COPD & Emphysema Support Group
COPD is a progressive disease characterized by airflow obstruction or limitation. Emphysema is characterized by loss of elasticity of the lung tissue, destruction of structures supporting the alveoli and of capillaries feeding the alveoli. Both have symptoms that include shortness of breath, among other respiratory troubles. If you are a COPD or Emphysema sufferer, join...
I don't normally write a lot and get far, far more than I give from this group, I have watched lately as a lot of our long time members and valuable friends have either passed away or had their condition deteriorate. I know we all will suffer for these loses.
I just wanted to remind people that the winter months are far and away the worse we have to face. This goes for all major illnesses. National data shows that death rates are much higher in the winter and specifically right after the holidays. We all need to roll up our sleeves and work harder than normal to get through the cold months.
Do everything you can to keep a good attitude, do 2-3 extra minutes on the bike. Call a friend and try and get out to lunch, or just call a friend to hear a friendly voice. Remember, each cold nasty day that passes is one day closer to seeing that first robin or that first burst of color from the azaleas.
GOOD LUCK TO US ALL!!!
I just wanted to remind people that the winter months are far and away the worse we have to face. This goes for all major illnesses. National data shows that death rates are much higher in the winter and specifically right after the holidays. We all need to roll up our sleeves and work harder than normal to get through the cold months.
Do everything you can to keep a good attitude, do 2-3 extra minutes on the bike. Call a friend and try and get out to lunch, or just call a friend to hear a friendly voice. Remember, each cold nasty day that passes is one day closer to seeing that first robin or that first burst of color from the azaleas.
GOOD LUCK TO US ALL!!!
waiting for the robins!
The importance of vitamin D to many brain processes including neuroimmunomodulation and neuroplasticity suggests that it might have a role in psychiatric illness such as depression. The biological plausibility of the association between vitamin D and depressive illness has been strengthened by the identification of vitamin D receptors in areas of the brain implicated in depression.
Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency is particularly high in COPD patients, increases with the severity of COPD, and is closely associated with osteoporosis prevalence.
My stationery bike is in the garage and today is warm enough to use it - must get a heater to use in there for the future.
I have been isolated due to viruses and other conditions. Can't wait until spring although I don't want to wish any of this life away.
Hugs, Cindy
December 2, 2014 Queen Mary, University of London
Vitamin D supplements can reduce chronic obstructive pulmonary disease lung disease flare-ups by over 40 percent in patients with a vitamin D deficiency, according to new research. COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) includes conditions such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema. Flare-ups of chronic bronchitis and emphysema (COPD) can be debilitating for patients, sometimes leading to hospitalisation and even death. Our research has shown how an inexpensive vitamin supplement can significantly reduce the risk of flare-ups for patients who are vitamin D deficient.
http://www.biotechpharmacal.com/catalog/d3-5-5000-iu/
Not wishing my life away but wishing snow ice cold brrrrrrr's
away.
with these cold and gloomy days i have a tendency to just curl up in my blanket and be a "chair potato".
best thing i ever invested in was a treadmill so i could walk in the winter; now i need to get back in the routine of using it daily!
i get the winter blues & i take vit d; not sure if it helps or not, but
my dr does yearly blood work & tests me for Vit D & prescribes the dose i need to take (which i buy OTC) --- my dr also said to take D3 as it helps to support calcium that i also need.
some vitamins are water soluble (like the B's) and any extra will wash out of your system (pretty color urine sometimes)
other vitamins like D, A, E etc can build up in your system & have bad side effects.
http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/about-vitamin-d/am-i-getting-too-much-vitamin-d/
birdcat= YAY for spring countdown!
we all need "goals" and a goal to get to spring cant hurt---in fact seeing the countdown & watching spring get closer cheers me up as sometimes i feel that winter lasts foreverrrrrr
:)