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Since being struck with emphysema, I've had problems with breathing when I've had a moderate to large meal. Sometimes it's pretty severe. With Thanksgiving in a few days, this problem advanced to the front of my list.
Once after a restaurant meal with friends, I had a 20 mile drive home. My breathing was so bad that they called me several times until I arrived home, just to be sure I survived the trip! I tend to feel full much faster, too, often even though I haven't eaten nearly as much as anyone else or as much as I used to.
Is this a problem for the rest of you, too? And how do you handle it, after vowing to never overindulge you take a few bites over the limit? I try digestive enzymes, from health food stores or online stores such as Puritan.com--only alleviates the awful feeling sometimes, and never completely relieves the problem. And that feeling of fullness and SOB can linger for hours afterward. Any advice out there?
It's bad to be a party-pooper who picks at her food when with a group of friends or at a family gathering. I think we often are passed over for invitations out already, because we are a bit of bother with our oxy tanks and need to walk slowly, sit and rest to catch our breath, etc. The eating issue just adds to that problem.
Once after a restaurant meal with friends, I had a 20 mile drive home. My breathing was so bad that they called me several times until I arrived home, just to be sure I survived the trip! I tend to feel full much faster, too, often even though I haven't eaten nearly as much as anyone else or as much as I used to.
Is this a problem for the rest of you, too? And how do you handle it, after vowing to never overindulge you take a few bites over the limit? I try digestive enzymes, from health food stores or online stores such as Puritan.com--only alleviates the awful feeling sometimes, and never completely relieves the problem. And that feeling of fullness and SOB can linger for hours afterward. Any advice out there?
It's bad to be a party-pooper who picks at her food when with a group of friends or at a family gathering. I think we often are passed over for invitations out already, because we are a bit of bother with our oxy tanks and need to walk slowly, sit and rest to catch our breath, etc. The eating issue just adds to that problem.
My breathing seems worse when I overeat. I just take it in stride now and eat what I can. Just keep eating and that's the main thing. My loss of appetite is due to prednisone I believe. I force myself to eat, or I lose weight.Even drinking seems a chore some days. But I will not give up and continue eating, I take Maltevol 12 which increases my appetite, it is a tonic my mom gave me as a child when I wouldn't eat, it also gives you energy..
My name is Marian, I am also a member of the COPD and Emphysema Support Group.
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I too have shortness of breath when I get full, which lately does not take much. Also when I eat, I have to take chewing breaks, because my jaws get tired and I have to rest them. These are some of the issues that used to bother me. Weather I'm dinig with others or alone. I look at it this way, "It is , what it is". I can't change my diagnoses but, I can learn as much as I can and adjust my lifestyle and activities of daily living to make MY life more easier, safer and more comfortable for me. I have decided to LIVE the life that I have and when someone ask about my illness or why certain things are, I tell them and keep it moving. You be blessed and have a breatheasy day!
Marian
I just wanted to say "Hi" and blessings to you!
Marian