They make a little device. You exhale into it and it helps you to increase lung function. i cant remember what it is called. I use it but if you are suddenly getting dizzy/faint, tell your doctor. This can be a common side effect of a lot of drugs, infections, eating habits, etc. If you're smoking pot and not getting faint, then you got ripped off.
BW, john ________________________________ From: Merrill <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, October 25, 2009 8:28:16 PM Subject: FW: [QUAD-L] Passing Out I stopped smoking pot permanently last week because I began to actually go out. I am 20 years post injury, C-5, at 57 years old. I no longer go out but I loose all faculties until coming around. Helps if someone makes a fist and pushes hard into my belly. ________________________________ From:shirley bell [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 4:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Passing Out no,I am 50. I'm sorry you are having this problem.We all have so many challenges. Mine is just discovering I have severe osteoporosis in my hips. Have you had any fractures? How long injured are you and how old. Best, Shirley Bell www.ShirleyBellDesigns.com ----- Original Message ----- >From:Merrill >To:'shirley bell' >Sent:Sunday, October 25, 2009 5:17 PM >Subject:RE: [QUAD-L] Passing Out > >Do yo mind if I ask if you are 34 years old or have you been in the chair that >long? > > ________________________________ >From:shirley bell [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 2:05 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Passing Out > >Hi Merril, no, I dont have that problem.Get checked by Dr. Good luck. Shirley >c/5-6 34 yrs >Best, >Shirley Bell > >www.ShirleyBellDesigns.com >----- Original Message ----- >>From:Merrill >>To:[email protected] >>Sent:Sunday, October 25, 2009 3:56 PM >>Subject:[QUAD-L] Passing Out >> >>I have had my C-5 injury short of twenty years now. In this time I have >>become familiar with low blood pressure. To help I have taken Ephedrine, >>Modderin and Espresso coffee. The abdominal binder is a major help This >>past year there has been an increase in episodes of nearly passing out, or >>whiting out as I describe. Fortunate for me is the tilt on my wheelchair >>where I have been increasingly spending much of my time. Lately if I begin >>talking I be come faint. I am worrying that something else is going on but >>wonder if this is common amongst older quads.
