Hi everybody I haven’t posted anything since I started my respiratory rehab, so thought it might be good to update this page. Friday marked my first full day of work since before Christmas. I have made pretty positive strides with my endurance, it’s up about 17% since I started rehab. I still require supplemental oxygen when I concentrate (as we found that I tend to hold my breath when I’m thinking), and I had a high altitude simulation test which determined I have to have oxygen when I fly. Airplanes are pressurized to 15% oxygen, as opposed to the 21% we have a sea level, so when the flight is longer than ten minutes, I need a little help with that! I guess no parachute jumps are in the offing! So if I go to Tahoe or Yosemite, same rules will apply. It’s a small thing. People at work sometimes do a double-take when they enter my office if I’m wearing my oxygen, but everyone has been very kind – there’s been so much change at work this summer, I find everyone is trying to be extra thoughtful of me, which I so appreciate. I’m just thankful I didn’t suffer any sort of brain damage, and that I have as much mobility as I do. My dear husband Richard has taken wonderful care of me and our home, as so many of the simple tasks are still physically taxing for me, but that is slowly improving too. He put a special bracket on the back of our riding mower for Junior, my oxygen machine, so I can at least get out and mow if I want! As if I’m mowing much, given the drought around here! But still, I want to get back where I can share the load a little more evenly, but for right now, I have to focus on trying to manage a full work week, instead of the 75% time I’ve been working in September. Thanks to everyone in my cheering section and prayer circles, your support has been so helpful in keeping my spirits high. Please don’t forget to get a flu shot this year, so you can avoid having to take this journey!
Posted on: Sun, 05 Oct 2014 18:34:02 +0000
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