Struggling to Breathe: How I was Burned by Medical Gaslighting. Respiratory Failure & Life Support 

Thank you for your kindness. You seem as though you are a great medical professional. Thank you for all your hard work.

Thank you for sharing. Unfortunately, not passing judgment is usually not taught.

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Thank you for sharing. Unfortunately, when some doctors do not know what is wrong with a patient, instead of admitting they do not know, it is easier to accuse the patient of wrong-doing. The Hippocratic Oath is usually not adhered to. The original oath pledges a person to swear by all gods and goddesses of Greek mythology. It also states a student will help his teacher if the teacher falls into financial trouble. And there are many other things in the original oath. Some schools do have an ethical code they asked their graduates to take a pledge to, but many institutes do not have such an oath.

Thank you for sharing some of your story with me. I hope all goes well with radiation and beating the cancer. I have a chronic, progressive medical condition called Mitochondrial Disease. It affects my muscles and most of my organs. As far as drug use, I have never done drugs in my life. The medical doctor in the video decided since I had many symptoms and irregular test results, the only thing which could explain it was drug use. In reality, I have a chronic, progressive medical condition which was causing all the issues.

That is a great question. Please ask your primary care provider or lung doctor. They would be more qualified than I am to answer this question.

Thank you for sharing. Please ask your doctor, your respiratory therapist or the company manages your ventilator about this issue. They will need to adjust the settings on the machine.

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People with a trach do have a harder time doing that I think, since it's the last airway available technically l

That’s awful!

@timcepin3386 I do not have problems breathing through my nose.

@zeftlovescats2433 You are correct. With a tracheostomy tube (and a fully functional upper airway), less air travels through the nose. The nose still works, and air still passes through it; however, the amount of air which passes through will be less. If a person has an obstructed upper airway (such as a collapsed airway or a very narrowed airway) and needs a tracheostomy tube to breathe, it may be very hard to breathe through the nose because not enough air is passing through it.

Thank you for sharing.