I thought I would grab a minute while my pumpkin is cooking down in the oven. It's hard to find time to get on here lately and I've been wanting to blog for a week.
This morning I started my Pulmonary Rehab. It's in a really nice building downtown Chattanooga, about 25 minutes drive from our home. I had a great Pulmonary Therapist helping me today. She's around my age and today she mostly asked me questions, gathered information, showed me some breathing techniques and gave me a breathing apparatus to try. She took my on a walking test to check my O2 sats.
One of the breathing techniques she showed me was Purse Breathing. They had showed me that at Johns Hopkins but somehow I forgot about it. Maybe because I didn't need it quite so much then.
Today I practiced my Purse Breathing and was able to watch my sats rise from 94 to 98, which was pretty exciting! My FEV1 was still at 39%, but that gives us something to work with. I'm excited about starting the actual Rehab on Monday and seeing how I can improve that number. Also, I'm hoping to lose 10 lbs. by the end of my 3 mos. of Rehab. I need to lose a lot more than that, but losing 10 lbs. would be a great start.
I'll be going Monday, Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. With overseeing Ryan's schooling in the morning and a dentist, hair appt. groceries, allergy shots and basic housework filling the rest of the week, I'm already seeing my calendar full. But it's temporary and it's a good "cause!"
(I took the picture at the top at my neighbors last week. I thought the colors were beautiful. I love the color of the fall sky!)
I'm so glad you reminded me to stop. I knew this would be bad when you went private! So, if you don't see me here, remind me again. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you are seeing results already from the therapy.
Good luck at rehab. Sounds like you have a positive attitude, which is important. Keep us updated on your progress!
ReplyDeleteColleen