Emphysema Update Exacerbation
Even with emphysema, I run into folks who are on oxygen or need lung transplants or even have some of their lung removed. So yea it can always be worse.
Emphysema Update 3.1.19
Last month was rather eventful for me. I was invited to participate in a program to screen patients for lung cancers. I fit the criteria of being over 55 (just barely) and a former smoker. One had to be over 55 and either a former smoker within 15 years or currently smoking. You also had to have COPD. While I…
What I Know About Quitting Smoking
That sounds totally selfish and really it is. I mean smoking IS selfish so quitting smoking has to be doubly selfish.
Emphysema Update Video!
I wanted to do my update in a video i uploaded to my newly created Vlog. It took me ALL day to put it together. I had to do the video, figure out how to put the two pieces together, upload, fix it it a bit and, walla, 9 hours later I can share it with you. It is very…
Exercise and Heavy Breathing
I just spent a week with my lovely granddaughter. I adore having her but she is five and has a lot of energy that I don’t have. It was a good test of my lung power though. We went swimming every day. Got in a good hour or so of exercise every day. Where I live has two pools, one…
Side Effects of Stopping Inhaler
Well, it has been two weeks since I quit taking the Dulera and the antibiotic. At first, to be honest I was a bit scared to quit taking the two drugs. I mean I have felt better in the last few months than I have in since I can’t remember. I was one who always got sinus infections, chest infections…
Emphysema Update 2
Time for an Emphysema Update. This last week has been a bear. My hubby had to have some cataracts removed and went into the surgery last Tuesday. Then we had to go back for the Post-Op at the crack of dawn the next day,I have been playing nurse for him until yesterday . I saw a cartoon that said women who…
Emphsyema
I was asked the other day how I was doing with my emphysema. Someone told me that they had just recently been diagnosed and she was feeling a bit scared about the whole thing. I remember those days. When someone tells you that you have a serious lung disease, it is a bit disconcerting. I too was very scared it is…
5K and How I Got There
I just finished my first 5k. Yes I finished it. I did indeed and I am very proud of myself for doing so. It is funny when I write that it does not convey the actual feelings I had, I crossed the finish line and I cried. Not because it was over but because I finally did it. I was…
