Medical Care. I'm Stuck Here Right Now.

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Jack Peterson
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If living in an International Agreement Country

 

 This where I am so Glad to be a Brit but so as not to muddy this Topic, I will if I may start a  new Topic on Agreements Tomorrow

 But in the meantime, Hope you get sorted Chris  :thumbsup:

 

Jack :)

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chris49
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But in the meantime, Hope you get sorted Chris

I am better but it's not a fast process. I finished my 3rd day on steroids, a mega dose of 60 mgm/day, more than I ever took before, and enough to be concerned about. I have 2 more days of steroids and 3 more days of antibiotic, not sure if I need it but it goes along with the steroids.

I had a very light swim in the surf this afternoon. Felt ok.

A bit more background is that I do have a history of asthma which has flared up last 3 years, but fairly well controlled for many years prior to that, without meds mostly. Living up north has exacerbated it. Mostly cold air at night and chilly in the morning. I seem to suffer from changes in air temperature causing bronchospasm.I have been around a lot of allergens and they don't bother me unless I'm already in bronchospasm. Then even asmall spray of perfume or exhaust fumes will get me.

A good sleep is important and last 2 nights got that.

I'm thinking of riding the bike, but Gina says no.

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Old55
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Listen to Gina.  :thumbsup:

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chris49
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Listen to Gina

 

I did tell her how good I'm feeling today and went out for a 68 km ride with a 45 min break in the middle. Puncture on the way home, had to walk run the bike about 1km.

 

Bottom line. Warm weather is helping and my lungs are clear. I can taper off the steroids in 2 days.

 

I will be racing Sunday down in Sta Lucia, half way down to La Union. Have a few more rides this week and Sunday will be as training for the next event, 19th December.

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scott h
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Glad your feeling better Chris, Now I can make the joke perhaps you were suffering from the "swine flu" (reference to you piglets topic, blame my yank sense of humor) :cheersty:

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earthdome
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I am a bit late to this topic. Hope you are feeling better Chris.

 

If you feel the need to see a specialist you might consider Notre Dame Hospital in Baguio. Quite a bit closer than Manila. I saw a pulmonologist there who diagnosed my COPD. Did chest x-ray, pulmonary function test and echo cardiogram. In my case I couldn't stop coughing at night when I laid down to sleep. He prescribed the Onbreeze Inhaler which got rid of my coughing in only a few days and which I now use daily to try and keep my COPD from getting worse. 400 pesos for the DR, 200 for the x-ray, couple thousand for the PFT, and around 3k pesos for the echo.

 

I moved back to the US last Feb. The cleaner air in a small US midwest city as compared to the Philippines has also helped my COPD.

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I am a bit late to this topic. Hope you are feeling better Chris.

 

If you feel the need to see a specialist you might consider Notre Dame Hospital in Baguio. Quite a bit closer than Manila. I saw a pulmonologist there who diagnosed my COPD. Did chest x-ray, pulmonary function test and echo cardiogram. In my case I couldn't stop coughing at night when I laid down to sleep. He prescribed the Onbreeze Inhaler which got rid of my coughing in only a few days and which I now use daily to try and keep my COPD from getting worse. 400 pesos for the DR, 200 for the x-ray, couple thousand for the PFT, and around 3k pesos for the echo.

 

I moved back to the US last Feb. The cleaner air in a small US midwest city as compared to the Philippines has also helped my COPD.

That's good advice thank you.

I had PFT's done 11-12 years ago and it was demonstrated how bad they were off meds, and how much they improved on meds. Same as now, with the right meds I can judge my own Pulmonary Function, as now it's improving. From time to time I lapsed on the meds and that's what catches me out.

Very warm weather daytime has helped me a lot and less cool air at night just now also helps.

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I moved back to the US last Feb. The cleaner air in a small US midwest city as compared to the Philippines has also helped my COPD.

Do you have to compare CITY,  can't you SETTLE AWAY from city pollutions?   :)

 

Back when I lived in a city, I had CONSTANT half CLUGGED throut and nose (except when I were away at vacations long enough time to recover.)

Since I moved to a house in forest, I haven't had any problems except flue 0-2 times per year, after OLD type vaccuum cleaner was used spreading things into the air, and when I had to use wood stove when weather make other systems not cover the need (short time per year).

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I moved back to the US last Feb. The cleaner air in a small US midwest city as compared to the Philippines has also helped my COPD.

Do you have to compare CITY,  can't you SETTLE AWAY from city pollutions?   :)

 

Back when I lived in a city, I had CONSTANT half CLUGGED throut and nose (except when I were away at vacations long enough time to recover.)

Since I moved to a house in forest, I haven't had any problems except flue 0-2 times per year, after OLD type vaccuum cleaner was used spreading things into the air, and when I had to use wood stove when weather make other systems not cover the need (short time per year).

 

 

It is a trade off. Getting away from the city to a remote area where there is clean air or living close to the city where you have easy access to quality healthcare.

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It is a trade off. Getting away from the city to a remote area where there is clean air or living close to the city where you have easy access to quality healthcare.
Well. The American, who was stabbed INSIDE a city, died by it took very long time before he got to hospital.

If a CITY hospital is rather close to an edge of the city, it can take LONGER time to reach it from inside the city than if living rural at that side enough away to avoid the pollution...

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