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Coughing is so common here

As anyone can see.

Along with huff and puffing.

And that will always be.

The one that is least mentioned

Or how it appears to me

Seems to be the huffing

Most important of the three.

Cos when it comes to coughing

In an unproductive way,

It costs a lot of energy

A bill you have to pay.

The phlegm you want to get out

Is not lined up to shift.

So all the coughing that you do,

Will never make it lift.

It's like trying to fire a rifle

When bullets aren't loaded there.

The huffing puts it into place

To launch it in the air.

So learn abut that huffing.

There's lots to read on here.

Then enjoy that lovely feeling,

When your cough makes phlegm appear.

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sassy59

Very good indeed Don. All done with your usual flair. Xxxx

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breatheeasy1

Wise words again Don. I discovered huffing when I was too weak to cough and had pulled rib muscles from it. Now I'm a huff-aholic😆. Beautifully written again 😊 x

Great Don. Everybody should be given that poem when they are first diagnosed

Well huffing it will be 😉😃

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Katinka46

Yuk.... 🙈🙊

in reply to Katinka46

There goes my steak and kidney pud then. 😢🍴

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Katinka46 in reply to

I didn’t say that. Steak and kidney pudding when the weather gets cooler.

K xxx

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O2Trees

Double "like" :)

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Stumpy55

I can always rely on you Don, to make me smile 😁Thankyou xx

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SquirrelsHolt

Cough...Cough. Cough...Huff....

Huff....Huff.......etc...(was it a nursery rhyme or a cartoon where there was a Dragon called "Puff the Magic Dragon"?) I'm playing catch-up on my reading but so far you've made me laugh twice today!

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skischool in reply to SquirrelsHolt

youtube.com/watch?v=klCEwLH... it was a lovely song.

love Ski's and Scruffs x

"I'm playing catch-up on my reading but so far you've made me laugh twice today!"

That is soo good to hear. ;-)

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Hacienda

Love all your Comments, Learnt to do the "Huff" at Rehab, in the early day's of Huffing & Puffing . It did Work very well. Thanks Don again, Smile Time xxxx

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WheezyAnne

Brilliant. Have to do some now, and drink those litres of water. Oh the days when I had half pints of Timothy Taylor's Landlord.......

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Shirleyj

So true, love a bit of huffing xx😀😀

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donut43

Gosh! We have a poet laurate here! With a good lesson about huffing .

Thanks a lot . Cheers us all up.

Dan

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sarcoid1234

The poem is brilliant, thank you. If someone does not know what huffing is and types huffing into Google they get something quite different, and a bit alarming!! I know huffing as Active Cycle of Breathing Technique, which was taught to me by a physiotherapist, but there are lots of videos on YouTube. It completely changed my life as before I knew about it I had to sleep sitting up!

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