Pulmonary Fibrosis News Forums | Walter Gerstmann | Activity https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/members/hellonet/activity/ Activity feed for Walter Gerstmann. Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:28:41 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.20.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 41ae4423d7c0ad2d763ed818f78b63d8 Walter Gerstmann replied to the discussion Oxygen in the forum Welcome Lounge https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/oxygen-3/page/7/#post-35897 Tue, 05 Sep 2023 20:36:52 -0500 Reply to Oxygen

Please be aware our bodies die not store oxygen.

We benefit only while we are receiving oxygen.

Breathlessness is not a sign of low oxygen.

We become breathless when the carbon dioxide, a waste product, builds uo in our lungs. Purse-lip breathing helps clear carbon dioxide – so does blowing up a balloon, and its faster. Blow into the balloon…

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]]> 8768192e1b5cb539e11694005d8ec332 Walter Gerstmann replied to the discussion Following quarantine etc. does a positive home test mean I am still contagious? in the forum Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Pulmonary Fibrosis https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/following-quarantine-etc-does-a-positive-home-test-mean-i-am-still-contagious/#post-34695 Wed, 22 Mar 2023 13:16:03 -0500 Reply to Following quarantine etc. does a positive home test mean I am still contagious?

Inconsistent Antigen Test results:
I received Quickvue tests from CVS and USPS free tests. On days 24 and 25, I got negative results using the BinaxNow tests. On day 26, I was congested and tested positive with a Quickvue test. On day 27, I did three tests: Quickvue positive, BinaxNow negative, and Quickvue positive. The control strip was… Read more

]]> 44d2ce1819f6de354e444ad911116666 Walter Gerstmann started the discussion Following quarantine etc. does a positive home test mean I am still contagious? in the forum Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Pulmonary Fibrosis https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/following-quarantine-etc-does-a-positive-home-test-mean-i-am-still-contagious/ Fri, 17 Mar 2023 21:15:20 -0500 Following quarantine etc. does a positive home test mean I am still contagious?

After having Covid-19 and Paxlovid, and following the 5-day quarantine and 5-day masking, does a positive home test mean I am still contagious?

]]> bd6c614ff715632a4b1a66900f34b5c6 Walter Gerstmann replied to the discussion What is your experience with Curcumin? in the forum PF Life: 50+ https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/what-is-your-experience-with-curcumin/#post-32949 Thu, 25 Aug 2022 22:12:06 -0500 Reply to What is your experience with Curcumin?

I am an 84 year old man. I have been taking curcumin as Tumeric capsules bought from Costco (the one in the square black bottle, not Kirkland) for at least the last ten years. The recommended dose on the bottle is two capsules; I take one capsule a day every day. In February 2022, I was diagnosed with mild IPF. Perhaps the Tumeric has kept it… Read more

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