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Kathi MacNaughton

Living with Asthma

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Is There an At Home Spirometer in Your Future?

One of the ways a doctor can decide if you have COPD is to perform lung function testing. One of the devices used for this is something you breathe into called a spirometer. Spirometers measure airflow and how well lungs are working. When you breathe into this device, it measures the amount of air you are breathing in and out, as well as... Read more Chevron

posted 02/12/2012, comments (0)|

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Rena

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I enjoy camping, music, arts and crafts. I am looking forward to enjoying the company of those with RA and struggle with depression like me. ;-)

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I've been kicked to the curb, but I'm getting back up now.

I haven't done a share post in a while, so I thought I'd share. I've been through a rough patch this last year. I had carpul tunnel release surgeries on both hands which required me to stop my Enbrel for a while. That caused multiple really lovely RA flares. Then after years (5 to be exact) of my complants of pain in both my elbows, I... Read more Chevron

posted 01/15/2012, comments (6)|

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Kathleen MacNaughton

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Nutrition and COPD - When Keeping Weight ON Is a Problem

A while back, I talked about how to eat healthy to avoid gaining too much weight when COPD makes it hard to stay active and burn calories. But many people who have COPD actually have the opposite problem -- keeping weight on. As your disease progresses and makes breathing ever more difficult, you can find that the mere act of eating a... Read more Chevron

posted 05/27/2011, comment (1)|

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Kathi MacNaughton

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RN health writer & family caregiver for a person living with COPD

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New Blood Test May Detect COPD Much Earlier Than Traditional Diagnostic Methods

COPD/Emphysema often goes undiagnosed, sometimes for years, after it actually starts to cause damage to the airways and lungs. As the third leading cause of death in the United States, this is problematic. When COPD is not diagnosed and treated, damage to the lungs can occur that could have been prevented or at least slowed down. And that... Read more Chevron

posted 05/05/2011, comment (1)|

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Battle of the Med.'s, the Mind and My RA.

I am going to have to revisit my medications and evaluate what is working and what is not working...Again! I guess that is just going to be how it is for those of us with RA. We start a medication and some work well and some have to be stopped due to side effects or etc. Then...the ones that do... Read more Chevron

posted 04/13/2011, comments (16)|

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