Hi Glenn- I am a c5-c6 nearly 23 yrs. Post. In ’09 after having a cold and being on Mucinex I had a mucus plug in my left bronchial tubes that allowed my lung to collapse, talk about short of breath. They had to do a bronchoscopy and suck out the mucus; luckily my lung filled right back up by itself. What was bad is that I was in atrial fibrillation because my lung was pressing on my heart and I was having autonomic hyperreflexia. After my echo the cardiologist thought I had an enlarged heart condition, the echo following showed my heart just appeared that way because of the collapsed lung. I was released from the hospital the next day. My cardiologist also is an instructor and he took my echo to a class he was teaching at Mayo to show the class how a quadriplegic’s heart can appear with a collapsed lung and having autonomic hyperreflexia. The last couple of years I have gone without having any lung/upper respiratory problems until a month or so ago. I started getting a bug that went to my bronchial tubes/lungs and my doctor approached this different, NO MUCINEX and put me on Prednisone, ProAir inhaler and Z-Pak. Without having the ability to cough real well this combination seemed to have worked, I know the Mucinex flooded me. I still seem to have and have had secretions due to allergies; I take Sudugest and Loratadine for that. Best wishes! Tim
--- On Wed, 4/13/11, gah17...@aol.com <gah17...@aol.com> wrote: From: gah17...@aol.com <gah17...@aol.com> Subject: [QUAD-L] but at least I'm here to ask this question To: quad-list@eskimo.com Date: Wednesday, April 13, 2011, 2:50 PM Whow, what a wild ride. I have not been feeling good for the last few weeks and on Saturday evening after getting into bed I felt short of breath. My wife was in the kitchen, and ask if I was okay, but was able to take on much conversation. As the moments when on it was clear I needed to call an ambulance. After losing consciousness, I finally came to in the ambulance as we went to the hospital. Well, one doctor thinks pneumonia the other bronchitis. Thinking was that my airway got clogged with mucus and I could not breathe. Now, the stupid doctors have me on or medications that I can name, a nebulizer and oxygen while I sleep. I've never had any issues like this in the past, and I don't expect to have another, but then again that may change. Can anyone give me a little insight into the following: Does anyone use oxygen while they sleep? The doctor says I have sleep apnea and that I need it. My injury is C-5/6. Anybody have issues with a lot of mucus eventually shutting off your breathing? Also would like to hear what medications you are on Thanks, Glenn Henry
