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I had my Plethysmography this morning.I sat down, the nurse shut the door, told me to breathe normally, I heard a clunk, the pressure dropped and I felt as though I was being suffocated and had chest pains. She opened the door because I had to get out

and I cried. Awful experience. 😢

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Damon1864Volunteer

Awe bless you it must have been awful for you. You have a good night and take care of yourself 😊 Bernadette xx

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Thank you. X

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Damon1864Volunteer in reply to

No need for thanks😊 xxxx

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Gladwyn

Sounds horrible . I’ve never heard of that so I’ll have to look it up it just sounds scary as hell. Hope you are feeling better after that experience. 🙄

sassy59 profile image
sassy59

That sounds truly awful but you’re not in any way a failure. Hold your head high Kasey1. Xxxx

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skischool

Worry not Kasey,the procedure is just a more accurate way of measuring yout total and residual lung capacity,i would imagine from all your other lung function tests that they have a pretty good idea of your condition and they will probably find an alternative method of gathering information.

Best wishes and cheery up Ski's and Scruff's x

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Sweetie12

Sounds very scary. I think I would have screamed my way out if I had enough air. You are very brave. Hope you are recovering from the ordeal. Do something nice for yourself xxx

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Whitechinchilla

Bless. You were very brave to even attempt it Kasey1.

So well done for that.

Hope you are able to have a relaxing weekend to recover.

Good wishes.

Caspiana profile image
Caspiana

Not nice at all Hidden . I'm sorry you had such an awful time. Have you done a spirometry test ? (No box necessary) if did what were the results ? And what lung disease do you have? I hope things got sorted at the pulmonary rehab? Take care. xx 😊

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I've had a Spirometry, just waiting for the results, next week she said.

I have my rehab appointment in January. Hoping I'm not pushed to do too much, if so I will put in a complaint. X

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ilos in reply to

Pulmonary Rehab is the best thing ever and the only thing that you can really

do for yourself. You are asked to exercise to a point of MODERATE breathlessness, no more than that and no one will put pressure on you. There will be others worse than you no doubt. Wish I could get it here in Cornwall- I moved from London where we had it every 12 months.

dorfy profile image
dorfy

I don’t think it’s any failure at all it’s a scary thing to experience

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stamford1234

Oh dear. I feel for you. It is done now, it must have been frightening, I hope you are soon back to yourself

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Spacecat1

I was the same 2 years ago. Your not a failure. We all react to things in different ways, you do feel strange in the cabin. I did go back but the doctor suggested I take Orimorph a very small dose. Which helped took it about half an hour before I went back to try again. And it did help it calmed me . Might be worth a try. But someone may be able to suggest something else. Hope all goes well.

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I'm allergic to opiates, I can't take any meds apart from paracetamol. X

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Ergendl

Not a failure for crying or needing to leave that box. We're all different. I would struggle too. Great suggestion above about oramorph. Hope that can be arranged for you. All the best.

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Jaybird19

Just looked it up and it doesnt sound as if it was working correctly. Did they not warn you.? i would ask someone to explain it first and what information they gain from it. Myself I always have to know things . I must be a real pain.

It must have been very frightening.

Try to forget it,and don't think about it any more.

in reply to Jaybird19

Believe me, I question everything! The test was how it should be. X

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Jaybird19 in reply to

Sorry , didn't mean to upset you further.

Space cat probably has the best answer as she has experienced it herself

Good luck

in reply to Jaybird19

Oh no, you haven't upset me at all, I'm sorry if my post was worded wrong in anyway. Xx

Thanks everyone xxxxx

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deenyweeny

Sorry you had such a frightening experience. I would have cried too. Keep trying to get better.

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