Bill Kelly

@lmull (Liam) DLCO results can vary with the technician and with how you blew.  You can’t be certain you did it exactly the same way as last time.  Over a span of several tests you should at least get the trend.  However if you Google DLCO together with asking how it’s calculated you will find all sorts of things including medications and fa…[Read more]

In 3 years I’ve had at least 4 6minute walks monitored by medical professionals, plus about 6 in rehab.  I found them a good measure of how well I was doing.  However my hip is now too bad to walk for 6 minutes so I won’t do it any more.

This has raised another problem that comes with ipf.  Nobody is very keen to operate a patient with lung pr…[Read more]