re hab

[whit]

well, my doc finally convinced me to go to re hab, i went yesterday for assessment did the 6 minute walk did 150metres ,boy was i well puffticated . hope by the end of the course i can do twice that without being so breathless

[kimmy59]

Hello

I know it's scary but it really will make a difference. I could walk further and felt much better by the end.

Kim xxx

[Puffthemagicdragon]

Keep at it. It works.

[evo1510]

keep at it it will take time but it will work.and give you some confidence.it done me the word of good.am laid up with a chest infecrion but cant wait to get back to excerciseing it dose me the power of good. KEEP AT IT..i pay to go now but worth every penny....

[Lynne1955]

Puffticated. Love that!

Lynne xx

[dall05]

Great new word 'Pufficated', just about says it all. Lets hope you make 300 metres by the end of rehab and theres plenty of time for Rio. Keep up the good work Whit.

Tony.

[Spritz]

At 59, I'm the youngest at my PR group (the oldest is in his 90's, bless him!). Most of us have emphysema, one has IPF. This is my second lot of PR: the 1st was when these courses just started and was barely more than 'boot-camp' (2 minutes per exercise , 1 minute rest/to get to next one) and no educational talks at all. Bad experience all round, which made me very reticent about doing another one. However, I am loving this group. We do as much as we can per exercise (in my case not a lot, lol!!) for the first hour, then a cuppa and a talk. Brilliant. Halfway through it now =( and although I still can't do much physically, it has helped so much to lift my spirits

Jude xx

ps - If we can all start using that wonderfully expressive word 'Puffticated', maybe we can get it into the Oxford English Dictionary - it worked for 'Numpty'!!

[brooksju in reply to Spritz]

Hi Jude, I am going for my 1st assesment for PR on wednesday and feeling apprehensive about it but reading what you say it sounds pretty good, I know the exercises will be tough but just being with people with the same condition will be good too, the cuppa and chat sounds more interesting though lol, thanks for making me feel better about it, take care x

Best wishes Ju

[Spritz in reply to brooksju]

Forgot to say, apart from the IPF guy, I'm the only one on oxygen!! It is good fun, Ju, after a winter of semi-hibernation it's a real pick-me-up! Enjoy!

Jude xx

[sportsbank]

I've just had my 3rd session beginning to make a difference walked a bit further when i came out of the Health centre keep at it.