ARDS

[livingwith]

in novemeber 2007 i was diagnosed with ards and was in a coma for 25 days. i am on oxygen 24 hours a day when i went to the emergency room my carbon dioxide level was 139 percent and my oxygen level was 59 percent. i crashed 2 times while i was in the coma and then had a heart attack the 2nd time they tried to take me off the ventilater. the fatigue is about to drive me nuts i cant seem to do anything without runnung out of breathe. the doctors called my family in and told them there wasnt anymo...Read the full article

[Davy9]

Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is not a disease. It is a complex syndrome that can be associated with any number of circumstances. It is more like an unwanted and unhealthy lung response to stress caused by illness or injury. It is difficult to treat because it gets to the point where the treatment can make it worse and because there's no definitive way to stop it from progressing. It just has to run its course.

Yours has run its course. How badly that course was is individual. All you can do is try your hardest to recuperate. Eat well and abide by the recommendation of your physicians and therapists. You can read on this forum where people have had very serious episodes of ARDS, get well and lead pretty much normal lives. Congratulations for beating this problem and good luck with your continued rehabilitation.