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Nov 30, 2008 Keep moving with COPD even when it snows by Roxlyn Posted in: Blog Posts in COPD & Emphysema Keep moving with COPD even when it snows. For some the cold air is harmful and even painful, it can be helped with a mask or muffler to help warm the air before breathing in. Those folks might want to avoid extended winter walking. I am lucky to not have this cold weather problem, mine is hot humid air that absolutely wilts and disables me.T... Read on »

November 29, 2008 COPDer's deserve R & R day after 5-6 of exercise by Roxlyn Posted in: Blog Posts in COPD & Emphysema Some wonderful musichttp://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb_jQBgzU-I&feature=relatedto enjoy and watch the musicians, let it play on while you try some games:Noah'sArkmemory skillgame:http://milescooley.com/mc/ecards/cards/2Difficult eye hand coordination, needs lots of practice, but you CAN do it. The object of the game is to move the ... Read on »

Nov 28, 2008 Holiday activities exhaust folks with (or without) COPD by Roxlyn Posted in: Blog Posts in COPD & Emphysema Pondering how to get through this season that the TV, newspaper, and all contacts seem to suggest is wonderful, that it is about going 'home', relatives, shopping, a fairy tale story of happiness happening if you follow their routine .Reality check. Some can't wait for AFTER New Year's day. Yes, perhaps those of u... Read on »

November 27, 2008 Holidays can be emotional with COPD by Roxlyn Posted in: Blog Posts in COPD & Emphysema Dinner time! In my part of the world (USA) it is Thanksgiving Day. A highly hyped holiday the day after - where merchants generally gain a large part of their yearly sales income. With families it is a gathering together time that can be pleasant, or a torture of emotional conflicts. Some think it is about food, some about being thankful, and... Read on »

Nov 26, 2008 with or without COPD - "WHAT MATTERS MOST' ? by Roxlyn Posted in: Blog Posts in COPD & Emphysema with or without COPD, "WHAT MATTERS MOST' ?Think about it. You are here! Thanks for that. Think on what you HAVE, not what you don't have. Do you want to improve? What to do with yourself?Work with what you have and try to improve how you feel and what you do. Do more�� you CAN improve, if you t... Read on »

Nov 25, 2008 COPD FOUNDATION/DIGEST new issue out soon. by Roxlyn Posted in: Blog Posts in COPD & Emphysema If you don't already receive the COPD DIGEST, now is the time to request yourFREEsubscription to the 4 issues per year. As an added incentive: One of my stories will be in it, possibly with some photos. Read and learn about your disease, take charge and manage yours, make careful choices to improve your quality of life. Do call the COPD... Read on »

Nov 24, 2008 Exercise to battle COPD breathlessness & beat holiday stress by Roxlyn Posted in: Blog Posts in COPD & Emphysema Exercise to battle COPD breathlessness & beat holiday stressWith the holidays comes stress, which might be joyful, or it can be miserable. I kind of hate holidays, isn't that sad, but they are so full of expectations that often can not be met. From childhood on it was my mother worrying who was going to visit whom, when, and if the in-... Read on »

Nov 23, 2008 Basics about COPD-NUTRITION+ EXERCISE. by Roxlyn Posted in: Blog Posts in COPD & Emphysema Good morning!This first booklet��SCROLL through it to see the question/answer you want, this really covers a lot of what you need to know, even though it was written a few years ago. Since then there are new medicines and oxygen devices, but most all still applies: rooxlyngcd@comcast.net, best I get moving towards my exerc... Read on »

November 22, 2008 OUTDOOR walk today...keep moving by Roxlyn Posted in: Blog Posts in COPD & Emphysema Use it or Lose it: a nice loosen up video to maintainyour range of motion,first you have to see a small ad,http://video.health.ivillage.com/player/?id=93468&nlcid=ht|07-19-2007|URLs to helpful COPD sites- resources of all typeshttp://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-HdGpCfwjdL7iXldypdt0ZrU-?cq=1&l=471&u=475More resources-list of helpful websi... Read on »

Nov 21, 2008 A day of different activities and keeping moving. by Roxlyn Posted in: Blog Posts in COPD & Emphysema What a day...I just couldn't get focused. At least I paid my bills, and I worked on the computer sending patient story index's, then put on a backpack of oxygen and climbed my 2 flights of stairs over and over. Hey, it was great, I was chatting on the phone with a person considering TTO, transtracheal oxygen. The direct delivery of oxyge... Read on »

Nov 20, 2008 Keep pets from chewing Oxygen tubes by Roxlyn Posted in: Blog Posts in COPD & Emphysema Better Breathers, the Huff 'n Puffs, a support group from my Pulmonary Rehab place atSt. Joseph's hospital inDenver,Colorado. I pigged out and ate too too much at their 3rd Thursday of every month 'Pot Luck' meeting. Afterward, my friend "Quibble" took me to see their new Pulmonary rehab exercise room shared with Cardiac rehab.. Tal... Read on »

November 19, 2008 Tired & sleepy all day? get a sleep test by Roxlyn Posted in: Blog Posts in COPD & Emphysema SLEEP APNEA? What's THAT?My late husband snored something awful sometimes, maybe he had it, but it wasn't a hot topic back before 1995. To shush him I would thump my foot on the bed or give him a little kick. Then I found out with my second husband, he didn't snore as much, but would snort or everything would be quiet. He wasn... Read on »

Nov 17, 2008 O2 delivered on valentine's day is better than chocolate in what it has done for... by Roxlyn Posted in: Blog Posts in COPD & Emphysema Hmmm, I skipped several days of reporting my exercise�� Anyone new to my pulmonary rehab blog and 'after', I am the 'after' person,almost 5 years of moving now... it will be five years since I was diagnosed on Feb. 14th...that's right. I had oxygen delivered to me on Valentine's day...supplemental ox... Read on »

Nov 16, 2008 THANK SOMEONE who helped you in this official COPD awareness month. by Roxlyn Posted in: Blog Posts in COPD & Emphysema When folks help us, it is always nice to recognize their efforts with a thank you of some kind. We need all the support we can get. A simple thank you sometimes keeps them going on to continue their help because their assistance has been validated by even a simple e-mail of thanks. If you know someone, a respiratory therapist up to a top pol... Read on »

November 15, 2008 PERF annual report 1/year donation request by Roxlyn Posted in: Blog Posts in COPD & Emphysema Annual Report and Request for Your Support November, 2008We wish you all the happiest of Holiday Seasons. We have a lot to be thankful for. We hope this letter finds you and yours happy and well.As I write this, I am winging my way back from Shanghai, China. In the last few weeks I have received a full lesson on the progress that is possible... Read on »

November 15, 2008 LIVE WELL WITH COPD by Roxlyn Posted in: Blog Posts in COPD & Emphysema LIVEWELLWITH COPDFinally, a day when I have done my walking beforenoon. The first snowfall of the other day is all but melted. I walked for an hour, some stop to chat & go, a lovely crisp (43*) sunny and wind free blue sky day. I am so HAPPY that I have reconditioned from my lack of fitness back in 2003 when I was diagnosed with COPD.Roxl... Read on »

Nov 14, 2008 please take a moment to have some good thoughts by Roxlyn Posted in: Blog Posts in COPD & Emphysema For all of those who have read the many publications of Dr. Thomas Petty, please take a moment to have some good thoughts for him to get through a serious down turn in his health. This man has helped so many patients, he is the "father of ambulatory oxygen", we have all benefitted from his research and help through many years. His Essen... Read on »

Nov. 12, 2008 A blog from LTOTnet.org Q & A Bob McCoy by Roxlyn Posted in: Blog Posts in COPD & Emphysema Photo above on left; Robert McCoy, RRT. Center is Tom Petty, MD and right, Dennis Doherty, MD FINALLY I worked the blogspot of Bob McCoy'shttp://ltotnet-org.blogspot.com/you can also find it on the basic LTOT websitewhich has some other excellent informationhttp://www.ltotnet.org/index.htm.Vlady figured out how this blog works early on, I c... Read on »

November 11, 2008 Keep moving,with COPD, even a little bit helps one keep improving, by Roxlyn Posted in: Blog Posts in COPD & Emphysema Hey Jasperilla,You keep moving -- any little bit - beats nothing. And the only time there is failure is if one fails to "try". We are entitled to have pity parties ...try to limit it to short ones. How about a little dance with a chair, broom, person, or as in photo...a statue was handy.Today I had a Colorado COPD Connections committe... Read on »

Nov. 10, 2008 Even with COPD, it's never too early-or too late-start MOVING by Roxlyn Posted in: Blog Posts in COPD & Emphysema Even with COPD, it's never too early-or too late-start MOVING. It is sometimes VERY difficult to develop a routine and stick to a schedule, and I know it as well as anyone. I go into slumps, but try to promise not to do no activity more than 3 days. You start to "lose what you have gained". The very idea of that terrifies me into ... Read on »

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