Made healthy changes, but I have had constant chest pressure and trouble breathing 24/7 for a month.

Definitely make sure other things have been ruled but like a couple other people this sounds a lot like my anxiety. I am also asthmatic, not severely so and a few years ago I had an incident when I attempted C25K that triggered a days long panic attack. Thought it was asthma. Ambulance, A&E, the whole bit. Nobody realised it wasn't asthma because I was visibly unable to take a breath. Why no-one put two and two together I don't know but a couple years later I realised that was the start of my chronic anxiety problems (thanks random creep in the park). Up until that point I wouldn't have said I was an especially anxious person at all and you don't need mitigating life factors for it either. Can just pop up unhelpfully out of the blue.

So definitely something to think about too.

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Lizery, I am going to go back to the cardiologist soon. I hopefully will get more thorough tests, and I will nag if needed.

Ninerbuff, I went to a pulmonologist and got a chest x-ray and pulmonary function test, and the results didnt show anything. My toes turn blue sometimes when it's cold, but they have no fat or padding on them really, so I don't think it's an oxygen thing.

Shaumom, thanks for writing all that. It was really helpful.

Indy cruizer, did you have a normal chest x-ray, or did they go right to the CT scan? Is your difficulty breathing and chest tightness constant?

Purplish-blue (or very pale) fingers and toes is Reynaud's Phenomenon. They also get red (and sometimes minorly puffy) when they get warm again. It's constriction of the blood vessels in the extremeties that is an overreaction to exposure to even minor cold (for me, 72 will do it). It is oxygen deprivation to those tissues, but through markedly reduced blood flow. When I had my doctor diagnose it, the blood oxygen monitor on my finger gave a reading of 48%. Read 99 on the doctor's finger.

Your doctor needs to know about this, because there are medications that are contraindicated in people who experience it. It can easily be demonstrated by running a finger under cold water. You would see it change color, and even the exact line of demarcation.

Sounds Like me before I found out I had heart disease you should have it looked at closer they misdiagnosed me for a long time now I need a heart transplant

Have you had your gall bladder checked?