I was seen by my lung Dr on Friday.  I have had increasing coughing
5-10 times a day even though I am using advair 250, QVAR80 4x a day,
rhinocort, and albuterol to try to stop the coughing.  I had a pulse
oximetery done with a start of 92% going up to 97%.  When I did the
resting part I went down to 89% then 90% for about 7 minutes then
gradully got up to having 2 97% after about 12 minutes.  When I saw the
dr he asked when I had my last chest xray and it was in Jan.  I had a
very bad chest cold and was out of work for 2 weeks with wheezing.

this new coughing started about a month ago, I don't cough up anything,
just this very wet cough, as if I had a cold but no cold.

He said that he heard crackles and he wanted me to have a chest xray.
Why would I need an xray why not an antibiotic?  He also added spiria.
I am getting more air but still have a wet cough.

I have been seeing my Dr for about 10 years and he has never mentioned
crackles, I am just curious as to what could be going on.

Thanks,
Damian