Member laraephenix has lost her struggle with COPD I am sorry to announce.
Her daughter called me today (LaRae lived in Colorado) to tell me that her mom had fallen last Thursday and broken her wrist and humerous bone. She was hospitalized and because of her COPD, the doctors said they could not operate as she would not be able to handle being put under. The next day a pulmonologist examined her and she was found to have an 80% CO2 retention (they had her on a Bi-pap machine). Her daughter said she hated it and struggled to tear it off (sounds like what happened with my mom). This caused her to have an anxiety attack and she quickly went downhill from there. Sounds like way too much oxygen was being administered! She had asked about stem cell therapy and was told there wasn't anything. I sadly told her daughter about Regenexx in Broomfield and their orthopedic pain management using stem cells. Regenexx has been featured on a local TV station. They have been written up in the papers and yet the doctor evidently was not aware that such a treatment even existed.
LaRae pretty much gave up at that point. The pain and the anxiety and stress was too much her daughter said. The meds they gave her only added to her distress. They put her in hospice on Monday and she passed away on Tuesday morning.
It looks like we have a long way to go to educate the public and the doctors about what we need as far as therapies that can actually cure us. I will keep on fighting for LaRae and everyone out there no matter what condition you suffer from. I asked her daughter if I could post her story. A lot of the tragedy in the hospital paralleled the treatment my mom was given. Her daughter said yes and said she was glad to talk to someone that could relate.
It made me feel a little better to know that, but until we win this fight, I am afraid there will be many more on the fallen list.
Her daughter called me today (LaRae lived in Colorado) to tell me that her mom had fallen last Thursday and broken her wrist and humerous bone. She was hospitalized and because of her COPD, the doctors said they could not operate as she would not be able to handle being put under. The next day a pulmonologist examined her and she was found to have an 80% CO2 retention (they had her on a Bi-pap machine). Her daughter said she hated it and struggled to tear it off (sounds like what happened with my mom). This caused her to have an anxiety attack and she quickly went downhill from there. Sounds like way too much oxygen was being administered! She had asked about stem cell therapy and was told there wasn't anything. I sadly told her daughter about Regenexx in Broomfield and their orthopedic pain management using stem cells. Regenexx has been featured on a local TV station. They have been written up in the papers and yet the doctor evidently was not aware that such a treatment even existed.
LaRae pretty much gave up at that point. The pain and the anxiety and stress was too much her daughter said. The meds they gave her only added to her distress. They put her in hospice on Monday and she passed away on Tuesday morning.
It looks like we have a long way to go to educate the public and the doctors about what we need as far as therapies that can actually cure us. I will keep on fighting for LaRae and everyone out there no matter what condition you suffer from. I asked her daughter if I could post her story. A lot of the tragedy in the hospital paralleled the treatment my mom was given. Her daughter said yes and said she was glad to talk to someone that could relate.
It made me feel a little better to know that, but until we win this fight, I am afraid there will be many more on the fallen list.