Friday, 25 April 2008

Why am I on oxygen?

I have a condition called LAM (well really it's called pulmonary lymphangioleomiomatosis) which affects my lungs. I was diagnosed in 1992 but did not need oxygen until 2007 because I have the slow progressing version of the disease. I'm not particularly sporty but do enjoy walking which has become increasingly difficult. I can manage well enough for normal, day to day stuff - around the house, at work, even down to the village - but all day walks are beyond me now, even with oxygen and uphill is a struggle. My daughter has plans to get me back on a bike this summer. She says that I am the exception to the rule that you never forget how to ride a bike - that was after I had wobbled down the close and back on her old bike. As my portable oxygen container is in a back pack, I should be OK once I get my balance.

I'm going outside later to time when the bat appears from the bat box. Apparently that will help the experts decide what type of bat it is. We call it a flittermouse which is a Devon word for bat.

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