For the past 5 months I have been ill. It started out with what I thought was a virus but almost 5 months later I'm still not feeling 100%. I have had within the last 3 months a Colonoscopy, Endoscopy which showed I had h. pylori and was put on a three med script for 2 weeks. I was also told by the doctor performing the endo that I had a hiatal hernia. I have had a upper G. I series that showed normal esphagus(sp?) flow and no signs of a hiatal hernia.
I also have herniated disks in the C4,C5,C6,C7 with bone spurring.
My problem that I'm most concerned other than the h. pylori is my breathing problems. I have had chest x-rays, cat scans of the lungs and lung capacity test while in the hospital where they put some device on my finger and take a reading. I can't seem to expand my chest. Maybe I've picked up the habit of not doing so because of my back.
Any thoughts on this would be appreciated.