A few questions about sudden FEV1 drop

[princessjdc]

Hello,
A few years ago my pfts use to be in the 60s and my lungs have very little scarring so I figured that I should be at least blowing a lot higher than what I was so I did a little research and I learned about Hypertonic Saline from these forums and when my doc gave me the prescription for it, my pfts started to rise, in one year I went from the 60s to 90% but I have only hit 90 that one time. Now my pfts stay in the 80s which is a lot better then the 60s. I still feel like I can go higher and I think that if I done exersize and ran then my numbers would go higher, Im just lazy though.

On top of hypertonic saline I take pulmozyme and tobi (28 days on and 28 days off) and I have two inhalers advair and combivent.

Maybe you could ask your doc about hypertonic saline if your not already on it.

I hope that helped some.

 

[princessjdc]

Hello,
A few years ago my pfts use to be in the 60s and my lungs have very little scarring so I figured that I should be at least blowing a lot higher than what I was so I did a little research and I learned about Hypertonic Saline from these forums and when my doc gave me the prescription for it, my pfts started to rise, in one year I went from the 60s to 90% but I have only hit 90 that one time. Now my pfts stay in the 80s which is a lot better then the 60s. I still feel like I can go higher and I think that if I done exersize and ran then my numbers would go higher, Im just lazy though.

On top of hypertonic saline I take pulmozyme and tobi (28 days on and 28 days off) and I have two inhalers advair and combivent.

Maybe you could ask your doc about hypertonic saline if your not already on it.

I hope that helped some.

 

[princessjdc]

Hello,
A few years ago my pfts use to be in the 60s and my lungs have very little scarring so I figured that I should be at least blowing a lot higher than what I was so I did a little research and I learned about Hypertonic Saline from these forums and when my doc gave me the prescription for it, my pfts started to rise, in one year I went from the 60s to 90% but I have only hit 90 that one time. Now my pfts stay in the 80s which is a lot better then the 60s. I still feel like I can go higher and I think that if I done exersize and ran then my numbers would go higher, Im just lazy though.

On top of hypertonic saline I take pulmozyme and tobi (28 days on and 28 days off) and I have two inhalers advair and combivent.

Maybe you could ask your doc about hypertonic saline if your not already on it.

I hope that helped some.

 

[princessjdc]

Hello,
A few years ago my pfts use to be in the 60s and my lungs have very little scarring so I figured that I should be at least blowing a lot higher than what I was so I did a little research and I learned about Hypertonic Saline from these forums and when my doc gave me the prescription for it, my pfts started to rise, in one year I went from the 60s to 90% but I have only hit 90 that one time. Now my pfts stay in the 80s which is a lot better then the 60s. I still feel like I can go higher and I think that if I done exersize and ran then my numbers would go higher, Im just lazy though.

On top of hypertonic saline I take pulmozyme and tobi (28 days on and 28 days off) and I have two inhalers advair and combivent.

Maybe you could ask your doc about hypertonic saline if your not already on it.

I hope that helped some.

 

[princessjdc]

Hello,
<br />A few years ago my pfts use to be in the 60s and my lungs have very little scarring so I figured that I should be at least blowing a lot higher than what I was so I did a little research and I learned about Hypertonic Saline from these forums and when my doc gave me the prescription for it, my pfts started to rise, in one year I went from the 60s to 90% but I have only hit 90 that one time. Now my pfts stay in the 80s which is a lot better then the 60s. I still feel like I can go higher and I think that if I done exersize and ran then my numbers would go higher, Im just lazy though.
<br />
<br />On top of hypertonic saline I take pulmozyme and tobi (28 days on and 28 days off) and I have two inhalers advair and combivent.
<br />
<br />Maybe you could ask your doc about hypertonic saline if your not already on it.
<br />
<br />I hope that helped some.
<br />
<br />
<br />

 

[Alexander]

Hi,
I actually am on hypertonic saline, pulmozyme and TOBI. Although I dont inhale Pulmozyme every day. Here in Germany they tend to give you TOBI for a long period of time. I for example have been inhaling TOBI now twice a day for the past 10 years. No breaks whatsoever.
I think the stuff I inhale is doing its job. But there are some other unknown causes for my low lung function. So far there is some good advice about allergy and asthma testing. So I'll just go with that until I find out more.
It will take over a month though until I can visit my doctor. So I'll just have to wait ...

 

[Alexander]

Hi,
I actually am on hypertonic saline, pulmozyme and TOBI. Although I dont inhale Pulmozyme every day. Here in Germany they tend to give you TOBI for a long period of time. I for example have been inhaling TOBI now twice a day for the past 10 years. No breaks whatsoever.
I think the stuff I inhale is doing its job. But there are some other unknown causes for my low lung function. So far there is some good advice about allergy and asthma testing. So I'll just go with that until I find out more.
It will take over a month though until I can visit my doctor. So I'll just have to wait ...

 

[Alexander]

Hi,
I actually am on hypertonic saline, pulmozyme and TOBI. Although I dont inhale Pulmozyme every day. Here in Germany they tend to give you TOBI for a long period of time. I for example have been inhaling TOBI now twice a day for the past 10 years. No breaks whatsoever.
I think the stuff I inhale is doing its job. But there are some other unknown causes for my low lung function. So far there is some good advice about allergy and asthma testing. So I'll just go with that until I find out more.
It will take over a month though until I can visit my doctor. So I'll just have to wait ...

 

[Alexander]

Hi,
I actually am on hypertonic saline, pulmozyme and TOBI. Although I dont inhale Pulmozyme every day. Here in Germany they tend to give you TOBI for a long period of time. I for example have been inhaling TOBI now twice a day for the past 10 years. No breaks whatsoever.
I think the stuff I inhale is doing its job. But there are some other unknown causes for my low lung function. So far there is some good advice about allergy and asthma testing. So I'll just go with that until I find out more.
It will take over a month though until I can visit my doctor. So I'll just have to wait ...

 

[Alexander]

Hi,
<br />I actually am on hypertonic saline, pulmozyme and TOBI. Although I dont inhale Pulmozyme every day. Here in Germany they tend to give you TOBI for a long period of time. I for example have been inhaling TOBI now twice a day for the past 10 years. No breaks whatsoever.
<br />I think the stuff I inhale is doing its job. But there are some other unknown causes for my low lung function. So far there is some good advice about allergy and asthma testing. So I'll just go with that until I find out more.
<br />It will take over a month though until I can visit my doctor. So I'll just have to wait ...
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