Re: sudden air intake

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I think we have all had a baby crying until they suck air in in gasps. well the same thing we use all of our reserve and are breathingto shallow and our bodies pull the air in.. It is a strange sensation but keeps us breathing. Shallow breathing is so hard to keep at bay.We are SUPPOSED to just breathe.. but we have to pay attention that we are doing it correctly. I noticed this happening before I had to start using 02 for sleep. I would wake up with a big ol' gasp.. Thats it.. I had to start using 02 for sleep. And yes it happens during the day too. I might add that as we progress we have NO reserve. That is when this monster becomes hard to deal with. Love and Prayers, Peggy IPF 2004, FloridaWorry looks around, Sorry looks back, Faith looks up. ,After reading your description of: A sudden suck in of air, i remember being at Peggy's house and having one of those episodes myself. Peggy told me what it was. Darn, I don't remember how to explain it as she did. I think it meant that I needed to get O2 in the lungs and INHALE. Peggy, please correct me if I am wrong. Give us the definition again please.Thank you.Toodles!Jane UIP/IPF 12/1998 Dalton, Georgia aka pianolady_musicgirl> > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > Hi everybody,> > > > > > > Well I saw my pulmo-dude last week and the surgeon yesterday and my> > > > > > > diagnosis is not specifically one thing or another. I'm going to > > > > write it> > > > > > > all here and maybe someone else had a similar result.> > > > > > > Final Pathologic Diagnosis- Cellular Interstitial Inflammation with> > > > > > > numerous fibroblastic foci and mild interstitial fibrosis.> > > > > > > Biopsies show a cellular mixed inflammatory infiltrate of > > > > lymphocytes and> > > > > > > histiocytes in the alveolar septae. Scattered throughout the > > > > alveoli are> > > > > > > several small fibroblastic foci in the interstitium. There is mild> > > > > > > interstitial fibrosis thickening of the alveolae septae. No dense> > > > > > > honeycombing. Findings are consistant with a cellular fibrosing > > > > interstitial> > > > > > > pneumonitis. Differential diagnosis is a mixed NSIP pattern and UIP.> > > > > > > Presence of fibroblastic foci favors UIP but the dense fibrosing > > > > associated> > > > > > > with UIP is not observed in the samples. A similar histologic > > > > picture may be> > > > > > > observed in collagen vascular disease, pneumoconoisis, and > > > > hypersensitivity> > > > > > > pneumonitis. Suggest correlation with clinical and radiologic > > > > findings.HUH?> > > > > > > This is not how an episode of HOUSE MD ends! Anyway I am being > > > > referred by> > > > > > > my pulmo-dude to Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center-NYC which > > > > has an> > > > > > > interstitial lung disease department to be evaluated. I am back > > > > at work and> > > > > > > so happy to be out of the house. My company is giving me a > > > > parking spot> > > > > > > closest to the lobby and I also got from Motor Vehicles a > > > > handicapped> > > > > > > placard since I am on O2 for exertion. - nne> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > --> > > > > > Dyane L. Billings> > > > > > Senior Staff Accountant> > > > > > Ball & McGraw PC> > > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> >>