Sharing the Health! Russell Winwood from Australia is known as a COPD athlete – he has com- pleted the Boston Marathon and is a qualified Iron Man! Phillips Respironics has teamed with Russ to raise awareness of COPD and to inspire those who have been diagnosed with lung disease to live their lives to the…
The Best Exercises for COPD Patients Deborah Leader RN of www.verywellhealth.com has an excellent article about exercises for people with COPD. Shortness of breath, weakness, and lack of energy often tie into fear of exercise for those with lung problems. Learning the basics of exercising when you have COPD will get you well on your…
Sharing the Health! Singing 4 Breathing is a choir originally set up by occupational therapy students for people diagnosed with COPD in Welling- borough in the United Kingdom. What began as a short six-week project has turned into a successful group who sing at different venues in their area. You can see how beautiful they…
Let’s Celebrate Growing Older! To celebrate growing older, Regina Brett wrote down lessons life taught her. See how many you agree with and if you can add any to the list! Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good. When in doubt, just take the next small step. Life is too short to waste time hating…
Six Dos and Don’ts for Living Well with a Chronic Illness Our thanks to Charlene Marshall of www.lungdiseasenews.com, for an excellent list of “Six Dos and Don’ts for Living Well with a Chronic Illness”. Charlene notes there is no right or wrong way to deal with the diagnosis of a life-threatening or chronic illness, nor…
Sharing the Health! I found a company called Captive Technologies (captivetechnologies.com) who make a product called Station Master. It is designed as a convenience and safety product for oxygen users. It consists of a central box that is connected to your concentrator or tank of liquid oxygen. There are four outlets to send oxygen…
Sharing the Health! Stem Cell Clinics to Finally Be Regulated! US News and World Report describes how the U.S. Food and Drug Administra- tion is planning to regulate doctors pushing stem cell procedures that pose the gravest risks to people desperately seeking help. These businesses have had no one oversee- ing them in…
Sharing the Health! Although Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) therapy has been shown to reduce hospitalization, 92 percent of people with COPD are not using it. A study from the University of Arizona College of Medicine analyzed 1.8 million people and found only 7.5 percent were receiving any form of non-invasive positive pressure…
Sharing the Health! Cheryl K. of Florida tells us for about $20 on amazon.com, you can purchase an oxygen liter meter that will verify that the flow from your home concentrator is accurate. It does not measure the percentage of oxygen, just the flow rate. You can get different brands that read low flow rates…
Sharing the Health! I like to work in my flower garden but am always getting scrapes and bruises from the branches and thorns on the roses. If you go online to amazon.com and do a search for “arm protectors for thin skin” you will find arm sleeve guards that will prevent the scratches, tearing and…