Wow, John, is this something we all have to look forward to? I've said it before, quad life is a bitch, and as we age it just grows uglier.
Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > Resent-From: [email protected] > From: "John S." <[email protected]> > Date: May 24, 2012 12:50:26 EDT > To: quad-list <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] pneunomia > Reply-To: "John S." <[email protected]> > > I was diagnosed with COPD a few years ago with the same problems I have heard > described here. I had accepted that as an old quad it was natural that I only > got a few hours sleep a night and I often needed my emergency inhaler. Last > year I had surgery for a colostomy and a supra-pubic catheter. I spent three > days intabated on a vent. The doctor insisted I go for a sleep study. It is a > new world. I stopped breathing 93 times per hour. With a bi-pap machine I > sleep 7 1/2 to 10 hours per night. No more rescue inhaler. I was told this > is common among quads. > I hope this helps some of you. > bext wishes, > john > > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2012 2:23 PM > Subject: [QUAD-L] pneunomia > > Good afternoon everybody, > > I'd just returning from the resort that I visited for the past three years. > It seems I've had standing reservations within two weeks of a May 1. Funny, > they can't diagnose me as bronchitis, pneumonia, or maybe even athletes foot. > > Seriously, for the past three years I needed to be transported to the > hospital because of shortness of breath. In 2011 and 2012, both times were > preceded by not being able to sleep. I tried everything to sleep except for > prescription, within an hour and a half I was wide awake. > > In 2011 and 2012 I did not have a fever, then bang, a fever would start and > within three days I was in the hospital. In 2011 I stopped breathing, but in > 2012 just felt very short of breath and it scared the hell out of me. I was > not having any physical symptoms other than not sleeping. On Saturday > morning I was breathing fine, ran some errands, what flowers in a greenhouse, > and by the end of the day my throat was sore from drainage of the nasal > cavities. > > My question: does anything sound familiar? > > Glenn Henry > > >
