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Post by David on Mar 23, 2015 9:25:21 GMT -5
Sally Brown
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Post by David on Mar 22, 2015 17:01:36 GMT -5
Thanks Mary, Deborah and Barb
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Post by David on Mar 21, 2015 20:40:49 GMT -5
Thanks Jim
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Post by David on Mar 20, 2015 8:52:16 GMT -5
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Post by David on Mar 19, 2015 11:59:23 GMT -5
ronwright60 Welcome to the group
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Post by David on Mar 18, 2015 21:59:38 GMT -5
This stunning time-lapse of flowers blooming with get you ready for spring
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Post by David on Mar 18, 2015 10:24:54 GMT -5
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Post by David on Mar 18, 2015 10:06:50 GMT -5
Thanks Gerald for the info. I have been interested in this for years but Al warned me not to get my hopes up a few years ago.
My Pulmonary Doctor told me last year that the FDA did not approve this. So I have been slowly giving up on Stem Cell Treatment for me.
Now after that article I can put my hopes of Stem Cell to rest. Like the article says, maybe 20 years from now.
I remember when I was diagnosed with emphysema in 1983, I thought to myself surely there will be a way to stop the progression in the next 20 years. Here it is now over 30 years and still no cure.
This is the site I had been looking at lunginstitute.com/
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Post by David on Mar 17, 2015 21:17:24 GMT -5
Sorry to hear this. Rest in Peace Peter.
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maggie
Mar 17, 2015 21:14:12 GMT -5
Post by David on Mar 17, 2015 21:14:12 GMT -5
Maggie and Welcome to the group.
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Post by David on Mar 17, 2015 21:13:32 GMT -5
shumilady and Welcome to the group.
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Post by David on Mar 17, 2015 11:59:49 GMT -5
EarthCam and the Temple Bar Pharmacy have teamed up to deliver exclusive live views of the Temple Bar section in Dublin, Ireland. This famous city spot is a major center for nightlife, restaurants and bars and is a must-see for many tourists.
www.earthcam.com/world/ireland/dublin/?cam=templebar …
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Post by David on Mar 16, 2015 19:24:13 GMT -5
I was told that the 'super food' of exercise is walking.
I try and go to the hospital Wellness Center 5 days a week and walk 30 to 45 minutes on the tread mill.
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Post by David on Mar 16, 2015 10:27:05 GMT -5
This part of the article was interesting news.
In Clark's case, the XPS not only kept a pair of donor lungs "alive" for him but also flushed them out so they could be reused. Without the machine, they would have been rejected and thrown away, his doctor said after the surgery.
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Post by David on Mar 15, 2015 22:06:54 GMT -5
This should help some people.
My Pulmonary Doctor did a CT Scan on me and told me I am not a candidate for endobronchial lung volume reduction (ELVR) because my emphysema is spreading through both my lungs equally. There is not enough good left when the bad is cut out.
Lots being done in medicine now so there is always hope.
Read this at the bottom of the article...
Since it was introduced, Pulmonx has been used on more than 4,000 COPD patients around the world.
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Post by David on Mar 15, 2015 21:48:23 GMT -5
XVIVO Perfusion System — XPS, for short
www.xvivoperfusion.com/products/normothermic-perfusion/xps-xvivo-perfusion-system/
The XPS, which looks part Zamboni and part robot waiter with a dinner platter, pushes a specialized solution through the pulmonary artery and out the left atrium, giving the illusion the disembodied lungs are breathing on their own, rising and falling in ghostly rhythmic patterns, as they are examined inside and out.
Doctors get an extra four to six hours to feel them, eyeball them, X-ray them, use scopes to check them internally and test them to determine whether they are adequately exchanging oxygen and carbon dioxide.
Clark was the 67th patient in the U.S. — the fourth with cystic fibrosis — to receive lungs from the XVIVO Perfusion System.
Robin Erb, Detroit Free Press www.wtsp.com/story/news/nation/2015/03/15/lungs-kept-alive-machine-transplant/24817511/
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Post by David on Mar 15, 2015 21:42:42 GMT -5
WOW! Machine keeps lungs 'alive' outside the body
on.wtsp.com/1GaTdXU
DETROIT — The medical marvel that saved Kyle Clark's life is about as fantastical as any story the comic books superfan could conceive.
A new machine developed by the University of Michigan keeps donor lungs "alive" outside the human body for up to six hours. That gives doctors critical extra time to inspect the lungs as the machine pumps special fluid through them, essentially "reconditioning" them for transplant, said Dr. Paul Lange, the medical director for Gift of Life Michigan.
He calls it a "game changer" that will preserve lungs that might otherwise get thrown away as unusable.
"People die every day on waiting lists for transplants," he said.
Clark, 25, of Imlay City, Mich., was the first in Michigan to get lungs from the new XVIVO Perfusion System — XPS, for short. He jokes it might be more believable to tell people a charging bear slashed open his chest. Reality, he said, is "like something out of science fiction."
Clark was born with cystic fibrosis, a genetic condition that triggers mucus buildup in the lungs and other organs. That not only makes it difficult to breathe and digest food, it can lead to infection, lung failure and early death. Life expectancy varies, depending on the severity of the disease in each person.
He can finally breathe, he said, but only after life-saving surgery last month and a harrowing wait that almost killed him.
In Clark's case, the XPS not only kept a pair of donor lungs "alive" for him but also flushed them out so they could be reused. Without the machine, they would have been rejected and thrown away, his doctor said after the surgery.
"I feel great," Clark said last week from his hospital room. "I can't remember the last time I felt this way."
Robin Erb, Detroit Free Press
(Photo: Jessica J. Trevino, Detroit Free Press)
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Post by David on Mar 14, 2015 19:09:38 GMT -5
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Post by David on Mar 14, 2015 18:50:44 GMT -5
How does the bird find that guy?
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Post by David on Mar 13, 2015 22:28:05 GMT -5
Here are the 2 eaglet's sleeping. sleeping
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Post by David on Mar 13, 2015 22:24:21 GMT -5
The eaglets are getting as big as their parents. This is Romeo and Juliet’s kids. They have 2. Eagles
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Post by David on Mar 13, 2015 16:12:25 GMT -5
Found this from US National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health
Vitamin A and emphysema. Baybutt RC1, Molteni A.
Abstract
Within the last several years, research scientists and clinicians have been intrigued with the potential use of an active form of vitamin A, retinoic acid (RA), for the treatment and prevention of emphysema. The interest in this area can be largely attributed to the work of Massaro and Massaro (1996, 1997, 2000) in which they presented evidence that RA partially protects against and to some degree restores elastase-induced emphysema in rats.
The mechanism for this protective effect of RA is in part related to elastin metabolism. RA also inhibits inflammation, an upstream event that may lead to the development of emphysema. Although there is evidence of this protective effect in young rats and a mechanistic explanation, more studies are needed in humans in order to establish a role for vitamin A in protecting against emphysema.
Too many unanswered questions remain to definitively state that vitamin A protects against this disease in humans. Nevertheless, the potential for this novel approach in prevention and treatment of emphysema is an exciting area of research.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17368323
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Post by David on Mar 13, 2015 14:45:29 GMT -5
Will be interesting to see what the Doctor says. Emphysema would show up on the x-ray. Mine did when it was just a spot over 30 years ago.
From what I have read having COPD doesn't necessarily mean you have emphysema. I have never been told I have over-inflated lungs so I do not know what that means.
The test will tell.
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Post by David on Mar 12, 2015 22:37:22 GMT -5
AJ, Welcome to the Group
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Post by David on Mar 12, 2015 20:00:27 GMT -5
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Post by David on Mar 12, 2015 19:56:19 GMT -5
Well, that is interesting. I would be happy just to slow the progression.
Baybutt and team fed the lung damaged rats a diet rich in vitamin A. The result was promising to say the least. “We saw that the areas of emphysema were effectively reduced,” he said.
At the end of the article is says there is a list but I don't see the list.
Instead of waiting for Big Pharma’s synthetic, negative side –effect laden miracle drug to reverse lung tissue damage, why not make your own beta –carotene medicine from real food? Here’s a list of the top 10 foods highest in beta carotene.
I will see if I can find it.
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Post by David on Mar 11, 2015 10:05:01 GMT -5
March 11th is National Worship of Tools Day!
The National Worship of Tools Day is a favorite holiday of many a Dad!
Got a favorite tool?
I liked the table saw.
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Post by David on Mar 10, 2015 22:37:46 GMT -5
Nice
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Post by David on Mar 10, 2015 21:34:46 GMT -5
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Post by David on Mar 10, 2015 20:36:49 GMT -5
I use the silicon cannulas (thanks Al) and I have 50 foot silicon oxygen tubing. It lays well on the floor.
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