Keep it going !

[Angelagone]

My thoughts have turned to last appointment with COPD nurse. Huffing and puffing, going puce in face, spots before eyes...nurse urges me on from sidelines...' keep it going!' ' keep it going! 'Keep it going!' Feel like I'm in labour. God, hope I dont pee myself. Have to be revived with glass of dusty water and impromptu fan made out of old BMJ. ( possible Lancet ? ) she smiles sweetly at me ' we can do better than that ( we? ) ...' now that you've recovered a bit..' should very much like to tell her where she can stick old medical journal...but...haven't got the breathe.

[tomc]

haha, That made me laugh Angelagone.

The last time i had an attack was doing the breathing test, the nurse panicked, the doctor ordered a wheel chair and I was taken to Cardiology who said" your fine old fella" who the hell are you calling old!!! he had beer bottle glasses, very little grey hair and more tram lines on his face than Edinburgh streets.

I`m only 68 mate.. was my reply.. he chuckled and said your still fine SON!!!

[Angelagone in reply to tomc]

😂😂

[skischool]

Apparently ancient Japanese origami articles demonstrate how to fashion a ventilator out of old manuscripts so perhaps your respiratory nurse was more ancient and wiser than you give her credit for in her swift application of the BMJ magazine.

[Angelagone in reply to skischool]

Maybe we should get in touch with government? Who needs all that fancy equipment!

[CDPO16]

Know that feeling! During the last hospital based lung function test I had the technician kept telling me I wasn't doing one part of the test properly in a tone of voice that said I just wasn't making any effort. All I could do was glare at her.

[Angelagone in reply to CDPO16]

I think they forget sometimes, we just haven't gotta lotta puff, and that's why we're there in the first place !

[CDPO16 in reply to Angelagone]

You'd think it went without saying given the job they're doing. No sense some folks in spite of that. 😉

Take care xx

[Caspiana]

😂😂😂😂 I know the feeling. In had a technician once who repeatedly beat me on the shoulder to try and make me blow harder on my spirometry. I almost decked him. xx 😅😅😅😅

[Angelagone in reply to Caspiana]

I've often felt the medical profession is doing its level best to finish me off. Stay well Caspiana x