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What is your FEV1 Score?
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welshwitch
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Solo, not sure. I think I'm lucky too. My FEV1 has been like this my whole life. Never been in the hospital for CF, either. Docs say it's "mild" but I'm hesitant to go that route <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
Since I turned 30, I've noticed it is a bit harder to clear myself out. i've taken on running as a lifestyle choice, ie it's a non -negotiable. I run half marathons and 10Ks and basically look at it as my ticket to a long and healthy life.
One more thing. I'm 5"3 and 130 pounds. Always make sure I'm eating a high protein diet, lots of butter and cheese. Makes for happy lungs (but I don't need to tell you that). I have to take enzymes, but I don't seem to stuggle with keeping weight on either.
Since I turned 30, I've noticed it is a bit harder to clear myself out. i've taken on running as a lifestyle choice, ie it's a non -negotiable. I run half marathons and 10Ks and basically look at it as my ticket to a long and healthy life.
One more thing. I'm 5"3 and 130 pounds. Always make sure I'm eating a high protein diet, lots of butter and cheese. Makes for happy lungs (but I don't need to tell you that). I have to take enzymes, but I don't seem to stuggle with keeping weight on either.
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welshwitch
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Solo, not sure. I think I'm lucky too. My FEV1 has been like this my whole life. Never been in the hospital for CF, either. Docs say it's "mild" but I'm hesitant to go that route <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
Since I turned 30, I've noticed it is a bit harder to clear myself out. i've taken on running as a lifestyle choice, ie it's a non -negotiable. I run half marathons and 10Ks and basically look at it as my ticket to a long and healthy life.
One more thing. I'm 5"3 and 130 pounds. Always make sure I'm eating a high protein diet, lots of butter and cheese. Makes for happy lungs (but I don't need to tell you that). I have to take enzymes, but I don't seem to stuggle with keeping weight on either.
Since I turned 30, I've noticed it is a bit harder to clear myself out. i've taken on running as a lifestyle choice, ie it's a non -negotiable. I run half marathons and 10Ks and basically look at it as my ticket to a long and healthy life.
One more thing. I'm 5"3 and 130 pounds. Always make sure I'm eating a high protein diet, lots of butter and cheese. Makes for happy lungs (but I don't need to tell you that). I have to take enzymes, but I don't seem to stuggle with keeping weight on either.
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welshwitch
Guest
Solo, not sure. I think I'm lucky too. My FEV1 has been like this my whole life. Never been in the hospital for CF, either. Docs say it's "mild" but I'm hesitant to go that route <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
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<br />Since I turned 30, I've noticed it is a bit harder to clear myself out. i've taken on running as a lifestyle choice, ie it's a non -negotiable. I run half marathons and 10Ks and basically look at it as my ticket to a long and healthy life.
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<br />One more thing. I'm 5"3 and 130 pounds. Always make sure I'm eating a high protein diet, lots of butter and cheese. Makes for happy lungs (but I don't need to tell you that). I have to take enzymes, but I don't seem to stuggle with keeping weight on either.
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<br />Since I turned 30, I've noticed it is a bit harder to clear myself out. i've taken on running as a lifestyle choice, ie it's a non -negotiable. I run half marathons and 10Ks and basically look at it as my ticket to a long and healthy life.
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<br />One more thing. I'm 5"3 and 130 pounds. Always make sure I'm eating a high protein diet, lots of butter and cheese. Makes for happy lungs (but I don't need to tell you that). I have to take enzymes, but I don't seem to stuggle with keeping weight on either.
I'm with the other over 100 percent-ers. It seems that exercise is the key to good lung function and staying healthy. I have always been pretty active and my PFT's have always been high, despite my having 2 of the nastier genotypes and doing very little in the way of treatments.
I'm with the other over 100 percent-ers. It seems that exercise is the key to good lung function and staying healthy. I have always been pretty active and my PFT's have always been high, despite my having 2 of the nastier genotypes and doing very little in the way of treatments.
I'm with the other over 100 percent-ers. It seems that exercise is the key to good lung function and staying healthy. I have always been pretty active and my PFT's have always been high, despite my having 2 of the nastier genotypes and doing very little in the way of treatments.
My baseline has been 48-50% for about the last 3 years. I get down to about 30-35% when I'm sick, and then have to do a few weeks of IVs. I've only done oxygen once, for about a week last year when I was pretty sick and in the hospital. I only used it at night though. My sats are typically around 96-98.
My baseline has been 48-50% for about the last 3 years. I get down to about 30-35% when I'm sick, and then have to do a few weeks of IVs. I've only done oxygen once, for about a week last year when I was pretty sick and in the hospital. I only used it at night though. My sats are typically around 96-98.
My baseline has been 48-50% for about the last 3 years. I get down to about 30-35% when I'm sick, and then have to do a few weeks of IVs. I've only done oxygen once, for about a week last year when I was pretty sick and in the hospital. I only used it at night though. My sats are typically around 96-98.
I found a chart with the height multipliers.
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<br>http://braintalkcommunities.org/forums/archive/index.php/t-8432.html
<br><br>That link no longer works, here is a new one:<br><br>http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/pftlab/predeqns.html<br>
<br>The raw numbers are adjusted for age and height--because a tall person has bigger lungs than a short person. That said, natural organ-size variation and torso size play a role too.
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<br>Radiologists have consistently told me I have long lungs for my height and I have a long torso in general. So the first fev1 I remember from 13 years ago, I was a month out of a lower lobe pneumonia and my score was in the 130s. Now I hover between 99 and 103%. I wouldn't be surprised if my FEV1 would be more accurately calculated using the multiplier for a person 5'6"-5'7" rather than 5'4" to 5'5", but the most important thing anyway is the trend an individual has over time.
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<br>As for exercise, I was a sports freak as a kid and my dad, whose body I have the girl-version of, was a marathon runner for several decades. Exercise probably contributed to the lung function and the lung function led me to enjoy exercise like soccer, swimming and track. I am sure it is a reinforcing process. In four yrs since I have been exercising a lot again, unfortunately my FEV1 has still dropped about 15 points. But who knows how much it would have dropped w/o the exercise. Plus, my resting heartrate is much lower and my lower lobes feel soupy fewer days a week.
<br>
<br>http://braintalkcommunities.org/forums/archive/index.php/t-8432.html
<br><br>That link no longer works, here is a new one:<br><br>http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/pftlab/predeqns.html<br>
<br>The raw numbers are adjusted for age and height--because a tall person has bigger lungs than a short person. That said, natural organ-size variation and torso size play a role too.
<br>
<br>Radiologists have consistently told me I have long lungs for my height and I have a long torso in general. So the first fev1 I remember from 13 years ago, I was a month out of a lower lobe pneumonia and my score was in the 130s. Now I hover between 99 and 103%. I wouldn't be surprised if my FEV1 would be more accurately calculated using the multiplier for a person 5'6"-5'7" rather than 5'4" to 5'5", but the most important thing anyway is the trend an individual has over time.
<br>
<br>As for exercise, I was a sports freak as a kid and my dad, whose body I have the girl-version of, was a marathon runner for several decades. Exercise probably contributed to the lung function and the lung function led me to enjoy exercise like soccer, swimming and track. I am sure it is a reinforcing process. In four yrs since I have been exercising a lot again, unfortunately my FEV1 has still dropped about 15 points. But who knows how much it would have dropped w/o the exercise. Plus, my resting heartrate is much lower and my lower lobes feel soupy fewer days a week.
I found a chart with the height multipliers.
<br>
<br>http://braintalkcommunities.org/forums/archive/index.php/t-8432.html
<br><br>That link no longer works, here is a new one:<br><br>http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/pftlab/predeqns.html<br>
<br>The raw numbers are adjusted for age and height--because a tall person has bigger lungs than a short person. That said, natural organ-size variation and torso size play a role too.
<br>
<br>Radiologists have consistently told me I have long lungs for my height and I have a long torso in general. So the first fev1 I remember from 13 years ago, I was a month out of a lower lobe pneumonia and my score was in the 130s. Now I hover between 99 and 103%. I wouldn't be surprised if my FEV1 would be more accurately calculated using the multiplier for a person 5'6"-5'7" rather than 5'4" to 5'5", but the most important thing anyway is the trend an individual has over time.
<br>
<br>As for exercise, I was a sports freak as a kid and my dad, whose body I have the girl-version of, was a marathon runner for several decades. Exercise probably contributed to the lung function and the lung function led me to enjoy exercise like soccer, swimming and track. I am sure it is a reinforcing process. In four yrs since I have been exercising a lot again, unfortunately my FEV1 has still dropped about 15 points. But who knows how much it would have dropped w/o the exercise. Plus, my resting heartrate is much lower and my lower lobes feel soupy fewer days a week.
<br>
<br>http://braintalkcommunities.org/forums/archive/index.php/t-8432.html
<br><br>That link no longer works, here is a new one:<br><br>http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/pftlab/predeqns.html<br>
<br>The raw numbers are adjusted for age and height--because a tall person has bigger lungs than a short person. That said, natural organ-size variation and torso size play a role too.
<br>
<br>Radiologists have consistently told me I have long lungs for my height and I have a long torso in general. So the first fev1 I remember from 13 years ago, I was a month out of a lower lobe pneumonia and my score was in the 130s. Now I hover between 99 and 103%. I wouldn't be surprised if my FEV1 would be more accurately calculated using the multiplier for a person 5'6"-5'7" rather than 5'4" to 5'5", but the most important thing anyway is the trend an individual has over time.
<br>
<br>As for exercise, I was a sports freak as a kid and my dad, whose body I have the girl-version of, was a marathon runner for several decades. Exercise probably contributed to the lung function and the lung function led me to enjoy exercise like soccer, swimming and track. I am sure it is a reinforcing process. In four yrs since I have been exercising a lot again, unfortunately my FEV1 has still dropped about 15 points. But who knows how much it would have dropped w/o the exercise. Plus, my resting heartrate is much lower and my lower lobes feel soupy fewer days a week.
I found a chart with the height multipliers.
<br>
<br>http://braintalkcommunities.org/forums/archive/index.php/t-8432.html
<br><br>That link no longer works, here is a new one:<br><br>http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/pftlab/predeqns.html<br>
<br>The raw numbers are adjusted for age and height--because a tall person has bigger lungs than a short person. That said, natural organ-size variation and torso size play a role too.
<br>
<br>Radiologists have consistently told me I have long lungs for my height and I have a long torso in general. So the first fev1 I remember from 13 years ago, I was a month out of a lower lobe pneumonia and my score was in the 130s. Now I hover between 99 and 103%. I wouldn't be surprised if my FEV1 would be more accurately calculated using the multiplier for a person 5'6"-5'7" rather than 5'4" to 5'5", but the most important thing anyway is the trend an individual has over time.
<br>
<br>As for exercise, I was a sports freak as a kid and my dad, whose body I have the girl-version of, was a marathon runner for several decades. Exercise probably contributed to the lung function and the lung function led me to enjoy exercise like soccer, swimming and track. I am sure it is a reinforcing process. In four yrs since I have been exercising a lot again, unfortunately my FEV1 has still dropped about 15 points. But who knows how much it would have dropped w/o the exercise. Plus, my resting heartrate is much lower and my lower lobes feel soupy fewer days a week.
<br>
<br>http://braintalkcommunities.org/forums/archive/index.php/t-8432.html
<br><br>That link no longer works, here is a new one:<br><br>http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/pftlab/predeqns.html<br>
<br>The raw numbers are adjusted for age and height--because a tall person has bigger lungs than a short person. That said, natural organ-size variation and torso size play a role too.
<br>
<br>Radiologists have consistently told me I have long lungs for my height and I have a long torso in general. So the first fev1 I remember from 13 years ago, I was a month out of a lower lobe pneumonia and my score was in the 130s. Now I hover between 99 and 103%. I wouldn't be surprised if my FEV1 would be more accurately calculated using the multiplier for a person 5'6"-5'7" rather than 5'4" to 5'5", but the most important thing anyway is the trend an individual has over time.
<br>
<br>As for exercise, I was a sports freak as a kid and my dad, whose body I have the girl-version of, was a marathon runner for several decades. Exercise probably contributed to the lung function and the lung function led me to enjoy exercise like soccer, swimming and track. I am sure it is a reinforcing process. In four yrs since I have been exercising a lot again, unfortunately my FEV1 has still dropped about 15 points. But who knows how much it would have dropped w/o the exercise. Plus, my resting heartrate is much lower and my lower lobes feel soupy fewer days a week.
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>tarheel</b></i>
Right now 40% which is the highest it's been in a few years. <div>
</div><div>If you don't mind I'm going to tack another question on to this- Do you use O2 at all? If so, when?</div><div>
</div><div>I'm not on oxygen at all atm- though most of the time when they check my stats in the hospital they're around 94. </div></end quote></div>
I had my o2 checked this past Friday at my doctor's appt. and it was 93.
Right now 40% which is the highest it's been in a few years. <div>
</div><div>If you don't mind I'm going to tack another question on to this- Do you use O2 at all? If so, when?</div><div>
</div><div>I'm not on oxygen at all atm- though most of the time when they check my stats in the hospital they're around 94. </div></end quote></div>
I had my o2 checked this past Friday at my doctor's appt. and it was 93.
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>tarheel</b></i>
Right now 40% which is the highest it's been in a few years.
If you don't mind I'm going to tack another question on to this- Do you use O2 at all? If so, when?
I'm not on oxygen at all atm- though most of the time when they check my stats in the hospital they're around 94.</end quote>
I had my o2 checked this past Friday at my doctor's appt. and it was 93.
Right now 40% which is the highest it's been in a few years.
If you don't mind I'm going to tack another question on to this- Do you use O2 at all? If so, when?
I'm not on oxygen at all atm- though most of the time when they check my stats in the hospital they're around 94.</end quote>
I had my o2 checked this past Friday at my doctor's appt. and it was 93.
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>tarheel</b></i>
Right now 40% which is the highest it's been in a few years.
If you don't mind I'm going to tack another question on to this- Do you use O2 at all? If so, when?
I'm not on oxygen at all atm- though most of the time when they check my stats in the hospital they're around 94.<p></end quote>
<p>I had my o2 checked this past Friday at my doctor's appt. and it was 93.
Right now 40% which is the highest it's been in a few years.
If you don't mind I'm going to tack another question on to this- Do you use O2 at all? If so, when?
I'm not on oxygen at all atm- though most of the time when they check my stats in the hospital they're around 94.<p></end quote>
<p>I had my o2 checked this past Friday at my doctor's appt. and it was 93.