roxylncgd@comcast.netDiagnosis with COPD is a hard sucker punch, and a roller coaster ride of emotions follows.
You are told to inhale 'powder', to exercise, to change your style of living, give up favorite activities that are dangerous for breathing health, and if needing supplemental oxygen...you are put on a leash!
Some medicine side effects are awful, dry mouth, constipation, to name two annoying ones. It takes a while to cope with all that!
But, try to be positive after some grieving for you losses. You are diagnosed - and can now start to make choices that will manage your disease and improve your ease in breathing and quality of life. You have to work with what you have, wishing for more or complaining doesn't help and is actually detrimental to your well being. It will be hard work, but worth it.
See a pulmonalogist. Work with them to find the best medicine for you, choose a safer and healthy lifestyle: be aware of the air you breathe, the food you eat, how much you sleep and exercise-exercise-exercise. Needless to say, stop smoking if you do so, and remove yourself from smoky harmful air.
EXERCISES FOR EVERY ABILITY LEVEL FRAIL IN BED TO BEYOND REHAB this includes the "Essentials of Pulmonary Rehabilitation" and "Starting an Exercise program"http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-HdGpCfwjdL7iXldypdt0ZrU-?cq=1&tag=ex2
INDEX to patients stories:
Keeping In Good Shape In Old Age Is Harder For Women, Study FindsScienceDaily (Mar. 26, 2008)��� Women aged 65-plus find it harder than men of the same age to preserve muscle -- which probably impacts on their ability to stay as strong and fit, according to new research.http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080325212834.htm
ScienceDaily (May 23, 2008)��� Women who want to build muscle strength and endurance should choose traditional strength training methods instead of low velocity routines, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research.http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080520210700.htm
roxylncgd@comcast.netDiagnosis with COPD is a hard sucker punch, and a roller coaster ride of emotions follows.
You are told to inhale 'powder', to exercise, to change your style of living, give up favorite activities that are dangerous for breathing health, and if needing supplemental oxygen...you are put on a leash!
Some medicine side effects are awful, dry mouth, constipation, to name two annoying ones. It takes a while to cope with all that!
But, try to be positive after some grieving for you losses. You are diagnosed - and can now start to make choices that will manage your disease and improve your ease in breathing and quality of life. You have to work with what you have, wishing for more or complaining doesn't help and is actually detrimental to your well being. It will be hard work, but worth it.
See a pulmonalogist. Work with them to find the best medicine for you, choose a safer and healthy lifestyle: be aware of the air you breathe, the food you eat, how much you sleep and exercise-exercise-exercise. Needless to say, stop smoking if you do so, and remove yourself from smoky harmful air.
EXERCISES FOR EVERY ABILITY LEVEL FRAIL IN BED TO BEYOND REHAB this includes the "Essentials of Pulmonary Rehabilitation" and "Starting an Exercise program"http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-HdGpCfwjdL7iXldypdt0ZrU-?cq=1&tag=ex2
INDEX to patients stories:
http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-HdGpCfwjdL7iXldypdt0ZrU-?cq=1&tag=patientstor
Keeping In Good Shape In Old Age Is Harder For Women, Study FindsScienceDaily (Mar. 26, 2008)��� Women aged 65-plus find it harder than men of the same age to preserve muscle -- which probably impacts on their ability to stay as strong and fit, according to new research.http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080325212834.htm
ScienceDaily (May 23, 2008)��� Women who want to build muscle strength and endurance should choose traditional strength training methods instead of low velocity routines, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research.http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080520210700.htm