How Soon Will COPD Stages Damage Your Quality of Life?
June 30, 2010 by Carrie Tucker
Filed under COPD- Lung Disease
If you know what COPD stands for, you probably heard it from your doctor, or someone you know who has COPD.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or COPD, is code word for can’t exhale.
If you can’t get the stale air out, you can’t reload with fresh air.
Lung disease is progressive. It sneaks up on ya.
COPD stages happen a little at a time.
Pam called me when she came home from her doctors office with a “mild copd” diagnosis.
“How can I have copd?” she asked.
“I don’t smoke.”
“They said it might be all the years I lived with a wood stove as my heat source.”
I told Pam that I could hear her upset, and just wanted to encourage her to make the most of her lung health.
“After all, mild copd means that you have time to optimize your lung function and minimize damage.”
“How in the world do I do that?” she asked. Read more
Food Matters!
November 24, 2008 by Carrie Tucker
Filed under Asthma, COPD- Lung Disease, Cholesterol, Depression, Detoxing, Diabetes, Foods For Fluid Balance, Heart, High Blood Pressure, Nutrition, Sleep Apnea
Have you seen the trailer for the new movie? I stumbled across it on You Tube and began jumping for joy.
At LAST an effort to get the message out!
You are what you eat!
You are killing yourself with the food choices you make!
If you aren’t operating out of a victim mentality, you should be able to hear the message.
Listen UP! The length and quality of your life depend on it!
Now click on a category in the right had column and find out more information that will change your life. READ!
Health is about taking care of yourself.
NOW is the time to change your ways and do what is best for yourself and your family.
If you are already putting this information into practice, then reach someone who isn’t and tell them about this new movie. Let’s hope CHANGE is coming.
Relaxing, breath building, and oxygen with exercise matter!
AND
The trailer is enough to open your eyes, but the Food Matters DVD is really a learning experience.
You and your family NEED this information!
Get your copy NOW!
Many blessings,
Carrie
Heart Failure Solutions
PS– Remember everyday:
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Relax and Release tension
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Take deeep breaths
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Be active in a way that adds joy to your life
Plus pure water ~whole foods~sunshine~and laughter
How Important Is Oxygen?
November 12, 2008 by Carrie Tucker
Filed under Asthma, Breath Building, COPD- Lung Disease, Choice, Diagnostics, Foods For Fluid Balance, Harm of Low Level Oxygen, Heart, Oxygen, Relax, Sleep Apnea
If you have low oxygen levels you are dying.
Denial is not effective treatment for low oxygen levels. Even if you “feel okay”.
Oxygen hitches a ride on your red blood cells in order to travel around your body. If your oxygen level is too low (below 92%) the oxygen molecules can’t make the leap. The pressure is too low.
When your oxygen level is below 92%, the oxygen that is in your blood cruises around in your circulation but the pressure isn’t high enough for it to actually get where it is needed.
Want to improve low oxygen levels? Read more
What Does Low Oxygen Level Feel Like?
November 3, 2008 by Carrie Tucker
Filed under Asthma, Breath Building, COPD- Lung Disease, Diagnostics, Heart, Oxygen, Relax, Sleep Apnea
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Low oxygen levels rob you of your health and can kill you. Will you feel it if you have a low oxygen level?
Many people who have dangerously low oxygen levels report “feeling just fine” despite their pale color and confusion.
Watch for the following signs:
- water retention (especially feet/ ankles)
- shortness of breath/ difficulty breathing
- extreme fatigue
- chest tightness
- mental confusion/ short-term-memory loss
- tingling fingers
- chronic cough
- blue coloring around lips
- waking at night gasping for breath
Your body requires 92% blood oxygen saturation or above. There is no getting around your oxygen requirement.
If you ignore your low oxygen level you will lose your eye sight, short term memory, and your strength and stamina. The progressive weakening of your heart muscle will contribute to your heart failure.
Whether you feel concerned or not, get to your doctor and have your oxygen levels checked if you have any of the symptoms listed above.
It does NOT matter whether you suffer with low oxygen levels, or you “feel fine” with low oxygen levels, YOUR HEALTH WILL BE LOST! Read more
Fluid Retention Steals Your Health, Want To Stop It?
November 3, 2008 by Carrie Tucker
Filed under COPD- Lung Disease, Choice, Diabetes, Happiness, Heart, High Blood Pressure, Sleep Apnea, Water Retention
Fluid retention is such a big problem because the extra water in your system is in the way! Oxygen and vital nutrients can’t get where they need to go!
When oxygen and other vital nutrients cant’ get where they need to go, you deteriorate!
If you don’t want your health to fade, watch for signs that you may be retaining water:
- When you press your fingernail firmly into your thumb-pad, does it stay deeply dented for more than a second or two?
- When you press the tip of your finger into the inside of your shinbone, does your nail make a dent?
- Do your ankles ever swell?
- Does your shoe size increase as you get older?
- Do your rings sometimes not fit?
- Is your tummy ever tight and swollen?
- For women, do you suffer from breast tenderness?
- Does your weight fluctuate by several pound within the space of only twenty-four hours?
You should be concerned if you recognize water retention symptoms, even if your doctor isn’t!
If your symptoms are mild, make sure you pay close attention to: Read more
Will Low Blood Oxygen Levels Kill You?
November 2, 2008 by Carrie Tucker
Filed under COPD- Lung Disease, Diagnostics, Heart, Oxygen, Sleep Apnea
- Image via Wikipedia
Low oxygen levels will kill you slowly, OR can kill you instantly.
For years I worked in a very large hospital in Tacoma, Washington. I can not count the times that I have been part of a CPR effort on someone who had taken their oxygen off to get out of bed, and then experienced a cardiac arrest in the bathroom.
Very low oxygen levels can cause stimulation of your vagus nerve, which can stop your heart. Bearing down can also stimulate the vagus nerve.
You do NOT want to have low oxygen levels when you are sitting on the toilet!
2am, lunch time for night shift, the familiar bells, bing-bing-bing. Code 4 room xyz, Code 4 room xyz!
Instead of lunch, we were on our knees in shit, trying to save someones life.
You WANT to meet your oxygen needs, especially when you are on the toilet.
If you have low blood oxygen levels any time you exert yourself, sleep, habitually hold your breath, or anything else you might do, you are robbing your vital organs of the oxygen needed for wellness.
If you have low blood oxygen levels you WILL lose your eye sight, your short term memory, your strength, and your charming disposition.
Guaranteed.
If your low blood oxygen levels become extreme enough Read more
