Public | The Breathing Specialist https://thebreathingspecialist.com Education. Exercise. Empowerment Sat, 25 Mar 2023 00:00:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Your Top Ten Questions Answered Here- Replay of the live Zoom Meetup https://thebreathingspecialist.com/your-top-ten-questions-answered-here-replay-of-the-live-zoom-meetup/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=your-top-ten-questions-answered-here-replay-of-the-live-zoom-meetup https://thebreathingspecialist.com/your-top-ten-questions-answered-here-replay-of-the-live-zoom-meetup/#respond Thu, 22 Sep 2016 18:03:16 +0000 http://thebreathingspecialist.com/?p=555   As I go through the forums and other COPD information groups, people have questions. Lots of questions. Whether newly-diagnosed, or having lived with COPD or ILD for years, there just doesn’t seem to be enough answers for all of the things that go along with lung disease. So, in record time, I answered as […]

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]]> https://thebreathingspecialist.com/your-top-ten-questions-answered-here-replay-of-the-live-zoom-meetup/feed/ 0 Back by Popular Demand! The “10 Things” E book https://thebreathingspecialist.com/back-by-popular-demand-the-10-things-e-book/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=back-by-popular-demand-the-10-things-e-book https://thebreathingspecialist.com/back-by-popular-demand-the-10-things-e-book/#respond Wed, 14 Sep 2016 15:19:47 +0000 http://thebreathingspecialist.com/?p=552 What passes for food in the U.S.  has become scarier than ever. Finding healthy, chemical- and additive-free food is becoming quite the challenge! I had breakfast last weekend with friends at a local breakfast joint. The ‘cream’ for the coffee was a bowl of individual creamers, some flavored, the others labeled ‘half and half’. Yep, […]

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]]> https://thebreathingspecialist.com/back-by-popular-demand-the-10-things-e-book/feed/ 0 Micro-Analyzing the six minute walk https://thebreathingspecialist.com/micro-analyzing-the-six-minute-walk/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=micro-analyzing-the-six-minute-walk https://thebreathingspecialist.com/micro-analyzing-the-six-minute-walk/#respond Wed, 22 Jun 2016 17:41:19 +0000 http://thebreathingspecialist.com/?p=533 Current standards for performing the Six minute walk test (6mwt) include not walking with the patient, so that they will walk at their own pace rather than attempt to keep pace with the tester. While this may allow a better result, careful observation of  the patient before, during, and after the 6mwt, and handoff of […]

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]]> https://thebreathingspecialist.com/micro-analyzing-the-six-minute-walk/feed/ 0 You are on the Transplant list…. Now What? https://thebreathingspecialist.com/you-are-on-the-transplant-list-now-what/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=you-are-on-the-transplant-list-now-what Thu, 02 Jun 2016 00:59:29 +0000 http://thebreathingspecialist.com/?p=518 Are you facing having to undergo a lung transplant? The “Good News” that you are on the transplant list may have been a long time coming… or, may have happened so quickly you were surprised. Either way, the events leading up to being on the list are grueling, and scary… so many tests, so many […]

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]]> When It’s a Different Doctor Every Time You Go to the Clinic https://thebreathingspecialist.com/when-its-a-different-doctor-every-time-you-go-to-the-clinic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=when-its-a-different-doctor-every-time-you-go-to-the-clinic Wed, 01 Jun 2016 23:46:39 +0000 http://thebreathingspecialist.com/?p=510 I get asked all the time… “Kelly, I have no insurance. So every time I go to the clinic, I get seen by a different doctor.  They have my chart, but I have to start all over every time I go. You say to ask my doctor about this and that, but I have no […]

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]]> Are You Using Your Oxygen Correctly? https://thebreathingspecialist.com/are-you-using-your-oxygen-correctly/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=are-you-using-your-oxygen-correctly Wed, 01 Jun 2016 22:53:34 +0000 http://thebreathingspecialist.com/?p=507      Are you using your oxygen correctly? Most patients don’t! The only way to tell if you need oxygen, and when, is to do the proper tests. A six- minute walking test, done by your R.T., will tell you if you need oxygen with exercise, or at rest. An overnight sleep study will tell you […]

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]]> Do I REALLY have lung disease? https://thebreathingspecialist.com/do-i-really-have-lung-disease/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=do-i-really-have-lung-disease https://thebreathingspecialist.com/do-i-really-have-lung-disease/#respond Fri, 15 Jan 2016 02:08:54 +0000 http://thebreathingspecialist.com/?p=447 I belong to a lot of online discussion forums, the participants being patients with lung disease. Many of them tell the story of how they thought they just had a lingering cold, went to the ER when they couldn’t breathe, and were told they have COPD or another chronic lung disease process. They were shocked […]

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]]> https://thebreathingspecialist.com/do-i-really-have-lung-disease/feed/ 0 Dealing With Sudden Episodes of Shortness of Breath https://thebreathingspecialist.com/dealing-with-sudden-episodes-of-shortness-of-breath/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dealing-with-sudden-episodes-of-shortness-of-breath https://thebreathingspecialist.com/dealing-with-sudden-episodes-of-shortness-of-breath/#respond Tue, 24 Nov 2015 21:33:51 +0000 http://thebreathingspecialist.com/?p=424 If you have COPD, you are well aware of triggers that can cause difficult breathing, or shortness of breath. Some people describe the scary  feeling as: they can’t get enough air, or their chest feels tight. It is important to figure out the things that trigger this short breathing, but sometimes it just seems to […]

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]]> https://thebreathingspecialist.com/dealing-with-sudden-episodes-of-shortness-of-breath/feed/ 0 How Not to Feel Isolated and Lonely with COPD https://thebreathingspecialist.com/how-not-to-feel-isolated-and-lonely-with-copd/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-not-to-feel-isolated-and-lonely-with-copd https://thebreathingspecialist.com/how-not-to-feel-isolated-and-lonely-with-copd/#respond Mon, 09 Nov 2015 01:17:10 +0000 http://thebreathingspecialist.com/?p=417 My patient tells me she feels depressed. She used to go to lunch with all her friends on Wednesdays, but now she just tells them to go on without her. “Why?”, I asked . “I don’t like to hold them up. I walk so slow now!  They say they don’t mind but I feel like […]

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]]> https://thebreathingspecialist.com/how-not-to-feel-isolated-and-lonely-with-copd/feed/ 0 Proper Inhaler and Spacer Usage for Kids https://thebreathingspecialist.com/proper-inhaler-and-spacer-usage-for-kids/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=proper-inhaler-and-spacer-usage-for-kids https://thebreathingspecialist.com/proper-inhaler-and-spacer-usage-for-kids/#respond Fri, 30 Oct 2015 17:50:02 +0000 http://thebreathingspecialist.com/?p=402 https://thebreathingspecialist.com/proper-inhaler-and-spacer-usage-for-kids/feed/ 0