I went to the pulmonologist today. I told her what my diagnosis is and that it is thought to be autoimmune- possibly sjogrens and that was pretty much all she wanted to hear about my story.

As I could tell that she was one for getting down to business and not one to listen to what she felt was useless information, I told her my basic concerns of autoimmune damage to organs and the possibilities that the urgent care dr. mentioned and that I was told I should go to the ER on Friday.

She did have several of her own questions about my breathing though, and felt confident that I do not need the ER and I can wait until next week for testing and X-ray.

She said that I have post nasal drip and that I need to get my allergies addressed.

I told her that I tried the rescue inhaler in the middle of a hard time breathing 2 times in 1/2 hour and it did nothing. I am positive I did it correctly. She said that it should work and to use it and sent the nurse in to explain it to me. That was useless. Im confused about that. I asked if someone can suddenly have asthma type breathing symptoms from allergies and she said "sure it is"
That would be great, but it would be a heck of a coincidence.