Respiratory clinic

A new day and  a new clinic. I had some lung tests that involved blowing into a tube for as long and as hard as possible - you have to do it three times to make sure they are accurate readings. I kept stopping to cough. The respiratory specialist was very nice and we discussed my lungs in detail - I even got to look at the pictures from the scans and X-rays. Interesting, but a bit spooky to actually see the shady parts on my lungs where there ought not to be. He sent me for another X-ray, and also did a test with Ventalin to see if that helped, but it didn't. He came to the conclusion that there was no signs of anything more serious on my lungs, but that there was a low level pneumonia that would probably gradually clear up. He did suggest trying a steroid inhaler as well to see if that helped with the symptoms.