I have had my third day of dealing with terrible sleep the night before. This has never happened before. I can barely keep my eyes open but don't want to take too long a nap today I know it'll be another bad night. I keep coughing and coughing and coughing. I have had mixed results with decongestants. Two doctors have told me that they work by making the phlegm thicker and therefore with less volume. Since I have a weak diaphragm because of MS this works against me. My wife helped me increase the angle of my sleeping and that helped be able to get some out but there seems to be a never ending supply of it. The pulmonologist just shrugged his shoulders and said it's MS related, oh well. My breathing machine makes it more difficult to cough because I have to synchronize it with my coughing. Pulmonologist was very difficult to understand due to language barrier. He asked me if I had a DNR and I said yes. They said so you probably wouldn't want to be on a ventilator? I said that's correct and just babbled something and shrugged. To be honest yet the manners of a goat.
Some finding out that while MS produces certain physical disabilities also creates a secondary affects. So far my primary care physician has been the only real help. Even then there's not much they can be done. I don't think they make a tool to suck out your lungs. Probably because it would be difficult to put it in and the lungs are too delicate inside. I feel bad for my wife because I probably keep her up and she has to get up to work. I just wanted to keep my blog honest some not looking for sympathy. Yesterday one of my sister-in-law's came over to visit. I think I was pretty grumpy and feel bad for her. She needs to learn from Jordan our dog to just ignore me. LOL
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