Re: Pulmonary Rehab Kitchener Freeport Rehab Program

March 5, 2009

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> > Quoting " sunnypickel@ " :

> >ï¿½

> > > Joyce, I live in a tiny town called Rathdrum Oregon.ï¿½ My doctors are

> > > in Spokane WA but we are closer to Coeur d' Alene, ID.ï¿½ How do you

> > > find a teaching hospital and how do you approach them?ï¿½ Also how much

> > > does an oximeter cost.ï¿½ We me not working and all the medical bills

> > > we are in very poor financial shape.ï¿½ I applied for Social Security 3

> > > years ago and after 2 denials am waiting on a judge.ï¿½ They say it

> > > might take another 17 months but with this new diagnoses things may

> > > go quicker.ï¿½ Do I ask my pulmodoc for a referral for a second opinion

> > > or my primary?ï¿½ I do not want to make my current pulmo guy mad as it

> > > took me sooooooooooo long just to see him the first time.ï¿½ You are

> > > correc the my pulse ox is okay at rest but moving around changes that

> > > drastically.ï¿½ I also wonder if in the morning or if lying in certain

> > > positions makes things worse.ï¿½ I wake up drowning out of breath and

> > > my lungs hurt so bad. It takes quite a while of just sitting up

> > > before I can draw very much breath at all.ï¿½ It seems like the pain in

> > > my lungs is much worse lying on my right side.ï¿½ Is this my

> > > imagination do you think?

> > >

> > Sunny, I don't mean to tell you where you live but I live in Blanchard,ï¿½

> > Idaho. Not far from Rathdrum, Idaho and near Coeur'd'Alene. You saidï¿½

> > that you live in Oregon. My pulmo dr. is in Spokane. His name isï¿½

> > Puruckherr. Who do you go to? I was just diagnosed Jan.6, so I am alsoï¿½

> > new to this list. As far as I can tell the nearest IPF center is at theï¿½

> > University of Wahington near Seattle. I lived on Port Orchard Wa. forï¿½

> > 40 years. My children, grandchildren and greatgrandchild all liveï¿½

> > around there. I am planning on selling my house and moving back there.ï¿½

> > This summer I hope. I need to be near my children now. Since we are soï¿½

> > close maybe we can meet sometine. Did you say how old you are? Beverleyï¿½

> > Joy

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