She’s a longtime meditator which often involves concentration on breathing.
she describes the difficulty breathing she had in paintful excruciating detail and the help she got from her meditation practice. quelling panic from not getting much o2. etc.
seems like she was right on the edge of being eligible for a ventilator.
frankly it was inspirational. i hope not to be put to the test, but there may be ways for us to care for our own breathing that could help us avoid being put on a ventilator,which frankly, if I can possibly avoid, I would really like to avoid.
this might be a good time to focus on our breathing meditation.[/quote]
This might explain why some people who are in better shape are surviving better. It’s maybe not be simply obesity itself, maybe it’s closer to the oxygen lung capacity. What I mean, is if you take someone that does a lot of cardio, his/her lung capacity is probably significantly more than someone that doesn’t do cardio. That extra capacity for oxygen might be what is allowing someone to survive covid versus someone who cant get enough oxygen. Same thing could be said for smokers. Unfortunately, this doesn’t bode well for people with asthma. And for someone that just goes to the gym to lift weights without doing cardio, that probably won’t help that much either in increasing your chances of winning over covid.
Don’t quit your 2-3 miles run each day.
I did the Potato Chip @ Mt Woodson hike over the weekend. 2.5 hours around the back. A 48 year old woman in our group *ran* the entire Potato Chip backtrail in 1 1/2 hr wearing a mask and didn’t even complain about being tired in the end. That was impressive. If you ever tried running with a mask on, it makes a pretty big difference assuming you are wearing it correctly.
ltsdd. Some are suspecting that the ventilators are not helping people and could cause lung damage, so some doctors are trying to avoid using them. In many cases, they are trying much milder things such as CPAP and oxygen concentrators…which is why I bought one before restrictions went into place on purchasing these.
