Could be the words of song.....what do you mean, it is? Anyway, another post about the air that we breath.
A couple of years ago, I was part of a few webinars conducted by the respiratory specialist at Royal Brompton Hospital. One of the topics was just this and how to tolerate air that was hostile to our breathing. We were told to carry one of the small battery operated, three bladed fans, everywhere we went. If we encountered breathing problems due to hostile air, switch your fan on and gently waft it about , six inches below your chin. The breath in through.your nose and you now have your own personal fresh air pocket. It's particularly effective against heat. Apparent ly, you brain has a temperature sensitive area just behind the top of your nose and once the cool air hits it, your brain will quickly adjust itself back to normal breathing. Guess what, it works bettering ventolin. Quickly clears strong perfumes, nasty smells etc.
Now you may think I'm as thick as pig muck but I have recently found another way......my mobility scooter. If I was suffering from an infection or the heat, my beloved would suggest I went out for walk on my scooter. After three or four minutes, I began to feel normal, not mentally normal you understand, but the ten or fifteen minutes on my scooter helped my breathing, sometime to the extent I didn't want to go home.
Now, was this a " distraction therapy" or relief from cabin fever.....
No, it was exactly the same as using the fan. I wasn't exerting myself, I was sat comfortably, breathing through my nose but more importantly, I was moving through the air at 4 mph....
Dust, pollen, heat were being forced to divert past me, much the same as when hitting a cloud of midges in a car at night. The air pocket I front of you, pushes them out of the way.
As I said, just a thought and the ramblings of beer soaked, demented pensioner.
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I have a dyson fan and it is brilliant, I'm sitting in front of it as I speak, it's one of those shaped in a circle and the air comes out the sides, you can put your hand through the middle. It's child and animal friendly. ✋️😊 stay cool my BLF friends xxx
I'm going to get my self a little fan to carry around, thank you for the advice ( hope your just happy and beer soaked and not demented.) Cheers x🍺🍺
That was so interesting and so happens I have one of those little three bladed fans bought on the recommendation of respiratory nurse when on a PR course. Funnily enough I dug it out of a drawer a couple of days ago so now I'll use it ....thanks . I can't remember what we were told on rehab something to do with tiny hairs on our faces or was it nose......
Brilliant it's working well for you in your mobility scooter lol
I agree with everything you say CornishBrian . I've had a little fan for years and recommended them to others and the joy of rattling along on my scooter without the usual cannula over my face is wonderful. Of course I've to put it on if I have to go into a shop but those ten minutes of freedom are really great. Sheila x
Well Cornishbrian,you now have a dedicated fan base with your practical advise,but like most innovators you will now be on demand 24/7 for future products and recommendations.we get knowledge and your mrs gets a break.it's a win,win situation............best wishes Ski's and your new fan scruffs
I'm in a win, win, win, win situation. My beloved kicked me out on our 47th wedding anniversary in March. Spent a few weeks homeless but now have a great little bungalow, all to myself. Life is good and I still get on with her....win, win. I even bought her a new clock yesterday. It has two dials, one on each side....so it's two faced....anyway, back to my beer fuelled dimentia.
Lovely to see you popping in Brian, haven't seen you for some time. Sorry to hear of the marriage break-up but it's good you could stay friends. Keep plodding on.
So sorry. My predictive text is playing games...it's not Toxic it's Toci. Ok, that's got it sorted. Incidentally, the bloke that invented predictive text, has recently passed away. Hi funfair wil be next Fisby.
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