Hello evereyone.
I am still hanging around and continuing to improve...slowly, but surely. I recently registered a FEV1 of 17% so I am still gaining one percentage point per quarter instead of losing one. Therefore, I believe those little suckers are still working. My workout routine on the treadmill has now increased to 1.9 miles per hour for thirty minutes and I can do all of my exercising now on 1 Lpm oxygen. I haven?t been able to walk outside as much because of the colder temps but I spend less time on O2 in the house. I spent 41 hours last weekend without any at all. Of course, I didn?t do any serious physical activity at all. My hospice nurse said this week that one of my lungs sounds as strong as a ?normal? person?s. (Wonder if she could check my brain? Never mind!) I read the articles that have been appearing on the forum about Spiriva and told my Doc about them and he said that is a bunch of ?bull?. However, I cut back to taking it every other day and have not noticed any decrease in function and some of my ?shakiness? has eased. I am taking a new regimen of supplements as recommended by Doctor Fraden-Read at ?formerly? Stem Cell Biotherapy and I seem to be doing OK on them. My wife, and award-winning caregiver Susan, will vouch that I am a strange person....what works as advertised for some people has a negative affect on me and sometimes even serious effects. So we are surprised that what she recommended is doing good from the get go. Also, I forgot to mention in my last update that my doctor now considers me in ?stable? condition so I may be losing my hospice nurse shortly. That is good news but we are gonna miss her.
Merry Christmas to all and to all the wonderful little Stem Cells, Goodnight!
I am still hanging around and continuing to improve...slowly, but surely. I recently registered a FEV1 of 17% so I am still gaining one percentage point per quarter instead of losing one. Therefore, I believe those little suckers are still working. My workout routine on the treadmill has now increased to 1.9 miles per hour for thirty minutes and I can do all of my exercising now on 1 Lpm oxygen. I haven?t been able to walk outside as much because of the colder temps but I spend less time on O2 in the house. I spent 41 hours last weekend without any at all. Of course, I didn?t do any serious physical activity at all. My hospice nurse said this week that one of my lungs sounds as strong as a ?normal? person?s. (Wonder if she could check my brain? Never mind!) I read the articles that have been appearing on the forum about Spiriva and told my Doc about them and he said that is a bunch of ?bull?. However, I cut back to taking it every other day and have not noticed any decrease in function and some of my ?shakiness? has eased. I am taking a new regimen of supplements as recommended by Doctor Fraden-Read at ?formerly? Stem Cell Biotherapy and I seem to be doing OK on them. My wife, and award-winning caregiver Susan, will vouch that I am a strange person....what works as advertised for some people has a negative affect on me and sometimes even serious effects. So we are surprised that what she recommended is doing good from the get go. Also, I forgot to mention in my last update that my doctor now considers me in ?stable? condition so I may be losing my hospice nurse shortly. That is good news but we are gonna miss her.
Merry Christmas to all and to all the wonderful little Stem Cells, Goodnight!