But this isn't about when I was little. This is about two month ago. I started getting breathing problems. They were completely out of the blue. I could breathe through my nose. It wasn't clogged or anything like a cold. I just felt like I couldn't get enough air. I had to breathe through my mouth and I constantly felt out of breath. I wasn't doing any physical activity or overexerting myself. But it kept getting worse.
After about a week, I figured I needed to go to see someone. It was a Saturday so my doctor wasn't open. Instead I went to the walk in clinic. They don't have many tools since it's more for minor injuries and work sick notes. He couldn't see anything wrong with the little oxygen monitor on my finger or listening to my lungs. He said to follow up with my GP on Monday or go to the hospital if it gets worse.
I went to see my GP on Monday. He told me the same thing. Everything seemed fine but go to the hospital if it gets worse. Walking there and back was tough since it was hard to breathe just laying down let alone walking. He also had some blood work done but that'll be the next post!
Then I woke up the next morning and it was worse. Definitely worse. I talked it through with Rohan as he was getting ready for work and we decided that I definitely did need to go to the hospital this time. We were there for 7 hours. They did blood tests. They did chest scans. Everything was coming back normal but I was still having trouble breathing. It made no sense. Even my blood oxygen level was normal but it didn't seem right.
They discharged me saying that there was nothing else they could do or test. Somehow I did get better, although I can't remember how now. But a few weeks later we were in Perth and went into a cave. Then I realised that breathing while in the cave was exactly how it felt when I was having the breathing problems. But yet again I have no idea what it was!
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