what does these results mean?? please help

fvc= actual: 3.04   predicted: 3.75   percent  81

fev1  actual: 2.10  predicted 3.75     percent: 65

fev1/fvc       69                  86

fef25%         2.07               5.97                 35

fef50            2.20                4.70                47

fef75             1.18                2.06                57

fef max          2.27                6.24                 36

fif50               1.93                  3.96              49

fif max               25                   115              22

volumes

svc           actual: 2.28       predicted 3.91    % 58

ic               1.46                  2.37                 62

erv              .82                   1.54                   53

tgv                2.43                 2.83                86

rv                1.61                1.29                 125

tlc             3.89                 5.20               75

rv/tlc        41                     24

diffusion

dlcounc        15.33           25.60           60%

dl/va             4.30             4.92

va                  3.57            5.20           69

ok what does all of this mean? i dont see my doc for another 2 months. everyone says i need oxygen according to this? huh? how can they tell? im lost. im confused. can someone please help??

thanks

tricia

Well first of all, thanks for replying. they are not really concerned with the Fev and fvc numbers it more of the diffuse number. they said with my height weight etc etc etc i should be no less than 80% and im sitting at 60. they said it means im not getting enough oxygen in my blood. ive always had problems breathing at night. i have moderate lung obstruction,asthma and im not so sure about the whole Cf thing anymore. i am not going to accredited cf center yet. i am waiting on them to call me for an apt. i am going to a normal cf clinic as of right now and i been in testing for diff things for almost 2 yrs now.i just turned 23 and all my problems started at 18 19 yrs old. ive always gotten sick a lot since i was born.ive had to had about 100 brochitus and gastritis infections in the last 10 yrs. my weight is now back down to about 108. at one time i was at 145 lbs.i love losing all the weight dont get me wrong. i still feel fat and huge. but thats a diff story. im just so confused and lost right now and at the same time scared. no one in my family has lived to 30 yet with all these problems and im getting close to the 25 mark. my aunt died at 27. i just dont know what to do right now. im so about to quit just give up. i love my son but however, its not worth putting him to a babysitter every stupid week to do more tests. the doc said i was only a carrier today. and i told him fine. i quit ,i wont take anymore meds. its fine with me i dont want cf anyways i just want to know do i have it or not and if not then wth do i have ya no.i love life. im jus getting scared. my aunt went thru this and it killed her cuz they told her the same thing she didnt have cf just a carrier. my oxygen in the doctors office is usually 95 96 and at night thru the test that they did it drops to 75 to 80. thats why they r putting me on it.

thanks again,

i wish someone would just be straight with me for once and thats  why im switching to a credited cf center.

take care,

tricia

no i didnt. it takes 6 to 8 weeks for the results. im curious. im still waiting on my results from sinus cat scan as well. i should get that back in a few days. i hope it tells why i get so many sinus infections and why my nose is so swollen. As for my aunt. she passed away way before i was even born. and back then they didnt believe adults could have cf so they diagnoised her with lung inpairment/collasped lung. see they took her off oxygen and all her meds and a few weeks later she couldnt breathe,her lungs gave out and her oxygen dropped, and it killed her. my grandma wanted a biospy done to see if infact she did have cf and they told her no its not needed. everyone said she had cf but her doctor.go figure.hmm the same thing im going thru. thats why its so scary ya no.she as well had a 3 yr old. my son turns 3 tomorrow. so right now my mind is spinning with all these neg and scary things right now. everything is the same as it was with my sister and my aunt. my sister was dxed with cf at 3 weeks old. she had the delta f508 too but they couldnt find her other gene and they still dxed her on her syptoms. but then again she was a baby.i dunno if that has ne thing to do with it but im just confused ,scared and pretty much stressed out. im just tired of worrying and wondering.

well hope all ios well with ya lil one thanks for replying where is twinside?

tricia

Twinstride's last message on forum thread said something about boys being off for a few weeks and a possible trip to Austin Texas-swimming holes.    We all feel for you Tricia.

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