Great to hear about the progress...kinda gives me a little Hope, too (and Joy, and Mary)...but the one major thing I have to fight here is the heat!
Terri...we do have an excercise section here...just that not too many go in that area these days, I went there yesterday and thought I heard Crickets!
I do have one question, which is in regards to where you got the energy to excercise.
I'm beginning to conclude that the high pft's (say, FEV1 from 85 and up) doesn't necessarily mean you have good oxygen intake. I've got an FEV1 of about 88, yet still feel tired, to which my doc said my oxygen level may still be low. So, am I right in that conclusion?
I'm wondering if you'd be able to explain what those instruments are which the doc clips onto your fingertip, and the display shows between 94% to 98%? I'm hoping they do use the same thing in the states that they do here, in Japan. I heard a partial explanation, but wanted to find out elsewhere to verify my understanding. I was told the measurement was an oxygen saturation percentage, and if it goes near 96%, a person will feel sleepy, or tired, or listless with energy. 98% is normal, and anything higher is very unusual (maybe in Colorado, a number higher than 98% would be typical), but anything below 94%, or at least by 92% is in need of a portable oxygen tank.
I also don't mean to derail the topic, I'm also glad you were able to work hard enough to avoid hospital adimissions, but I hoped this would be an opportunity for me to present my question.
