I do occasionally have to go and get an inhaler because I find, I'm OK, me breathing's fine, perfect really, but sometimes if I do something sudden it leaves me gasping and a bit panicky at times you know.
Have you got any recommendations for people to help with their breathing?
Yeah, again funny when I, as soon as I was, when I was diagnosed, and after I came out of hospital, I'd done everything I could I thought to try and help myself. I did watch me diet somewhat and I joined a yoga club, like two months afterwards. Anyway, I started doing light exercises and plenty of breathing and relaxing, I was trying to get me head together. I also had gone out walking all the time, walked around the park first a little bit and then a bit further like that and then eventually I joined a rambling club which I was able to do, I struggled with that but I kept that up and I've still done that now, and I've climbed mountain after mountain since.
That's good. Are there any particular breathing exercises you do?
I do the alternate nostril breathing, I used to do that all the time and, and then laying in what's called the 'corpse position'.
The what position?
Corpse position, where you lay on the floor and do breathing from the diaphragm. Breathing exercises, you can get them in books from the library, there's even pamphlets out, Roy Castle gave out leaflets on that, on breathing exercises. |
