RE: Health Goals 2020 | Peak Flow Readings and Building Breathing Capacity
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Great post. I had pneumonia once and my peak flow meter went to 10 percent. It was horrifying - my partner didn't believe I couldn't breath until I couldn't walk two metres to the toilet. he called an ambulance. I use a lot of pranyama to strengthen my lungs too. Being asthmatic sucks, but there ARE things we can do to help.
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Thank you :)
So sorry to hear about your experience with pneumonia, that must have been terrifying!
The peak flow meter is a really helpful tool for managing and self-managing asthma, good readings provide positive reinforcement and lower ones alert you to do something. This is the first time I've done this kind of analysis and I was interested how closely the readings mapped changes in me (the infection) and in external factors (like no traffic in the first month).
Hope you are feeling much better now - I'm guessing you are out of quarantine?
yes, we've been out for about 6 weeks now. It took me a while to recover. Now we're about to go into lockdown again!
I used to have a peak flow meter but I have no idea where it is now. A really handy tool, you're right!