Because I mentioned I sometimes got pain on my left side where my abdominal hernia is they wouldnโt progress any further until I got confirmation from my doctor that it wasnโt angina.
Confirmation obtained, rushed back for assessment, lovely lady continued and I'm in!!๐
Very thorough of them Don. What will you do?
The nice lady made me an appointment with a doctor there and then.
Oh dear Don, can you get confirmation from your GP? I hope so. Xxxx
What a bummer but they have to stick to the rules and sometimes ( with our jaws firmly clenched) we have no option but to comply. Get the doc to reassure them then enjoy your PR. I am so healous, I simply cannot get on a course here because I have bronch not copd. I donโt need the advice but I would love the exercise with other people and supervision by those who understand my limitations.
I am surprised. PR is not just for COPD patients. I thought it was for any lung disease. They were those with PF on the course I did and I donโt have COPD either.
Very much depends on where you live. The physios at the QE in brum couldnโt get me on and neither could my GP in Warks.
What a bummer. Yet another example of the post code lottery. Some consultants have applied for funding for pr for BE as the normal pr course is very much geared towards copd. As you say the excercise is great but there was no mention of lung clearance. There may be at some others as it is clearly not universal. I believe the RBH do one in house for BE. I think I have a link somewhere amongst the ether where prof wilson talks about it.
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Thanks cofdrop. Yet another example of patchy services and discrimination.
I have found the interview. Unfortunately it came directly to me from ERS whilst part of the patient advisory group. Looked it up online and it will only give the introduction.
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Thanks so much for looking. You take it easy now and let yourself get better.xx
Yes they are being very cautious, I suppose the last thing they want,is a young whipper snapper causing a Christmas commotion! Very disappointing all the same and I thought that your GP had to put you forward for PR?
It was the respiratory nurse who put me forward and I was lucky to get a cancellation place.
Very disappointing for you...I've only managed 3 weeks I seem to recall,before I had a chest infection and they weren't happy for me to continue. Upsetting really for the other people taking part were lovely and I genuinely missed out there. Ce la vie!
As they say in the Army "all those without hernia's take one pace forward" followed by "stand still young Don,who told you to move".bet Midge would have passed,better luck next time Master Po.
Not missing much Ski's and an unfit Scruff's x
Trust you, you little **** stirrer ๐. Hernia isnโt itโs proper name, itโs a hernia waiting to happen when the core muscles are weak. Itโs something women get after childbirth whose name escapes me.
Och Don get on to the GP ASAP .. huge massive hugs (promise not to squeeze to tightly) .. xx
Hmmm..... interesting. I had the opposite experience. At the assessment they had to stop the shuttle walk because my heart rate was too high. I wasnโt able to complete the course: my symptoms just got worse and worse, no recovery. I explained and the physio running the course said she was not happy for me to continue. I think it was pulmonary hypertension kicking in. PH is contraindicated for PR. Had I only had OB I would have benefited from PR. With hindsight I think they should not have let me on the course after the shuttle walk. So in my case they were not cautious enough.
Head-scratching Kate xxx
Oh dear thats a shame and you all set with your tickleing stick. You need to put a call in to your gp so you dont miss out on all the fun
How disappointing for you. I hope you are ok and will be able to get on this course, or at least a future one.
Good to get that pain checked out Don, hope results come back ok and you can begin your fitness programme 
Thank you, I start on 17th Jan. ๐
Hoping for a good outcome for you dear Don.
Love cx
Thank you, that must have worked it's all sorted now. ๐
Doctor checked me out, declared me fit as a fiddle (a somewhat beaten up one), rushed back to place of assessment where the lovely lady managed to squeeze me in (enjoyed that bit) and continued the assessment. Start 17th Jan. Phew!
Glad you were pleased with her when she managed to "squeeze you in "
So to speak !!!!๐๐๐
Xxx
Well Now Your "In" Don, Do as those lovely RH Nurses tell you, Stand to Attention, and Ignore the Little ****Stirrer ...Ha Ha Ha , How I love Your Banter with Your Apprentice Ski's. Laughter, the Best Medicine, I feel as though I've Drunk a Pint of it. xxxxxx
Thatโs great news. After all the drama preceding it, I hope the course will be helpful to you when it starts. Perhaps youโll share any tips and advice you pick up?
I could certainly do that though the benefits of PR are all ready well documented on here. Iโm hoping to meet new nd hopefully interesting people. ๐
Yes thereโs a few people whoโve shared their PR experiences but for people like me whoโve never been offered the opportunity to go on a course itโs a great source of information. Iโve learned more about exercise and breathing and diet since finding this community than Iโd ever been told all the rest of my life. So Iโm counting on you, good sir!
I too hope you meet lots of great people and enjoy the course.
"Iโm hoping to meet new and hopefully interesting people."
Most people over a certain age are interesting, they have a lifetime's worth of experiences/stories to tell.
Enjoy your PR Don, at the very least it is an excuse to get out and about.
Thank you 2greys , I'm hoping to regain my confidence in touring wild and wonderful places in the motorhome again. ๐
Good luck with it Don - hope you'll get a lot of benefit, and hope we'll get a few funny rhymes out of it ๐๐๐
Yes Mr D....that's a good bit of news today,eh?
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