Re: regarding the pulminologist

[Guest guest]

To follow up on this, my son was back in college full-time and working

part-time a month after surgery. (It helps to be 21 and otherwise

healthy.) He was told to be careful but not to obsess about getting

sick. He did have this fear that if he got a cold, he would never get

over it, so it was sort of a relief when he did catch a cold two or

three months after the transplant and recovered from it in a reasonable

amount of time.

Betsy

> My surgery was 12/9. I was back at work (part time) after 5 weeks, and

> I was full time after 8 weeks. You just need to be very, very careful.

> Make sure that any appointments you might have know that if they are

> ill, they should cancel the appointment. I told people that if they

> came to me sick, they were out the door (and so was their chance of

> earning my business). My co-workers were great - if they did not feel

> well, they told me to go away.

>

> It really is up to you and your tx team. One of my docs told me to

> live in a bubble for 12 weeks, the other one told me that he told his

> patients to do what was comfortable. If you wanted to go to the

> movies, then go. If someone near you is sneezing or coughing, ad you

> get nervous, move or leave. What he said to me made a lot of sense -

> that if my wife or son came home not feeling great, would I make them

> go to a hotel? Obviously not, so go out and do things. I went to the

> mall (in winter flu season!), the movies, and restaurants. I was just

> careful. Don't go to the mall at peek hours - carry Purell everywhere

> (I put a travel bottle in every coat that I own and 2 in the car). I

> used after opening doors, handling money, etc.

>

> I can totally understand your feelings. A week after being home I was

> working remotely. I read a lot of books, but after a while I just

> needed to be out.

>

> Good luck going back.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hey Tony,

Can you stand 7 more weeks of boredom while waiting to go back to work the

beginning of July? That sounds like a long way away, but I know it will be here

before we know it.

Do you like to read? Might be a good time to catch up on reading.

[Guest guest]

Hey Tony,

Can you stand 7 more weeks of boredom while waiting to go back to work the

beginning of July? That sounds like a long way away, but I know it will be here

before we know it.

Do you like to read? Might be a good time to catch up on reading.

[Guest guest]

Been reading, drawing, Playing on the computer, posting here,

visiting, walking, eating, eating, eating.... Damn that prednisone.

At least I havent gained to much weight.

Yeah I will make due in the meantime.

Oh the Lung doctor confirmed my self diagnosis, which I generally do

not do. The report claiming adnormal results in my pulminary test

was in fact... (big medical term comin) Reversable airway

obstruction... aka, Asthma.

A mild case that only reveals itself when exerted. I've told my

docs I thought I had asthma for years but when they listened to my

lungs or viewed my xrays they said that my lungs were clear.

Sure but when i run or strain myself my bronchia expand and I

cant get enough air in. At least Its not congestive.

Well thats it for now.

Tony C and Schmeagle...

Happy 2 month's in your new home Schmeagle....

> Hey Tony,

>

> Can you stand 7 more weeks of boredom while waiting to go back to

work the

> beginning of July? That sounds like a long way away, but I know it

will be here

> before we know it.

>

> Do you like to read? Might be a good time to catch up on reading.

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I have the same kind of asthma Tony. I take a steroid puffer for it, and I

take a puff of ventolin before any exercise - well, not always, but it

doesn't take much to trigger it.

Pierre

Re: regarding the pulminologist

>

> Been reading, drawing, Playing on the computer, posting here,

> visiting, walking, eating, eating, eating.... Damn that prednisone.

> At least I havent gained to much weight.

>

>

> Yeah I will make due in the meantime.

>

>

> Oh the Lung doctor confirmed my self diagnosis, which I generally do

> not do. The report claiming adnormal results in my pulminary test

> was in fact... (big medical term comin) Reversable airway

> obstruction... aka, Asthma.

>

> A mild case that only reveals itself when exerted. I've told my

> docs I thought I had asthma for years but when they listened to my

> lungs or viewed my xrays they said that my lungs were clear.

> Sure but when i run or strain myself my bronchia expand and I

> cant get enough air in. At least Its not congestive.

>

> Well thats it for now.

> Tony C and Schmeagle...

>

>