facial spasms i get the tighter and smaller my face gets.... She just looked at me funny.... Then the new PA came in and went over my whole history and was totally focused on my heart. She then went on to talk about lungs. When she asked why i was on klonopin i had to reveal my neurology tale. She then went and talked to Dr. Whitmore who upped my anxiety medication and the PA ordered a complete pulmonary function test which i will be taking at my local hospital tomorrow morning. My fear is that this test is designed to rate lungs that are bad due to smoking or disease and not because of muscle problems. On the form it says: PFT 1234 spiro, spiro with broncho rt spiro with DLCO rt spiro w lung volumes and then it says PFT5 complete which is what is marked. What are these tests and what can i expect, and you would know best Rose if any of these would indicate lung functioning reduced due to muscle? Please write back, thank you everyone. Sammantha