Showing posts with label Treatments. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Treatments. Show all posts

Friday, May 2, 2014

Airway Clearance

What is Airway Clearance?! 

Airway clearance helps loosen the sticky mucus from the lungs so it can be huffed or coughed out. Airway clearance helps Cfers stay healthy and breathe easier. Clearing the airways also reduces lung infections and improves lung function, It is typically done after inhaled medications. There are many different forms of airway clearance and they work differently for everyone. 

I always do PepMask seen in the photo, combined with"Somergenics" which is my own version of a combo between autogenic drainage and active cycle. Which is basically a breathing technique with different levels of breathing that moves the mucus up, so I can huff it out. As the CFer gets older they will be able to tell what works for them and what doesn't. 
Breathe out Love! Xo ❤ 


Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Flu and Cold Season...

Bring it on....

I'm as ready as I can get!

Elbows!!!! Its elbow time not to be confused with Hammer time ;) So when you go to hug or shake someone's hands try giving them Bows!!! Especially if you are feeling under the weather!



I stocked up on Purell... I have it in my handbag, coat pocket, car, and throughout my house.


Got my Flu shot! (remember your flu shot takes 2 weeks to start working so think about getting it soon)


Some Things that I do to help keep me healthy that I swear by...

1. Frequent hand-washing, when you can't wash Purell!!

2. "Hands-off-the-face" approach. Resist all temptations to touch any part of face. If I have a itch I will use the inside of my shirt to itch it or a tissue.

3. Gargle with warm salt water.... I always gargle at the end of every night. Simple gargling prevents proliferation. In a way, gargling with warm salt water has the same effect on a healthy individual that Tamiflu has on an infected one. Don't underestimate this simple, inexpensive and powerful preventative method.

4. A daily sinus rinse... Again I always do mine before I start my nightly treatments. I use a packet per nostril! Similar to 3 above, salt water is very effective In bringing down viral population.

5. Boost your natural immunity with foods that are rich in Vit C and D or take a vit C and D supplement. I take many vitamins I think its very important to keep up on all your vitamin levels so you can stay healthy.

6. Drink as much warm liquids as you can. This is a pretty easy step I love my Starbucks!!! Some yummy examples and some of my favs are coffee, hot choc, tea, or a hot chai. Drinking warm liquids has the same effect as gargling, but in the reverse direction. They wash off proliferating viruses from the throat into the stomach where they cannot survive.


I'd love to hear more tips if you guys have any. 

Stay healthy this winter and please if you're sick stay home!!! I can guarantee you no  one wants your boogs! Xo 

Monday, March 8, 2010

38 is Great!

Yahoo!! Take that sinus/cold whatever you were... You didn't stand a chance!

With all my new remedies, doubled all my USANA, upped my treatments to 4 a day, eating healthy and resting, can do the body good! I blew a 38 no 42 but 2 pts higher than last time thats the right direction. I am very happy with my clinic visit today :)

So since I have been streaking and Garlic does act as a blood thinner I am stopping it at this time. I am bummed I was really excited about it. I streak on TOBI and I stop that on Wed so if the streaking stops I will see how I do on taking it 3 days a week. I want to start Elderberry... Anyone tried this? It comes in capsule and juice form. It has similar results to the garlic minus the blood thinning property. I am going to go get some this week I will keep you all posted.

I am loving my honey!! I have been eating honey sandwiches daily. Local honey too, it will be interesting to see how my allergies are this spring.

Yay my background is back!!

Happy Mon everyone!! Make it a GREAT day! Xo

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Honey Do


Ok I am always looking for some new health tips and I got this info below in a e mail...
Well I LOVE Honey so I am going to add it to my daily regime. A spoonful of honey and cinnamon yes please, or on a piece of whole wheat toast. mmmm yum!
I also read that if you buy a local honey then it will help minimize your seasonal allergies. Which makes total sense to me so I am off to get me a jar.

Honey can be used without any side effects for any kind of diseases. I am SOLD!

Today's science says that even though honey is sweet, if taken in the right dosage as a medicine, it does not harm diabetic patients.

Weekly World News, a magazine in Canada , in its issue dated 17 January,1995 has given the following list of diseases that can be cured by honey and cinnamon as researched by western scientists:

HEART DISEASES:

Make a paste of honey and cinnamon powder, apply on bread, instead of jelly and jam, and eat it regularly for breakfast. It reduces the cholesterol in the arteries and saves the patient from heart attack. Also, those who have already had an attack, if they do this process daily, they are kept miles away from the next attack. Regular use of the above process relieves loss of breath and strengthens the heart beat. In America and Canada , various nursing homes have treated patients successfully and have found that as you age, the arteries and veins lose their flexibility and get clogged; honey and cinnamon revitalize the arteries and veins.

ARTHRITIS:

Arthritis patients may take daily, morning and night, one cup of hot water with two spoons of honey and one small teaspoon of cinnamon powder. If taken regularly even chronic arthritis can be cured.. In a recent research conducted at the Copenhagen University , it was found that when the doctors treated their patients with a mixture of one tablespoon Honey and half teaspoon Cinnamon powder before breakfast, they found that within a week, out of the 200 people so treated, practically 73 patients were totally relieved of pain, and within a month, mostly all the patients who could not walk or move around because of arthritis started walking without pain.

BLADDER INFECTIONS:

Take two tablespoons of cinnamon powder and one teaspoon of honey in a glass of lukewarm water and drink it. It destroys the germs in the bladder.

CHOLESTEROL:

Two tablespoons of honey and three teaspoons of Cinnamon Powder mixed in 16 ounces of tea water, given to a cholesterol patient, was found to reduce the level of cholesterol in the blood by 10 percent within two hours. As mentioned for arthritic patients, if taken three times a day, any chronic cholesterol is cured. According to information received in the said Journal, pure honey taken with food daily relieves complaints of cholesterol. I'm going to start using a tub of Cinnamon Honey Butter a week.

COLDS:

Those suffering from common or severe colds should take one tablespoon lukewarm honey with 1/4 spoon cinnamon powder daily for three days. This process will cure most chronic cough, cold, and clear the sinuses.

UPSET STOMACH:

Honey taken with cinnamon powder cures stomach ache and also clears stomach ulcers from the root.

GAS:

According to the studies done in India and Japan , it is revealed that if Honey is taken with cinnamon powder the stomach is relieved of gas.

IMMUNE SYSTEM:

Daily use of honey and cinnamon powder strengthens the immune system and protects the body from bacteria and viral attacks.. Scientists have found that honey has various vitamins and iron in large amounts. Constant use of Honey strengthens the white blood corpuscles to fight bacterial and viral diseases.

INDIGESTION:

Cinnamon powder sprinkled on two tablespoons of honey taken before food relieves acidity and digests the heaviest of meals.

INFLUENZA:

A scientist in Spain has proved that honey contains a natural ' Ingredient' which kills the influenza germs and saves the patient from flu.

LONGEVITY:

Tea made with honey and cinnamon powder, when taken regularly, arrests the ravages of old age. Take four spoons of honey, one spoon of cinnamon powder, and three cups of water and boil to make like tea. Drink 1/4 cup, three to four times a day. It keeps the skin fresh and soft and arrests old age. Life spans also increase and even a 100 year old, starts performing the chores of a 20-year-old.

PIMPLES:

Three tablespoons of honey and one teaspoon of cinnamon powder paste. Apply this paste on the pimples before sleeping and wash it next morning with warm water. If done daily for two weeks, it removes pimples from the root.

SKIN INFECTIONS:

Applying honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts on the affected parts cures eczema, ringworm and all types of skin infections.

WEIGHT LOSS:

Daily in the morning one half hour before breakfast on an empty stomach, and at night before sleeping, drink honey and cinnamon powder boiled in one cup of water. If taken regularly, it reduces the weight of even the most obese person. Also, drinking this mixture regularly does not allow the fat to accumulate in the body even though the person may eat a high calorie diet.

CANCER:

Recent research in Japan and Australia has revealed that advanced cancer of the stomach and bones have been cured successfully. Patients suffering from these kinds of cancer should daily take one tablespoon of honey with one teaspoon of cinnamon powder for one month three times a day.

FATIGUE:

Recent studies have shown that the sugar content of honey is more helpful rather than being detrimental to the strength of the body. Senior citizens, who take honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts, are more alert and flexible. Dr. Milton, who has done research, says that a half tablespoon of honey taken in a glass of water and sprinkled with cinnamon powder, taken daily after brushing and in the afternoon at about 3:00 P.M. when the vitality of the body starts to decrease, increases the vitality of the body within a week..

BAD BREATH:

People of South America , first thing in the morning, gargle with one teaspoon of honey and cinnamon powder mixed in hot water, so their breath stays fresh throughout the day.


HEARING LOSS:

Daily morning and night honey and cinnamon powder, taken in equal parts restore s hearing. Remember when we were kids? We had toast with real butter and cinnamon sprinkled on it!

Friday, February 26, 2010

Not a fan


of Garlic....

I never eat it.

I can't stand the smell or the taste!

However while pulling out all the stops trying to get rid of my cold/sinus whatever I have. I started taking a garlic supplement it's 650 mg once a day. It acts as a natural antibiotic that you never build resistance to, so I am giving it a go. They used it back in the day to cure everything from the common cold to the plague. So far I think it is doing some great things I'm not sure yet, but my mucus seems thinner and my cold/sinus thing is well on its way out the door. If not gone completely just don't want to jinx myself.

Since I am not a fan of garlic and I hardly ever consume it my body is probably not use to it which might make it work that much better? Kind of like when you haven't been on IV antibiotics in a long time and then you get on them and bam, they are instantly working their magic.

I have TOBI voice... Sexy? Manly? everyone has their different take ;)

Does anyone else take garlic pills?

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

TOBI Time!


Well it's that time again.... Time to add TOBI into the mix. TOBI is an inhaled antibiotic that is used 28 days on and 28 days off, it helps keep pseudo at bay. I am so lucky that I am still able to use this it does make me bronchospasm a bit so some times I will use it 2 weeks on 2 weeks off. When I am not on TOBI I am on Aztreonam the drug that was finally passed earlier this week.

For those of us that are on TOBI know to prepare for long treatments, it can take anywhere from 30 -45 min... I have 4 inhaled meds in the am and 3 in the pm so it can make for long treatment times. I use this time to catch up on e mails, Face book , Blogging, Perez Hilton, basically its my time to be on the world wide web, I also like to get some reading in.


Here is Baby D doing her TOBI she is such a lil trooper! I remember when I was lil I could just fall fast asleep as soon as I started getting pounded.
What do you do during your treatments?

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Finally...

CF Foundation Plays Important Role in Bringing New Inhaled Antibiotic Cayston® to Patients

February 22, 2010

I have been on Aztreonam now since about June of 08 I was part of the early release program and I ABSOLUTELY love it! It's nebulized 3x a day with the E flow and takes about 3 min. You do it on your off months from TOBI. I really feel like it's made a difference in my life and I am excited for it to help the rest of you!

U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved an important new inhaled antibiotic called Cayston® (aztreonam for inhalation solution) today for the treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF). The drug was made possible by significant support from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, including a $1 million investment by a Foundation subsidiary to help develop the therapy.

Developed by Gilead Sciences, Inc., Cayston offers a much-needed antibiotic alternative for CF patients who battle recurrent lung infections and develop resistance to existing antibiotics. Lung infections are the leading cause of death in CF.

Cayston is the first CF drug to advance — from beginning to end — through the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s Therapeutics Development Program, which is designed to speed the creation of new CF therapies. In addition, Cystic Fibrosis Services, Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Foundation, will be one of only several pharmacies in the country distributing the drug.

Cayston will be available by the end of next week.

“The approval of Cayston demonstrates that our drug development model is working and making a real difference in the lives of people with cystic fibrosis,” said Robert J. Beall, Ph.D. president and CEO of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. “We are delighted to have a new antibiotic in the arsenal to help fight the life-threatening infections associated with this disease, as we continue to push forward with other therapies that address the underlying cause of CF.”

The Foundation supported Cayston at each stage of development, from providing an initial therapeutics development award, to making the Foundation’s clinical trials network available to test the drug in patients, to advocating with the FDA for the drug’s approval.

“The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s early funding and ongoing support for Cayston played an important role in bringing this new therapy to patients,” said Bruce Montgomery, M.D., senior vice president, head of Respiratory Therapeutics, Gilead Sciences. “We are thrilled to help meet an urgent medical need for CF patients, and to support the Foundation’s mission to improve the lives of people with this terrible disease.”

Cayston is administered with a new device called Altera that allows patients to take the medicine in less than five minutes, a fraction of the time required for other inhaled antibiotics. This shortened delivery time reduces the burden on patients, who — on average — have a treatment regimen of three to four hours per day.

Patients interested in learning more about Cayston should consult their physicians.


Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Lung Flute Update...

Ok Ronnie here is your video.... It's really hard to video yourself. Could my eyes get any BIGGER? ;)

The Lung Flute reminds me a lot of the Flutter. I would say the Pep mask is still my very favorite tho. I don't like how long the flute takes to dry, but it does work. I use it every other day and I only use it for 1 of my 3 treatments. Its a good change to add to the mix.

Has anyone else tried out the Lung Flute? Would love to know what you thought.


Tuesday, February 9, 2010

add it to the mix


I love trying new airway clearance techniques!

I got my Lung Flute in the mail yesterday...

Good news its dishwasher safe... Phew I am glad it didn't melt when I stuck it in there.

warning
TMI INFO BELOW

I used it for my second treatment yesterday. As I was getting the hang of it what angle to hold it etc. I was moving things around. After I was down I was still getting some stuff out and then I got out a plug that was from way down deep. Judging on the color. The Lung Flute is suppose to work on getting the deepest secretions out, so so far so good... I'll keep you posted.

I am going to try it again today. But one thing I don't like about the Lung flute is it takes forever to dry. So I will probably only use it once a day and continue with my pep mask am and pm.

If you want to read more about the Lung Flute CLICK HERE