Question

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I have a question for everyone who has had pulmonary

function testing. What kind? What did they do? I

asked my PCP for a test yesterday and what I got

certainly wasn't what I had read about, but maybe it

was adequate.....you tell me.

There was no big machine, no nose clip, no varied

breathing exercises....all the stuff I had read about

in an online pulmonary center. The technician held a

little box in her hand, about the size of a gameboy.

She attached a wire from the box to a little breathing

tube. I had to inhale, then blow as forcefully as I

could into the tube three times. That was it. I'm

happy to say this test was normal....but, was it the

correct test? The doctor said it " showed no

restrictions typical of connective tissue disease. "

So, I am just wondering, and hoping for the collective

wisdom and experience of the group.

Thanks, squeek

=====

__________________________________________________