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Questions to ask at your first appointment after diagnosis
MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Jan 1, 2021 | Replies (23)Comment receiving replies
Ellen...thank you for sharing this technique. It resembles the breathing techniques I do daily in my Yoga sessions...also when I meditate, get anxious, or just plain tired...it calms me down and helps me feel centered. It is absolutely life changing. In my Yoga practice, in a simple way, it involves the air moving up, down, in, out. What your herbalist taught you (& I imitate in yogic practice) is localizing it...the air moving “upward” via the throat (Udana) which manages respiration...and Coughing....bingo! Good work! Hope I can somehow someday reach your level of success. My gunk must be so gluey and stuck...I bring nothing up. I have even resorted to postural help...pulled out my inversion table and started “hanging like a bat...as my hubby refers to my action”.
My goal for 2021...success.
Success & blessings to ALL.
Regina
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Regina,
I like hearing about your practices. I also meditate.
Be patient. I think hoarking has had a bad rap all my life. I thought it was disgusting. I also think that once I could do it, I overdid it. I coughed up a lot of blood the other day so in my zealousness to bring up as much sputum as possible, I didn't wait long enough between sessions. Maybe I broke a blood vessel while coughing so forcefully.
I have 2 Pulmonologists in NYC - one at Weill Cornell and one at Mt Sinai's offshoot of Nat'l Jewish in Denver. They both said different things about the blood. One recommended an antibiotic, the other said give it 2 weeks rest without bringing up sputum - no nebulizing or Aerobica, etc. If I keep coughing up blood, go the ER as it may not be the lungs, but the heart. So I'm waiting on the antibiotics because I have no fever or other symptoms besides tight chest and fatigue, which I've had since lung surgery a year ago. This is all a delicate balance and different for everyone. There's a lot of uncertainty in medicine.
But we can still be of help and supportive to others. You are not alone. Not alone.
Happy New Year everyone. My prayer is that we can all live peacefully with uncertainty.
Ellen