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I'm Jan Todd, Havana, Ks -- and I was diagnosed at Mayo's almost three years ago with bronchiectasis. I'm 76 years old -- never smoked. Had coughed for 2 years and sat up at night because I could not lie down. Had seen 7 doctors -- many specialists -- no diagnosis -- lost a lot of weight -- thought I was going to die. My doctor is Teng Moua in Rochester and he's helped me tremendously. Would love to join the group. Initially there was MAC bacteria in sputum testing done in Rochester but after following his suggestions, there has been none show up for over a year. Crossing my fingers. Don't know why not, but I sure hope it continues. Please tell me how and where I can join this group? Thank you -- Jan
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@auntnanny, Jan, We have a very dear friend who has a form of ALS who is a lifelong musician .. worked his way through law school as a sax player. As his lung capacity diminished he was determined to continue with his jazz band AND enhance his lung capacity .. sure enough .. he took up the harmonica AND has maintained as much of his lung capacity as possible with daily harmonica practice! So the below really caught my eye! Thought you might enjoy it! Katherine
Modern Healthcare, Meet the Harmonicats: Using musical therapy for COPD, “Play three verses of ‘Oh! Susanna’ and call me in the morning.” That could become a common “prescription” pulmonary specialists pass on to their patients as “harmonica therapy” for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease starts to take hold. Harmonicas have been used to improve lung function at hospitals across the country, including the Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Fla.; El Camino Hospital, Mountain View, Calif.; Seton Medical Center, Austin, Texas; and Advocate Christ Medical Center near the South Side of Chicago—an area that’s produced some legendary blues harmonica players.