Any doc with head in a normal place should check your SPO2 at two different times. I’ve explained to lots of people that might be having breathing issues that the bit of exercise one gets just walking into the clinic probably boosts the OXY a bit. Then sitting relaxed for a time frequently lets it drop and it’s that “relaxed” level that can indicate a problem. But keep track of it yourself. An oximeter is not expensive and super easy to use as well as indicating coming issues.
I have one! Radix said the cheap ones weren’t all that reliable.
But better than nothing perhaps?
Once upon a time last Dec I was walking 2 miles and/or swimming for 30 min, so yeah I walked into the clinic, put a mask on, and sat. But asthma and covid aren’t friends.
I keep track of pulse ox, peak flow. I even have a stethoscope...I’ve heard crackle in my lungs indicating pneumonia, but that was when I had a great doctor. The new one needs some training.
I mean, my last doctor would have taken my appendectomy sutures out, no problem. The new guy was “I can’t step on the surgeon’s toes. “
News flash, New doctor, when I go to the surgeon, he won’t be there and the PA will take care of it. But.....I think my sutures are dissolvable lol.
Petey