Guest guest Posted June 4, 2010 Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 Adah..you aren't the only one!! Did you ever get one of those portable machine thingy's that you blow into and you have to be able to keep that stupid ball afloat with you breath. Reminds me of a " DIY " PFT machine! We all ( should) know that swimming is excellent form of low impact exercise for asthmatics. But my fave is YOGA!! Seriously think about it, the entire time you you are doing yoga, you are toning your body but you are also being retrained on how to breath properly! ________________________________ From: Adah Voigt <asthmatic50@...> Sent: Thu, June 3, 2010 9:45:46 PM Subject: Re: [ ] Re: What a week I cannot do strenuous exercises either...but I can do some exercises. Some days I can walk further than others and I do try to do stretches about three or four times a week. My pulmo prescribed pulmo therapy for me about four years ago and I have to admit I have not been faithful to do the exercises they prescribed and started me on....I do the breathing exercises faithfully, though. From: brown_with_blue <rrgrimes_u3@...> Subject: [ ] Re: What a week Date: Thursday, June 3, 2010, 1:56 PM Yikes, strenuous exercise for me = asthma attack, with or without pretreatment, although with pretreatment it's not as severe and is easier to get calmed down after the fact than without. I'd be VERY careful. > ________________________________ > From: Darcy <darcy.buckner@...> > > Sent: Wed, June 2, 2010 10:42:10 PM > Subject: [ ] Re: What a week > > Â > Out of the hospital and tests are back...pneumonia due to streptococcal bacteria. Every thing else normal except the ige which was 600. I thought it was higher, but apparently last time dr tested it was 200. So we sent off the xolair paperwork today for a dose of 375. (3 shots). Here's hoping my insurance co approves. > > On a separate note, my dr recommends " strenuous exercise " to help expand airways and get fluid out. Its a struggle to exercise and eat right when I don't feel well and/or limited in activity level. I can certainly both sides of the discussion going on. Bottom line for me is that my lungs are a muscle need exercise as much as possible. > > > > > > > > Saturday night one week ago I went to the ER as my nebs were not cutting into an attack. Early Sunday the doc told me he recommended inpatient...my first admit for asthma. As they were doing some blood work the doc came in and asked how long I'd been diabetic. SURPRISE! Between the untreatted disease and the steroids my sugars peaked at 550. Now down to the mid/upper 100's. At a follow up with my doc on Friday he asked if the pulmo who gives me the Xolair has any other tricks up his sleeve. He questions the efficacy of the Xolair at this point. I went more than 6 months almost symptom free. Now i am back in the ER about every 3 months or so with symptoms increasing. > > > > > > 2 questions: > > > > > > 1. Can/Does Xolair stop being as effective and need an increase in the amount needed? I am wondering if I can develop a tolerance to the med. > > > > > > 2. OT: Any other diabetics here? How do you balance Prednisone and what it does to blood sugars? > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > Mike > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2010 Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 Thanks Addy for the timely reminder! From: pyle456 <jamcculloch2@...> Subject: [ ] Re: What a week Date: Friday, June 4, 2010, 5:42 AM  This is Addy, intervening before we start a second impassioned, easily misunderstood discussion in the same week. There's several strongly worded pending posts showing concern for Darcy which disagree either with Glenn's post or with Darcy's doctor. While it's well known that exercise can cause bronchoconstriction in folks for whom exercise is a TRIGGER (it's not one of my many triggers unless combined with newly mown grass), it is generally important for folks with lung disease to get appropriate, doctor sanctioned exercise. Case in point: my mother-in-law had COPD and was supposed to use a treadmill daily in order to keep her lungs working properly and to try to prevent pneumonia. She did NOT follow instructions and the health of her lungs suffered for it. But the amount and type of exercise she was supposed to do was authorized by her doc. Please, if one or more of us has concerns about a member's habits/practices/meds, it's ok to say why, but suggest the member talk to his/her doc or get a second opinion. Addy > > > > > > Saturday night one week ago I went to the ER as my nebs were not cutting into an attack. Early Sunday the doc told me he recommended inpatient...my first admit for asthma. As they were doing some blood work the doc came in and asked how long I'd been diabetic. SURPRISE! Between the untreatted disease and the steroids my sugars peaked at 550. Now down to the mid/upper 100's. At a follow up with my doc on Friday he asked if the pulmo who gives me the Xolair has any other tricks up his sleeve. He questions the efficacy of the Xolair at this point. I went more than 6 months almost symptom free. Now i am back in the ER about every 3 months or so with symptoms increasing. > > > > > > 2 questions: > > > > > > 1. Can/Does Xolair stop being as effective and need an increase in the amount needed? I am wondering if I can develop a tolerance to the med. > > > > > > 2. OT: Any other diabetics here? How do you balance Prednisone and what it does to blood sugars? > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > Mike > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2010 Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 No, I never had one of those. We have one because my husband had to breathe into it after his heart surgery. The breathing exercises I do are ones that go along with breathing in deep and breathing out slowly--pursed-lip breathing. I was given a little breathing thing that I breathe into and out of....I am supposed to regulate the flow in and out to get " harder " after each set of breaths....Haven't done that one, but found it the other day and decided I should start on it again.  One should only do what is prescribed by the doctor! Mine encourages me to walk, walk, walk! From: brown_with_blue <rrgrimes_u3@...> Subject: [ ] Re: What a week Date: Thursday, June 3, 2010, 1:56 PM Yikes, strenuous exercise for me = asthma attack, with or without pretreatment, although with pretreatment it's not as severe and is easier to get calmed down after the fact than without. I'd be VERY careful. > ________________________________ > From: Darcy <darcy.buckner@...> > > Sent: Wed, June 2, 2010 10:42:10 PM > Subject: [ ] Re: What a week > > Â > Out of the hospital and tests are back...pneumonia due to streptococcal bacteria. Every thing else normal except the ige which was 600. I thought it was higher, but apparently last time dr tested it was 200. So we sent off the xolair paperwork today for a dose of 375. (3 shots). Here's hoping my insurance co approves. > > On a separate note, my dr recommends " strenuous exercise " to help expand airways and get fluid out. Its a struggle to exercise and eat right when I don't feel well and/or limited in activity level. I can certainly both sides of the discussion going on. Bottom line for me is that my lungs are a muscle need exercise as much as possible. > > > > > > > > Saturday night one week ago I went to the ER as my nebs were not cutting into an attack. Early Sunday the doc told me he recommended inpatient...my first admit for asthma. As they were doing some blood work the doc came in and asked how long I'd been diabetic. SURPRISE! Between the untreatted disease and the steroids my sugars peaked at 550. Now down to the mid/upper 100's. At a follow up with my doc on Friday he asked if the pulmo who gives me the Xolair has any other tricks up his sleeve. He questions the efficacy of the Xolair at this point. I went more than 6 months almost symptom free. Now i am back in the ER about every 3 months or so with symptoms increasing. > > > > > > 2 questions: > > > > > > 1. Can/Does Xolair stop being as effective and need an increase in the amount needed? I am wondering if I can develop a tolerance to the med. > > > > > > 2. OT: Any other diabetics here? How do you balance Prednisone and what it does to blood sugars? > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > Mike > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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