Raymond C. King

Hi Kathy Medina, Laura, and Charlene,

I have noticed that Charlene hasn’t been posting as much as she had been so I figured she had to slack off for some reason. I know she is always under a lot of stress though and has to get away from it a little.

I experienced the dizziness that you all have mentioned. I had thought that it was due to d…[Read more]

Hi Charlene,

Thanks for letting me know that I can post Internet links ok in plain text. I will know what the message meant that I got when I posted to you on the forum, I will know not to worry next time.

I will check out Mark’s column “Gonna Live my Life” as soon as I can. I’m working on my taxes this weekend so I’ll probably be busy.…[Read more]

Hi, again @Charlene-marshall,

I am very happy Mark will be helping you answer questions on the forum. I’m sure he will be able to take on some of the lung replacement problems along with other things. You have really been having a huge increase in responses so I know a lot of people are grateful to have you respond to them and you are still h…[Read more]

Hi @charlene-marshall,

I sent a reply to your above post to our personal 3-friends communications source address as my reply here had an Internet link that had unrecognized characters in it and it was not accepted. Eventually, I’ll learn how to copy an Internet link here.
Ray

Hi @Charlene-Marshall,

I know you are very busy. WOW! Triple the forum activity you are having to upkeep up with now. I thought they were going to give you someone else to help with that? I guess that is your job though. I’ll try to keep my posts simple and be more patient so you can get a little rest.

Thanks for the Hawaii trip departure u…[Read more]

Hi Charlene.

I guess I too missed your post about having booked your flight to Hawaii. Good for you.

It is nice to eat some of the fresh fruit while in Hawaii. The plant ripened Pineapple and tree-ripened bananas are wonderful. They have maximum sugar content.

While we were in Hawaii, I thought it would be nice to have a couple of…[Read more]

Hi Charlene,

Thank you for your update.

Today, the sun is shining bright so thank you for sending it to us. Looking at the local weather forecast, I think we are going to be missing a lot of the snow that was coming from the West Coast this whole next week. In the Snake River Valley of Idaho, we will only be getting some rain. Looking at…[Read more]

Hi Bill,

Thank you for the response about the “Vibrating Vest.”

I see you live in the cold snowy area of the US as I do. I live in Idaho. Does the cold weather affect your lung congestion?

The price of the InCourage is quite high. I imagine you had to get your doctor to prescribe it? I too have Medicare and my secondary insurance is Federal Blu…[Read more]

Hi Bill Mattila,

The HFCWO Vibrating Vest sounds very interesting. Thanks to Charlene for alerting me about your post. I may look into it.

Do you wear it day and night? Which model do you have? My chest is really getting sore from the constant coughing. Does your health insurance cover some of the cost? Do you live in the US and maybe…[Read more]

Hi Charlene,

I have been reading the comments about the cough and phlegm problems. For the last 6-8 weeks, I have developed a phlegm cough that seems to buildup in my lungs. It seems quite prevalent at night but also in the daytime. I can hear it rattle in my lungs at times and after some coughing, I can cough it up. I do get a runny nose…[Read more]

Hi Charlene,

I just have one comment about posting to the forum and using MS Word. I know your techs have said that you cannot use Word to write your messages and then copy and post the Word message to the forum because it will be in the wrong format but I have found that it is the way you paste the copied message.

After you have written the…[Read more]

Hi Megan,

I read your recap of your father’s bout with the IPF word by word. It was wonderful that you were able to help him so much in his last years. I will remember your story of how his symptoms progressed. As you said, I’m sure everyone progresses at a different rate but some of the symptoms you shared might help me and others be aware o…[Read more]

Hi Dorothy Hixson,

Yes, Esophacool does contain deglycyrrhizinated licorice extract “DGL”. In an I earlier poet I had stated that Esophacool had a licorice taste and I hadn’t seen anything in the ingredients that said it contained any licorice. I was very wrong. When I told my daughter about what I was using, she informed me what DGL was.…[Read more]

Hi Teri,

I see your dad has some of the problems that I have. My esophagus is very sluggish in pushing my food to my stomach too. In my case, it wouldn’t make any difference if it got to my stomach or not because I have Gastroparesis resulting from a botched fundoplication surgery. My stomach only works at a 20% efficiency now.

There might b…[Read more]

Hi Rene,

I took what you said about the gender names with tongue-in-cheek so no worry. It was kind of funny.

I had never written to a Ren’e, Rene, Renee, Renae, Renny, Renne, or Rennie before. I guess the name spelling comes from what part of the world people are born and named in. Some are Dutch, French or Irish, or another origin and the n…[Read more]

Rene Hakkenberg

Sorry, Rene about my gender mistake in my post. I am not the best speller, especially with names so I didn’t realize the difference. I generally check the posted picture of the person I am replying to. If there is no picture of the person writing the post, they just post a blank silhouette picture of a person with no d…[Read more]

Hi Pat,

So glad to hear that the stomach and esophagus inflammation has cleared up. I hope the Zantac right after supper will help with the reflux. I try to not eat anything very late in the afternoon and make sure I don’t recline for at least 4 hours after I have eaten anything. I think they recommend 2 hours but my stomach doesn’t pass foo…[Read more]