Hello! My name is Theodore Williamson. I stopped smoking 6 months ago. For about a month after that, I felt a dramatic change in my breathing and stamina. No more wheezing or coughing, and I could work in my garden and yard, happily digging dirt, planting, weeding, etc. One month after I quit, I became progressively weaker on exertion. It s almost as if my life was better off when I was smoking, albeit I worked only about 4 hours a day when I smoked. After quitting. I worked maybe 6 hours a day and felt a good fatigue afterward. Today I go into the yard and after 5 minutes of work I become very weak, dizzy and my heart rate is in the 120 s, my BP in the 80 s over 40 s. Once or twice my systole was in the 70 s and I had to lie down in the yard until I could stumble into the house to take my blood pressure. History No diabetes or any other chronic disease that I know of; No allergies Height: 195 cm. Weight: 105 kg. Hypertension until I stopped smoking. Was on Lysinopril which I gradually weaned myself from; now use it on a PRN basis if my diastole creeps into the 90 s; Have had left diaphragmatic hemiparesis for 5 years which causes SOB when I lie down, but gradually I am able to sleep lying down on my left side; Take Terazosin 10 mg. QD which allows me to urinate normally; Take Finasteride QD to prevent recurrence of swollen prostate gland; About 5 years ago, about the time my left diaphragm died, I had tremendous pain in my cervical spine; they scanned and told me I had cervical spinal stenosis; the pain gradually dissipated, and I voluntarily quit taking morphine , then the pain stopped completely Take a ASA 81 mg. and various vitamins, minerals and antioxidants; My appetite is good; I have a $39.95 pulse oximeter (from Walmart on-line) and it usually reads 92-97% while rested and sitting; it goes down a couple of percentage points when I lie down; once I took it while sitting in the yard after doing some work and it read 88%; OK! Another time it read 92% after physical exertion; I do not use alcoholic beverages or any illegal druga; My only surgeries were an appendectomy and tonsilectomy; I am 70 years old but look and feel maybe 10 years younger, and, until 5 months ago, I could dig dirt for 5 or 6 hours with only short breaks to rest now and then; I have had peripheral neuropathy for 10 years (can t tell whether or not my shoes are on or off, or whether my right foot is on the brake or gas pedal), but I have learned to adjust and can walk normally and drive with educated knees; They tell me that all my EKG s have been normal, but I do not believe they have ever been perused by a cardiologist; That s all I can think of right now. My Primary Care Provider has done every blood test known to science without definitive result. Two weeks ago a sleep study was performed: mild sleep apnea. I would love to have my life back. My three great joys in life are my wonderful, patient wife, reading and working outdoors with the lawn, my garden and other plants and flowers. I would very much appreciate any ideas, any insight one of you might have. Thank you. Theodore Anthony Williamson YYYY@YYYY