I just walked 400m in 6 mins and was vaguely breathless but couldn't have gone any faster/further due to back pain. No O2 sats available.
How does this compare to other people who've done it?
6 min walk test results?: I just walked... - Lung Conditions C...
6 min walk test results?
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I'm having my walk test on my last day of pulmonary rehab on Thursday Lucky19, so I'll let you know how I did, and how I did on my first day. Hope I will see a big improvement 
That's excellent Lucky! If you look at the BODE index score you will see just how well you have done:
Points 0: Walks >349 meters
Points 1: Walks 250-349 meters
Points 2: Walks 150-249 meters
Points 3: Walks <150 meters
Remember 0 points is the best of all - and you have done 51 metres more than you need to get top marks!
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Certainly couldn't have done a quarter of this two weeks ago before I stopped smoking - well worth a weekend of depression.
I managed 302 metres in 6 minutes and only felt slightly breathless.
My SATS were 98% just after I'd finished. Not sure what they were during.
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Do you mind me asking what your FEV1 value/percentage is?
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Just had a look at my notes. It's .73?? I've no idea what this means!!
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Probably 73% but don't quote me. If so that's quite good though it probably doesn't feel like it when you're breathless!
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Just looked again - its 34%.
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That sounds more like it hun...just a bit lower than mine or about same as mine before I stopped smoking. So just into the severe then.
On my last test I walked 18 metres before needing to stop and never got going again! Well done. x
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As I said above, I couldn't have done a quarter of this while I was smoking so the bad weekend I just had was well worth it!
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I hope they brought you a chair Aunty and didn't just leave you huffing and puffing standing in a corridor.
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It was done in a conservatory at a Hospice (it was lovely!) and they brought me a wheelchair, took me to the dining area and made me a cup of coffee. Lovely people!. x
Spritz in reply to
Lol - I'm with you on that one, auntymary!! I managed about 20 meters today (in two stages) and my sats on oxygen went down to 73!!! Gave up after that
Jude xx
That's quite a fast pace Lucky19. I started off on PR with 350m. By the time I left I was doing 450M. I am Stage 4 very severe emphysema and FEV1 of 27% just to put things into perspective. Keep active and you control the COPD not the other way round.
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My FEV1 hovers between 45% and 51%, so borderline. My time line chart looks a bit like a mountain range - up, down, up, down, up, down. That's now since not smoking, before it was 01% but that was taken just after a bad infection. I have my own spirometer now and do a daily check which my nurse calls 'taking an active interest in my condition', I call it being gadget crazy!
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Thanks Puff,
Will defo keep active and as a lifetime control freak am not likely to let anything control me now! lol
over 800m and I am on 20 a day when i stop will do more
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Wow, impressive
Hi Lucky19, I recently managed 408 metres in 6 mins off oxygen on both part 1 lung transplant assessment and part 2. One month apart and identical distances, thats what I call consistant. I was very breathless at the end of both tests and could have done no more.
Tony. x
My last one, i did 550 metres, PLB-ing like a steam train all the way. Severe copd, roughly 40% FEV1. Shortly to do another one as although i can do the distance, my sats plunge down. But they recover pretty quickly so the oxygen situation is a bit unclear.
Was wondering how much your spirometer cost Lucky19. Ive thought of getting on, but am also thinking of trying the diy one someone posted on the site some days ago
jean
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I bought this one back in 2009 and it has served me well. You input your age, height, sex and ethnicity. It is accurate and gives fev1, fev1%, fvc etc. so you have nothing left to calculate - it does it all for you. If you check the tabs half way down the page there is a video you can watch showing you how it works. It comes with a few disposable mouth pieces, though I have since bought a box of a few hundred (enough to last me a lifetime lol).
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OOPS! FORGOT THE LINK ;
medisave.co.uk/vitalograph-...
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I only just found this. Thanks for the link.
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Hi Jean
It cost about £150 altogether plus a lot of phone calls to the manufacturer as its a computerised one and the software is quite difficult to figure out. I got it on Amazon and its a Piko 6 made by Spire but you need to buy a cradle for it to link it to the computer...I suppose it is what you'd call a DIY one but comes with multi patient professional software. It reads FEV1 & FEV6. The FEV6 is comparable to FVC.
If you just want a daily reading and want to write it in a book I'd recommend the Mini Wright Digital also on Amazon...it's a lot easier to operate!
Many thanks!
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