November marks Lung Awareness month, a month where we all have the opportunity to shine a light on our particular disease. In my mind, as patients we should be making a noise everyday, as lung disease is not fashionable so we need to worker harder to be noticed. What’s the point? In the case … Continued
November is lung awareness month, a month in which patients, carers, healthcare professionals and advocates from around the world shine a light on lung disease. With this in mind it seemed an appropriate time to release my COPD Wellness podcast series. The goal Every week through my website and Facebook page I receive a … Continued
From time to time I am sent products to review and give my opinion on. Some are good, some not so good. In this article, I’m reviewing the Wing Smart FEV1 and Peak Flow Meter. I have been looking into home spirometry devices for a while as I believe this would be advantageous for … Continued
Imagine lying in bed, you cannot breathe, your medication is not helping and you’re on a cruise boat with no medical help close by. Your fate is in the lap of the gods and there’s nothing you can do but hope you’ll be ok. If you have a severe respiratory disease then you have … Continued
My name is Russell Winwood, I was born in 1966 in Brisbane, Australia. I’ve had a good life thus far but have had a few health issues along the way. I decided to take to blogging to share my experiences with other people in the hope that it can help others with similar health issues. I … Continued
The suggestion of a COPD patient using fasting as a tool to manage their disease will raise the odd eye brow. However, the many benefits of fasting would indicate it being a worthwhile strategy to explore for respiratory patients. What is fasting? Fasting is consuming no calories over a set period of time, it … Continued