mamaScarlett
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I don't want to exclude anyone-this applies to dads too, grandmas, or any patients that have insight here!
Right now I feel kinda like supermom. (or maybe its crazymom?-?)
I got my Picc hanging here, balancing my eclipse ball and baby bottle.
I'm not 'sick' for this tuneup. My pfts have been plateauing and I'm determined to get them back up to my pre-pregnancy days. I decided to do it at home this time.
Last summer I lived on Ivs and spent weeks in the hospital. It was the worst summer ever, for everyone. We have trips planned this summer, and fun things with the baby, so I want to be preventative. I never want to be sick in the summer ever again!
My theory is this:Why wait till the end of summer when I crash from the activity, to have my pfts in the 50s and have to work to get them back up to the 60s...when I can do this now and maybe get them back to my old baseline of 75%?
What do you think?
My cat scans are great-they show no difference in my lungs compared to pre-pregnancy-except they are actually improved. Probably because I am even more compliant now.
So 'theoretically' there is no reason I shouldn't be able to get my pfts back up there.
This week I am starting an exercise routine-pilates 3x a week, weight training 2x a week and 30 min aerobic every other day. I'm going to do it while my daughter naps-that gives me 2 hrs to workout.
I used to belong to a gym, but after paying the sitter and gym membership, it was better to set up a home gym. I like the idea of having mommy time alone to workout, but its not practical for me to go to the gym.
What do you guys do on the workout end?
You know, my clinic stresses regular exercise routines. The other day my nurse practically banged the table saying that they always tell the patients exercise makes the difference in pfts...but it falls on deaf ears. Patients are just bogged down as it is I guess. The doctor basically begged me to start and commit to it.
Sigh, so I'm trying. I think its a mental thing. It has to be penciled in to the calendar-Maybe if I started thinking about it the way I think about chest pt, that I'd never ever miss a day-then I could stick with it.
Balancing all this is tiring me. Some days I am on the verge of thinking I have it all together, or on the verge of breaking into tears.
I'm a very scheduled person. I pencil in everything. I make lists. I guess I'm just tired and a little discouraged right now.
I hate this IV.
I hate how these meds make me feel and look.
I just want to rip it out and go outside in the field and run with my little girl.
I'm also starting a daily juicing program. I'm on gsh and thinking about beginning nac again and mucolyxir-(but the dna base creeps me out)
How do you moms balance it all?
And when its tuneup time-what tricks are up your sleeve to get through it?
What do your kids do while you are doing chest pt?
Its also hard to change her diapers bc my line is there, and she kicks it!-I'm worried it will get snagged. I need some kind of cover for it.
Right now I feel kinda like supermom. (or maybe its crazymom?-?)
I got my Picc hanging here, balancing my eclipse ball and baby bottle.
I'm not 'sick' for this tuneup. My pfts have been plateauing and I'm determined to get them back up to my pre-pregnancy days. I decided to do it at home this time.
Last summer I lived on Ivs and spent weeks in the hospital. It was the worst summer ever, for everyone. We have trips planned this summer, and fun things with the baby, so I want to be preventative. I never want to be sick in the summer ever again!
My theory is this:Why wait till the end of summer when I crash from the activity, to have my pfts in the 50s and have to work to get them back up to the 60s...when I can do this now and maybe get them back to my old baseline of 75%?
What do you think?
My cat scans are great-they show no difference in my lungs compared to pre-pregnancy-except they are actually improved. Probably because I am even more compliant now.
So 'theoretically' there is no reason I shouldn't be able to get my pfts back up there.
This week I am starting an exercise routine-pilates 3x a week, weight training 2x a week and 30 min aerobic every other day. I'm going to do it while my daughter naps-that gives me 2 hrs to workout.
I used to belong to a gym, but after paying the sitter and gym membership, it was better to set up a home gym. I like the idea of having mommy time alone to workout, but its not practical for me to go to the gym.
What do you guys do on the workout end?
You know, my clinic stresses regular exercise routines. The other day my nurse practically banged the table saying that they always tell the patients exercise makes the difference in pfts...but it falls on deaf ears. Patients are just bogged down as it is I guess. The doctor basically begged me to start and commit to it.
Sigh, so I'm trying. I think its a mental thing. It has to be penciled in to the calendar-Maybe if I started thinking about it the way I think about chest pt, that I'd never ever miss a day-then I could stick with it.
Balancing all this is tiring me. Some days I am on the verge of thinking I have it all together, or on the verge of breaking into tears.
I'm a very scheduled person. I pencil in everything. I make lists. I guess I'm just tired and a little discouraged right now.
I hate this IV.
I hate how these meds make me feel and look.
I just want to rip it out and go outside in the field and run with my little girl.
I'm also starting a daily juicing program. I'm on gsh and thinking about beginning nac again and mucolyxir-(but the dna base creeps me out)
How do you moms balance it all?
And when its tuneup time-what tricks are up your sleeve to get through it?
What do your kids do while you are doing chest pt?
Its also hard to change her diapers bc my line is there, and she kicks it!-I'm worried it will get snagged. I need some kind of cover for it.