Good News and Gerd News

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Just got back from a follow up visit with the pulmonologist and I am doing so good I don't have to go back for 6 MONTHS!!!! HURRAY! My lung volume is up to 75% and my DLCO 48. I have been going every three months for three years now and am so sick of tests I could scream. He still doesn't want me totally off the prednisone but said I could still decrease each month with the caution to call if there is any change in my sats or coughing.

As to Gerd news, some of you may know this but it was the first I had heard of it. I cough a lot each morning and spit up a lot of mucous. I thought it was par for the course but he said it was GERD. Instead of taking 40 mg prilosec each morning he wants me to take 20 in the morning, 20 at night and not to eat after 6 pm. He said the acid reflux at night causes the lungs to produce more mucous and the danger is in getting the acid backup respirated into the lungs where it causes bacteria growth. Hopefully this news will help someone else- R. (53) Sarcoid/PF 3/2006 Carlsbad, California

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