Pulmonary Fibrosis News Forums | michael lewis mcdowell | Activity https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/members/mac1/activity/ Activity feed for michael lewis mcdowell. Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:03:37 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.20.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 9c50910b1d04048a9e625ecb9a70e8b1 michael lewis mcdowell started the discussion chills in the forum Healthcare Questions https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/chills/ Tue, 16 Apr 2024 21:04:47 -0500 chills

i have started to get chills down my spine after coughing bad. Any one else have this problem? What could be the cause?

]]> 9379d9f840b51821998975ca2826296c michael lewis mcdowell replied to the discussion Apple watch oxygen app vs. other pulse oximeters in the forum Welcome Lounge https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/apple-watch-oxygen-app-vs-other-pulse-oximeters/#post-36434 Wed, 03 Jan 2024 02:40:28 -0600 Reply to Apple watch oxygen app vs. other pulse oximeters

Hi, i am the same, I even went into the high 60’s several times. When were you diagnosed ?

2020 was my notice.

Mike

]]> 4b0cff17dd9116be0798ea26b101b3fa michael lewis mcdowell posted a new activity comment https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/activity/p/26229/#acomment-33470 Thu, 19 May 2022 20:08:24 -0500 hi yesterday i put on some information about a product that has helped me a great deal while waring a mask. It is from Easy Flow. I was wondering if that information will be published?
thanks,
mike

In reply to - michael lewis mcdowell became a registered member ]]> 78a94a657ab903e7a016833047914de2 michael lewis mcdowell replied to the discussion OFEV low 02 levels in the forum Welcome Lounge https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/ofev-low-02-levels/#post-31225 Wed, 02 Mar 2022 16:44:26 -0600 Reply to OFEV low 02 levels

I have had the same thing happen to me. My O2 levels drop any time I do any kind of activity (low 80’s to low 70’s). Any time I do any kind of work or go outside and walk around my O2 level drops very low.
When you went back on Esbiret did your levels go back up? Also have very sore muscles, hands, feet, back, legs etc….
Mike

]]> 6def627b8de66710fa524e27676f253e michael lewis mcdowell replied to the discussion Prospective change of meds: OFEV to Perfenidone in the forum Welcome Lounge https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/prospective-change-of-meds-ofev-to-perfenidone/#post-30730 Wed, 12 Jan 2022 14:44:05 -0600 Reply to Prospective change of meds: OFEV to Perfenidone

I was on Esbriet for two years (3 tablets a day)  and had very few problems. The only problem I had was skin trouble. Dry bumpy skin on my face and head (pre-cancer, so my Dermatologist said). I have had no gastrointestinal side effects. I can eat anything I want. I have just been changed to OFEV. The reason the Doctor changed me was because… Read more

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