DR JohnG: I saw my cardiologist Wednesday. I guess everything went well. He asked me a lot of questions about whether I ever had difficulty breathing. I told him yes, that I was suffering nasal congestion something awful ever since September which, I suppose, is when I was exposed to a cousin with Covid. I was vaccinated, but I quarantined myself. I have had my booster, too.
I use a CPAP to sleep, and I use a bi-valve (which is not full-face, but fits over my nose). When I am congested, I cannot breathe. And the CPAP is a bust when that happens. I do spend a great deal of time trying to decongest and often sleep a couple of hours sitting up in a chair. I always end up in bed with the CPAP and I get sleep, but it's annoying and stressful. I told him I wanted to see an ENT and had told my regular doctor this. He nodded, and then said we will just leave things as they are until we meet again in April.
So much for that.
