Re: for L.--Breathing and BMTs-- C

[Guest guest]

At 04:15 PM 5/15/06 -0400, you wrote:

>I also have a question for you which I have asked my trial doc and nurse

>practitioner but no one has an answer yet. I have trouble getting full

>satisfying deep breaths. It's like they stop just short of filling my

>lungs. They took an xray that didn't show anything. And my lungs always

>test well -- full breaths, no fluid. Also, the oxygen levels in my blood

>are quite good. Any ideas? I had this same pheno many years ago and it

>was stress. That woulnd't surprise me at this point, but I sure would

>like to get rid of it!

Hi ,

I had a bit of that at the start of dasatinib.......I would try to take a

full breath and then stop. I don't know if it was a bit of

congestion........but I was also having chest x-rays and nothing showed up.

Now it does not happen......so maybe this will just pass for you also. With

me, I think it felt like if I took a deeper breath, it would hurt a

little....but my body would not let me, it was not a conscious decision.

Maybe it is some irritation of the pleural lining??

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

The sensation you describe is almost certainly a variant of

hyperventiallation due to stress, especially in light of normal O2 levels

and xrays. A normal pulmonary function study result would clinch the

diagnosis, but I don't think that's necessary.

If you're meditating these days, you might see whether the symptoms change

after you're done (though it wouldn't be surprising if they actually

increased the early part of a sit; as you become more conscious of your

stress, its symptoms seem to increase before you're able to let them go).

Warm regards,

> From: " Loewenkamp " loewen1@...

> Date: Mon May 15, 2006 1:18pm(PDT)

> Subject: Re: for L.--Breathing and BMTs-- C

>

> Hi ,

>

> Yes, since this research center at the University oif land has a wing

> (small but well-funded, I think) dedicated to BMTs, I'm sure they're always

> looking for candidates. Also, because stats from the procedure have been

> improving I'm sure they'd love to get their handsa on a 60-year-old with no

> siblings. Yikes! No thank you.

>

> I also have a question for you which I have asked my trial doc and nurse

> practitioner but no one has an answer yet. I have trouble getting full

> satisfying deep breaths. It's like they stop just short of filling my lungs.

> They took an xray that didn't show anything. And my lungs always test well --

> full breaths, no fluid. Also, the oxygen levels in my blood are quite good.

> Any ideas? I had this same pheno many years ago and it was stress. That

> woulnd't surprise me at this point, but I sure would like to get rid of it!

>

> Bests,

>

>