FEV1 today, 2 months post-tx: 1.67L or 67%
(ok so i lied: it was 1.67L when I checked lastnight and 1.64L right now, but a 4% decrease isn't anything to be concerned about - but 1.67L sounds more impressive than 1.64L)
SO YAY! I am 43% higher than i was just 2 months ago! CRAZINESS!
Today I met with Jenna and The Yukon here in TO for a late lunch, and then we gallavanted to the giant HMV. Soon after they had to depart for the subway and I walked all the way from Yonge St to our place in under 20 minutes without getting out of breath. I didn't even think about it - it's so crazy. I feel normal, i can't describe it. To use the stairs and not even be slightly out of breath? Maddness. Complete insanity.
Chubby face alert from today. I blame my hood.
.JPG)
3 comments:
bree you look stunning.
Congrats on the awesome recovery!
Ok, I can't let this go b/c I'm such a numbers geek. Something's not adding up. If you are at 67% right now, then your predicted FEV1 (100% capacity) would be 2.5 Liters.
1.67L/2.5L = (about) 67%
Using the same predicted value, your pre-tx percentages were actually
0.8L/2.5L = 32%
Maybe you were actually 0.5L pre tx, because that would be 20%.
*steps out of math classroom*
Dam I feel like you did then...my L were .84 today argh!!!!!!!!
And you look great!!!! Now that I am on Prednisone I guess I need to look for the swelling...phooey haha!!!!
<3 you!!!!
Post a Comment