I have for some years thought that I had a deviated septum, so Monday I visited an ENT (Ear Nose and Throat Specialist) who put a camera up one nostril after the other (cameras used to be quite cumbersome you might remember) and showed me that my deviated septum is not such a deviant after all.
I just have to wash it out in the prescribed manner. Buffered saline. And apply Flonase in another prescribed manner.
I simply had dirty sinuses which apparently leads to sinus problems like the ones I have. I'll see him in a few months to catch up on how it's working.
Today I visited the a pulmonology lab and doctor's office at the university and the bottom line is my lungs are great, especially considering all the chemotherapy I've been through and my age.
I have 96% blood oxygenation on the finger meter and it looks like my lungs are getting out 98% of what they take in. Both are good.
I found out that the blood oxygenation levels I had in my sleep studies were 70% and they should be at least 80%. But if that problem came solely from Zonisamide and Tizanidine in combination then I should be OK on the next one.
At home I would not have had the benefit of oxygen. I wonder how much it dipped to here.
I had 25mg of Zonisamide today (so far) and I think I will have 50mg tonight and keep it to 50 at night for a while to see how bad my headaches get.
But I should be able to breathe better. That's a good thing.
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