Guest guest Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 I'm home from my first day of pulmonary rehab. Today was primarily orientation so the exercise was fairly minimal (23 minutes on the Nu Step machine and 15 minutes walking on the track) but there will be more tomorrow. There are 9 people in my class right now and 5 of them have pulmonary fibrosis of some kind or another so it's great to be with others who 'get it'. At the same time there are others in the fitness center. Folks preparing for transplant, folks recovering from transplant, graduates of the rehab program exercising. While I was using the NuStep I was talking to a woman on the next machine. Margaret had a double lung transplant in early March of this year, she's doing great and looks fabulous!! It's early yet but this seems like a really great program and I'm looking forward to the rest of it. PS I've already been labeled by the staff as an 'over achiever'. LOL Beth Moderator Fibrotic NSIP 06/06 Dermatomyositis 11/08 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 Bruce, Thank you for the kind words. It's just part of my nature to seek out resources and to try to create support systems. I had to do it as a single mom and I'm just applying what I learned then to this situation. Beth Moderator Fibrotic NSIP 06/06 Dermatomyositis 11/08 To: Breathe-Support Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2009 5:01:14 PMSubject: Re: Day One completed BethI knew you'd show off as an over achiever. But, you've been diligent onyour own and are dedicated to the class now. You're fortunate to livewhere such care and so many services are readily available. But you'realso very smart in that you take advantage of everything offered there.It's hard sometimes to find out all that is available but many of us dolive in areas with many services. Hopefully we all are as smart and takeadvantage.>> I'm home from my first day of pulmonary rehab. Today was primarilyorientation so the exercise was fairly minimal (23 minutes on the NuStep machine and 15 minutes walking on the track) but there will be moretomorrow. There are 9 people in my class right now and 5 of them havepulmonary fibrosis of some kind or another so it's great to be withothers who 'get it'. At the same time there are others in the fitnesscenter. Folks preparing for transplant, folks recovering fromtransplant, graduates of the rehab program exercising. While I was usingthe NuStep I was talking to a woman on the next machine. Margaret had adouble lung transplant in early March of this year, she's doing greatand looks fabulous!!> It's early yet but this seems like a really great program and I'mlooking forward to the rest of it.>> PS I've already been labeled by the staff as an 'over achiever'. LOL>> Beth> Moderator> Fibrotic NSIP 06/06 Dermatomyositis 11/08> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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