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 have a tendency to get "busy" outside & start rushing and also not watching my Sp02 close enough.
When i rush & my 02 drops i get many symptoms from weak legs, feeling light headed, sweat (even in cool weather) pours off the top of my head (any one else sweat out of the top of their head?)
Also, if I don't sleep well I seem to get more SOB than other times---there seems to be a lot of factors with me.
if i have 'perfect conditions" and pace myself, like on my treadmill, I can usually last 1/2 hour (when in shape---in fact i need to get back to that, right now i've been slacking so i can probably only do about 15 minutes top.
It is really weird...
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The return home was the same and all i can say is.....It was just one of those Miracle Days.....oi.
So glad you had a good day when you had to go out for the testing (hope it didn't mess up your tests results, but doubt that could happen).
and yeah, why do they put the lung clinics so far?
I went to check out a Pulm Rehab once that was 3rd floor and a mile of corridors (it seemed a mile) to get to the room it was to be held in.
Heck, I was too worn out to excersise once I got there; I always wondered who designed that one! lol
When you leave you put your first ticket into slot, followed by freebee ticket, except i was listening to 2 people quarelling next machine along so i inserted freebee into where credit card/cash slot is...
Got in my car, drove to boom gate exit with heaps of cars behind me...had a Rowan Atkins Look (Mr.Bean) inserted>>>>rejected.>>>>>inserted >>>>>rejected.....Turning red so picked up emergency phone....Give the attendent a mouthful about the crappy state of their machines>>>>>Waved to everone n told them the machine was broken and smugly drove out.......
Typical bad behaviour...