I had a mild reading on my echo
36 up from 29 a year ago. I'm in bad shape. Taking prednisone again. As soon as I get off it I start slowly getting worse again.
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Sorry to hear of yet another problem for you. From what I read, the mild echo reading is fairly common for COPD sufferers. Is your doctor keeping a close watch on your heart? I think as long as your breathing stays under control and you don't get constantly short of breathe, you should be able to keep all things stable. I don't remember if you are on oxygen or not. That might be the next step if you are not. Getting on oxygen would take the pressure off of your heart to keep oxygenated blood flowing to all parts of your body. Keep us posted how things turn out please. Hang in there Sal. Take Care my friend and God Bless!Thanks. I'm redoing the echo today but it's not looking good.. Short of breath mostly all the time. Prednisone is't helping anymore. My oxygen is 96 . Not on oxygen yet. Right heart catheter. is next. Scared to death to have that done.
Well that just sucks! I would not want anyone doing heart surgery on me either. I would be scared to death also. Hell, I am scared to go to the dentist! I have dental work coming up. Will have to have some extractions and some partial dentures. Getting old sucks. I do my best to visualize a giant cauldron that I dump all my worries and stress into for our Lord to take away and deal with. It seems to work for me. I let the Lord do all the decision making and go with my gut feelings as what to do next. So far, it seems to work for me. Meditation also helps a lot. Anything to distract the mind from constantly thinking about the things that bother us the most. I play my guitar, play video games, read, exercise, clean, cook, anything to occupy my mind. Hang in there Sal. I am here daily, so you can vent, talk, and just feel like there are people who care. I am one of those. Take care, God Bless, and stay in touch!
Well I have FUBO and the Sabres have turned things around. So I look forward to the games. I used to have season tickets when I was younger(French Connection days). I want to exercise but it seems to make me worse. Most of my hobbies are out the window. Cycling, hiking, fly fishing, bird photography and just walking. I solved all of life's problems just walking. I have a great love for mechanical watches and have more then I should have.. My German mechanical heritage I guess.
How are you with your Dupixent. I just got off of Nucala . Didn't work for me. I had three good months with Dupixent. I hope very much that it keeps on working for you. I have five left in the refrigerator. I feel like trying it again. Maybe it was still working some because I'm worse now for whatever reason.What about Legos? Build 'em, take 'em apart, easy to stash. Not as fancy as a model but I'm sure the boys would have fun with them. I'm amazed at how complex/advanced some of them are.
I just commented to my husband the other day that I don't think I've ever watched a full hockey game. I love the Olympics, though. I could watch bobsled, luge and halfpipe all day. -Melissa, team member,
We absolutely have a large container of Legos for the grandsons and I to play and build with. We are constantly tearing down old builds and building something new. It is getting harder to entertain them when they come to visit. They learn so fast and get bored just as quickly. They constantly need something new to do. I bought them a slot car race set this past Christmas to add to the list of things to do. If they had their choice, it would be video games all day. We try to keep it fun for them. Video games, slot car racing, board games, Legos, art projects, etc. A constant changing plan. Love them to death!
I am a happy camper. No elevated systolic pressure(34) showing on a repeat echo ! I don't have to have that awful RH cat. test !
What great news! Thanks for the update. Relax and enjoy the week ahead! - Lori (Team Member) Good for you, Sal!!! One day at a time. Celebrating with you and sending hugs. -Melissa, team member
