bronchiectasis

All this while my  bronchiectasis has to be managed. For awhile I was on oxygen when I did anything with "exertion". I also had a sleep test and found out I have sleep apnea. I got a cpap and an oxygen concentrator.  These were all covered by insurance. Thank must have been in the beginning of 2012. All those things helped very much. In fact, I bought my own brand new cpap machine off "craigslis"t from a sleep center that was going out of business and I bought the concentrator from the medical supply store that was delivering my oxygen.

As soon as I got on the dex (steroid) I was home free as far as breathing goes. I was breathing very well and not getting so wiped out going up and down the stairs here.

Now that I have my own respiratory equipment, my bronchiectasis is on the back burner. I use the cpap every night and I love it. It took me 2 weeks to be comfortable with it. It's just second nature now.