Thank you very much for answering my question. I posted another one that my doctor has now changed my diagnosis to mild COPD. I am going to make an appt with him to see if I can be taken off of the Advair. I feel the side affects out weigh the benefits of the medication. There are just too many added risks.
It is hard to be sure about my answer to your question and that is because your having had pneumonia is a complicating factor. That is to say that while you may have experienced clinical recovery, 3 weeks before the first test, your lungs may still have been in a recovery phase and thus, may not yet have functionally reached baseline. In other words the two test results are not comparable. A better comparison would be with PFT’s done some time in the past when you were not recovering from anything.
The second set of test results are practically WNL and, as such, cast doubt about the diagnosis of COPD. Such results are more consistent with the diagnosis of asthma. Interesting that you would have had pneumonia as there is an increased risk of pneumonia for persons using an inhaled steroid. Despite that alleged risk, the benefit of these drugs far outweighs the risk of pneumonia in the majority of persons.
Good luck