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Re: Has it taken anyone a long time to start feeling better?
Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2023 4:30 am
by Rubicon
MO Gal wrote: ↑Mon Feb 27, 2023 6:56 pm
Most likely it is secondary polycythemia... caused by sleep apnea??
If you've been on CPAP for 6 months and your doctor says you're doing fine then no.
Course with all those symptoms it's pretty clear in my mind that things are nowhere near fine.
Re: Has it taken anyone a long time to start feeling better?
Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2023 4:51 am
by Rubicon
And get a hold of this:
Rubicon wrote: ↑Tue Feb 28, 2023 3:02 am
In your lab work, do you have an -HCO3 or Total CO2 Content?
I think that would go a long way to find out what direction you need to go in.