just completed my metacholine challenge test.
indeed as the name suggest, it was very challenging! i had to forcefully blow hard into a machine and empty my lungs of all the air (just like what i did for the spirometry test last week). and i had to do it for some 10-12 times under different conditions/ concentrations of metacholine! it was such hard work! never blow so many times and with such might before in my life. it was really exhausting cos the metacholine served to constrict my air way and make the blowing difficult. and i had to repeat it again and again! by the third round, i was already panting, my chest was uncomfortable and my heart racing. the lab technician who administered the test decided to stop the test and to take my blood pressure, my pulse rate and my spo2 levels! and after resting for a while, she continued to make me repeat the test.
but i think i pass the blowing test with flying colors!
:-)
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