ur Daily BREATH
Cope;
don’t
mope.
A newsletter published by P ULMONARY R EHABILITATION
Inter-Community Hospital
VOLUME XIX
NUMBER 6
JUNE 2015
“It takes
Message from Nance...
Every day we have an opportunity to touch each other’s lives, to make a difference. Pulmonary
EACH of us to
Rehabilitation at Citrus Valley Health Partners’ Inter-Community Hospital has made a difference
make a difference in
in the lives of those living with chronic lung disease. After an eight-week program of education and
all of US.”
exercise, many are able to return to activities that they couldn’t do before rehabilitation, and their
~ Jackie Mutcheson
overall quality of life improves. Since January 2015 our program has increased in volume by 30% and
continues to grow. We are finding out that insurances will now cover pulmonary rehabilitation; however,
co-pays are high, often not affordable for many. Breath Savers has established a fund to assist those with high
co-pays, making the program a reality. This fund continues to affect many lives but it is dwindling and we need your HELP. Citrus
Valley Health Foundation has offered to match all donations up to $5,000. Thanks to this generous matching gift challenge from the
Foundation, ALL GIFTS made through December 31, 2015, totaling up to $5,000, will be matched dollar for dollar. For example:
$5 turns to $10... $10 turns to $20... $20 turns to $40... $50 turns to $100. All donations (100%) go directly into the fund and are
tax-deductible. Attached is a remittance envelope for your convenience. Small donations collectively have a HUGE impact. It will
make a difference and the Foundation will match it, doubling its impact. Your donation will not only directly make a difference in
someone’s life, but your life will be changed as well. Thank you!
Be well, and remember to breathe and move...Nance
Our next Breath Savers meeting will be held on Thursday, June 18, 2015. Lunch
will be offered at noon for $7. You may bring your own lunch if you prefer.
Our menu will be the following: airline chicken with herbs and lemon caper
sauce on the side, grilled assorted baby squash, assorted grain salad, and artisan
dinner rolls, with chocolate mousse tart or fruit tart for dessert. We have a new
chef who is putting together a great and tasty menu. The program is FREE and
starts at 1 p.m. Breath Savers sponsored the pulmonary rehabilitation staff to
attend a two-day conference. This educational program, put on by the California
Society of Pulmonary Rehabilitation, provided us with the latest information on
the management of patients with chronic lung disease. We would like to share
that information with you. Please come and bring a friend to this informative
program, “Latest Topics in Pulmonary Rehabilitation,” presented by the
pulmonary rehabilitation staff. Both Mended Hearts and Breath Savers are
growing so we anticipate a full house. RSVP early, no later than Tuesday, June 16,
2015, at 4 p.m. if you are having lunch by calling (626) 915-6283. See you there!
DON’T FORGET an item for Ebay, and you will receive one free raffle ticket.
Our last Breath Savers gathering was pure
entertainment. Chazz the Magician was fantastic!
For 45 minutes he captured the audience’s attention
with his MAGIC and showmanship. His magic
act included audience participation, which was
entertaining in itself. There was a lot of laughter
and all went home in a better and more relaxed
state of mind. Truly, we had delicious food for
both our bodies and minds. Thank you to Araceli
Farias, President of Breath Savers, for finding
Chazz the Magician. Also, another big hit was the
“themed” centerpieces donated by Shirley
Converse and Sherry Griffes. Many people bought
tickets wishing they would be one of the lucky
winners. Thank you, ladies, for such magical
centerpieces and for giving back to Breath Savers.
It is almost summer…look around your home or local garage sales and find an item for our Ebay GARAGE SALE. It is a great way
to support and give back to Breath Savers. It is easy for you, and all your proceeds go to the scholarship fund. All you have to do is
look for one or two items that you can part with and bring them to our next meeting. You will receive a free raffle ticket for an
opportunity drawing and /or centerpiece. You may also bring your donated item(s) to the Outpatient Cardiopulmonary Department
any week day and receive a free raffle ticket. We are looking for small items that are easy to mail. Please call Julie Stovall at
(626) 332-2047 if you have any questions. We need your help! Thank you for all your efforts.
OUR “SO SMART”
PULMONARY REHAB GRADUATES:
Charles Carman, Phyllis Anderson,
Margaret Grayson, Gregory Moore
DONATIONS
TO
BREATH SAVERS:
In memory of Hans Jaenichen: Erica Jaenichen
In memory of Robert Sullivan:
Eutimio Navarrete
GET WELL WISHES & PRAYERS TO:
Carole Irwin, Diana Tafoya,
Pat Birdsall, Michael Malecky,
Robyn Markie, Barbara Shock
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Father’s Day
ather’s Day, celebrated in the United States on the third Sunday of
June, got a jump start from the formation of Mother’s Day. Credit
for beginning Father’s Day celebrations is given to Sonora Smart
Dodd from Spokane, Washington.
At the turn of the century, Mother’s Day observances were growing
across the United States. The federal government had yet to recognize
the holiday, but many states had adopted the third Sunday in May as a
special celebration day honoring mothers. It was during a Mother’s Day
church service on June 20, 1909, that Sonora Smart Dodd was struck with
the idea of creating a special holiday to honor fathers, too.
When Sonora was 16, her mother died while giving birth to her sixth child,
the last of five sons. Back then, like today, single parenthood was no easy
task. By Sonoma’s account, though, Mr. Smart, a Civil War veteran, did a wonderful job. Because of this
love and esteem, Sonoma Smart Dodd believed that her father deserved a special time of honor just like
that given to mothers on Mother’s Day.
In 1909, Sonoma Smart Dodd approached the Spokane YMCA and the Spokane Ministerial Alliance and
suggested that her father’s birthday – June 5 – become a celebration day for Father’s Day. Because they
wanted more time to prepare, the Ministerial Alliance chose June 19 instead.
The first Father’s Day was thus observed in the State of Washington on June 19, 1910. The idea of officially
celebrating fatherhood spread quickly across the United States, as more and more states adopted the
holiday. In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge recognized Father’s Day as the third Sunday in June of that
year and encouraged states to do the same. Congress officially recognized Father’s Day in 1956 with the
passage of a joint resolution
Ten years later, in 1966, President Lyndon Johnson issued a proclamation calling for the third Sunday in
June to be recognized as Father’s Day. In 1972, President Richard Nixon permanently established the
observance of the third Sunday in June as Father’s Day in the United States
Sonora Smart Dodd lived to see her idea come to fruition. She died in 1978 at the ripe old age of 96.
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Flag Day
hough the origin of Flag Day dates back to the late 19th century, its inspiration takes us back further to
1777. On June 14 of that year, in Philadelphia, the Continental Congress passed a resolution specifying
that the flag carry 13 stripes and 13 stars. The colors would represent hardiness and valor (red), purity and
innocence (white), and vigilance, perseverance and justice (blue).
The concept of a specific day to annually recognize the American Flag came 108
years later in Wisconsin, expanding slowly to other states. On May 30, 1916,
President Woodrow Wilson called for national observance of Flag Day. It wasn’t
until 1949, when President Harry Truman signed into an Act of Congress that
National Flag Day be observed every June 14 . The United States Flag Code, as
adopted by Congress, states “The flag represents a living country and is itself considered a
living thing.” This is why we should give our flag our full respect.
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– Garnered from the Internet
Lung Granulomas
granuloma is a small area of inflammation in
tissue. It is most often the result of an infection
and most frequently occurs in the lungs, but it can
occur in other parts of the body as well. They typically
cause no signs or symptoms and are found
incidentally on a chest X-ray done for some other
reason.
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The most common cause of lung granulomas in the
U.S. is histoplasmosis, a fungal infection that primarily
affects the lungs. People who acquire pulmonary
histoplasmosis that results in a lung granuloma have
almost always spent some time in the Ohio Valley or
the upper Midwest. Most people with pulmonary
histoplasmosis never suspect they have the disease
because signs and symptoms are rare.
Mycobacteria infection includes tuberculosis as well as organisms that are referred to jointly as
non-tuberculosis mycobacterium.
Although granulomas due to histoplasmosis are non-cancerous, they may resemble cancer on an X-ray,
especially if they haven’t calcified (hardened). Over time, granulomas become calcified and have the
same density as bone, making them more clearly visible on an X-ray.
A doctor may make a diagnosis of granuloma by chest X-ray, or if the granuloma is not apparently
calcified, by computerized tomography (CT), which can detect the calcium
that isn’t evident on the chest X-ray. The images of affected tissue usually
show scarring and calcification characteristic of a granuloma. Granulomas
almost never require treatment or even follow-up chest X-rays.
A condition called sarcoidosis is the most common non-infectious cause
of lung granulomas in the U.S. The cause of sarcoidosis is unknown, but
the condition causes inflammation and can lead to granulomas in
any organ of the body, including the lungs. Other conditions
or exposures that cause lung inflammation (such as inhaling
foreign particles) can also contribute to lung granulomas.
Regardless of the underlying cause, lung granulomas are not
cancerous and most do not require treatment.
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– Reprinted with permission from Cape Cod Support Group
S•N•E•E•Z•E•S
1. “SNEEZES START IN YOUR NERVES,” says Neil Kao, MD, an allergy and asthma specialist at the
Allergic Disease and Asthma Center in Greenville, S.C. “Everyone’s nervous system is basically wired in the
same way,” Kao explains. But signals traveling along nerves can take slightly different paths to and from the
brain, resulting in different sneeze scenarios from person to person.
“It’s a nerve transmission that tells your brain something is in your nose that needs to come out,” Kao says.
2. SNEEZING HELPS KEEP YOUR BODY SAFE. “Sneezing is an important part of the immune process,
helping to keep us healthy and sniffle-free,” Kao says. “Sneezes protect your body by clearing the nose of
bacteria and viruses,” Kao explains. When something enters your nose or you encounter a trigger that sets
off your “sneeze center” in your brain, located in the lower brain stem, signals are rapidly sent to tightly
close your throat, eyes, and mouth. Next, your chest muscles vigorously contract, and then your throat
muscles quickly relax. As a result, air – along with saliva and mucus – is forced out of your mouth and nose.
Voila, you’ve sneezed!
3. SNEEZES ARE SPEEDY. Sneezes travel at about 100 miles per hour, and a single
sneeze can send 100,000 germs into the air.
4. PLUCKING YOUR EYEBROWS MAY MAKE YOU SNEEZE. Plucking
may set off a nerve in your face that supplies your nasal passages. As a
result, you sneeze.
5. YOU DON’T SNEEZE IN YOUR SLEEP. When you sleep, so do your
sneezing nerves – which means you usually don’t sneeze when you doze.
6. YOUR WORKOUT MAY MAKE YOU SNEEZE. “Exercise can make you sneeze,” Kao reports. “You
hyperventilate when you’re over-exerted, and as a result, your nose and mouth start to dry up. So your nose
reacts by starting to drip, making you sneeze.
7. SUNSHINE MAY MAKE YOU SNEEZE. Bright sunlight causes one out of three people to sneeze. The
light sneezers are called “photics,” from the Greek meaning of “light.” And in fact, light sensitivity is an
inherited trait – just one more thing we can blame on our parents.
8. SEX CAN BE A SNEEZING TRIGGER. Have sex, must sneeze? It happens more often than you might
think. Researchers believe that the stimulation of the parasympathetic nervous system fires off signals in
some people to not only enjoy the act of sex, but to sneeze when it’s over.
9. HOW DO YOU STOP A SNEEZE? While it’s not foolproof, “Try breathing through your mouth and
pinching the end of your nose,” Kao says.
SNEEZING SUPERSTITIONS
Your heart does NOT stop when you sneeze. When your chest contracts because of a sneeze, your blood flow is
momentarily constricted as well. As a result, the rhythm of your heart may change, but it definitely does not
stop.
And your eyeballs CANNOT pop out of your head when you sneeze. Most people naturally close their eyes
when they sneeze, but if they are able to keep them open, their eyes stay firmly planted in their heads where they
belong.
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– Reprinted with permission from Cape Cod Support Group
Paraprosdokians are figures of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase
is surprising or unexpected and is frequently humorous. Winston Churchill loved them.
• Where there’s a will, I want to be in it.
• The last thing I want to do is hurt you...but it’s still on my list.
• Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear bright
until you hear them speak.
• If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong.
• We never really grow up – we only learn how to act in public.
• War does not determine who is right, only who is left.
• Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
• To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.
• I didn’t say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.
• In filling out an application, where it says, “In case of emergency, notify...” I answered “a doctor.”
• Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street with a bald head and a beer
gut, and still think they are sexy.
• You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.
• I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not so sure.
• To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.
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Just For Laughs!
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210 W. San Bernardino Road • P.O. Box 6108
Covina, CA 91722-5108
ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED
Date: Thursday, June 18
Program: Latest Topics in Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Presented by: Pulmonary Rehab Staff
Time: 12 p.m. lunch
RSVP for lunch at (626) 915-6283
1 p.m. program
Celebrate
JUNE 14
Inter-Community Hospital
Conference Center
JUNE 21
JUNE 18
FLAG DAY!
Place:
BREATH SAVERS
SENIOR EDITOR: Carole Wilson
ASSISTANTS:
Rita Sullivan
Lucy Brejcha
CIRCULATION:
Rita Sullivan
ADVISOR:
Nancy Anderson
Cope; don’t mope.
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