Today I had to do the lungfunction test and see the lung specialist. I was very nervous and restless. It reminded me of mum, who hated these tests. I've been there with her a zillion times, but never had to do it myself. In a way I think there was some kind of hidden fear also: dad died of cancer that started in the lungs, mum had lungproblems all her life and there are several more relatives with it. I know they all are/were smokers and I never smoked, but still...
I had an appointment at 10.30am, but had to wait for almost an hour! The test itself wasn't that bad, but let's say I understand why mum hated it. I did it wrong a few times, so I had to start over. I got very light-headed and dizzy. After the tests the nurse gave me Ventolin, I had to wait again and then do the tests all over. That didn't make it better, with Ventolin I did worse!
Finally the lungspecialist called me in. He listened to my lungs, looked at my lung scan and went over the test results. Outcome: my lungfunction is good, everything's okay! Pfew....
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yea, good news!
ReplyDeleteIs that the test where they take a plastic thingy and make you blowwwww a long time
gelukkig!
ReplyDeleteYes, that's it, Sparky!
ReplyDeleteThanks both!
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ReplyDeleteI'm happy that your tests went well. Losing my father of lung cancer about a month ago, I know the importance of having this tested often.
Thanks for sharing the results and raising awareness.
I'm glad everything turned out good!
ReplyDeleteGelukkig maar Tink!
ReplyDeleteJe bent in mijn gedachte hoor al reageer ik niet zo vaak!