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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

PFT History

Here's my PFT History! Well, since 2006 anyway. I threw my weight in there with it, just to help show that BMI usually correlates with PFT's. As CFer's our target BMI is 21-23.  That is where we will have optimum nutrition and have the best PFT's.

To find out what a PFT is, click here.

The percentages below are called percent of predicted values. They take your age, height, and weight and can estimate how much air (in liters) you should be able to move in and out of your lungs. When you blow into the PFT machine it measures the amount of air (in liters) you move and compares it to the predicted values. Thus, you get a percentage.

My predicted PFT values in liters as of 5/21/12: FVC 5.83, FEV1 4.84

PFT's:

01/04/2016: FVC 77%, FEV1 57%, weight 156
09/21/2015: FVC 81%, FEV1 55%, weight 156
08/10/2015: FVC 76%, FEV1 53%, weight 158 (Oral antibiotics)
04/30/2015: FVC 85%, FEV1 58%, weight 158 (I'm told this is my new baseline since I haven't been in the 60% range for a year. 
04/16/2015: FVC 74%, FEV1 46%, weight 154 (all time low, had some sort of viral sinus thing, turned chest cold. admitted for IV's, tried aztreonam as opposed to meropenum)
04/06/2015: FVC 83%, FEV1 57%, weight 155 (feeling improved, not baseline)
03/16/2015: FVC 76%, FEV1 53%, weight 160 (sick, oral antibiotics)
11/24/2014: FVC 84%, FEV1 59%, weight 151 feeling more towards my baseline but not quite there. Fighting a chest cold at the time. Happy with these numbers, all things considered. 
08/25/2014: FVC 80%, FEV1 56%, weight 146 (lungs feel good. Still a decent amount of pain with PFT attempt. No plans. FEV1 likely much higher than reading due to inability to give full effort because of pain in incision.)
08/01/2014: Hernia repair surgery 05/29/14: FVC 84%, FEV1 55%, weight 150 (no change in how I feel. No plan by the team. Thought to still be recovering from surgery and possibly allergies, although have never had them previously and FEV1 was higher before IV's)
05/19/14: FVC 77%, FEV1 55%, weight 150 (after 2 weeks IV's, felt worse. D/C'd IV's, started prednisone and oral antibiotics)
04/30/14: FVC 84%, FEV1 61%, weight 150 (felt very crummy, went in for 2 weeks of IV's)
Side Note: I had two PFT's after surgery. I believe one was two weeks post-op and I blew a 47% FEV1. The other was 2 weeks later and I blew a 53% FEV1. My weight had dropped to 143 lbs.  
03/12/14: Emergent bowel obstruction surgery
03/10/14: FVC 78%, FEV1 58%, weight 160 (after being in CFit for 4 weeks)
11/13/13: FVC 85%, FEV1 64%, weight 157 (after 4 more days of IV's, a week of oral abx and a week of prednisone)
11/04/13: FVC 77%, FEV1 53%, weight 160 (continuing IV's and adding oral antibiotics & prednisone. Blood work to see what's causing drop.)
10/21/13: FVC 78%, FEV1 56%, weight 153 (admitted for IV's)
06/24/13: FVC 75%, FEV1 60%, weight 153 (twins were born in April, tx's have lacked. Put on Cipro for 3 weeks)
03/04/13: FVC 82%, FEV1 66%, weight 152
11/26/12: FVC 85%, FEV1 64%, weight 149
08/27/12: FVC 83%, FEV1 61%, weight 152
05/21/12: FVC 77%, FEV1 59%, weight 151
02/16/12: FVC 79%, FEV1 60%, weight 154 (after 2 weeks IV's)
02/02/12: FVC 80%, FEV1 62%, weight 148 (sick, admitted for 2 weeks IV's)
01/09/12: FVC 79%, FEV1 61%, weight 150 (sick, put on oral antibiotics(pills) for 3 weeks)
09/26/11: FVC 89%, FEV1 70%, weight 152
06/20/11: FVC 84%, FEV1 65%, weight 150 (after 2 weeks IV's)
06/06/11: FVC 76%, FEV1 53%, weight 148 (sick, admitted for IV's)
04/14/11: FVC 80%, FEV1 62%, weight 150
01/10/11: FVC 78%, FEV1 59%, weight 148
10/11/10: FVC 76%, FEV1 60%, weight 146 (sick, oral antibiotics)
07/08/10: FVC 82%, FEV1 63%, weight 143 (after 2 weeks IV's)
06/21/10: FVC 76%, FEV1 50%, weight 142 (admitted for IV's)
03/08/10: FVC 82%, FEV1 66%, weight 147
12/07/09: FVC 86%, FEV1 65%, weight 149 (after 2 weeks IV's)
11/23/09: FVC 81%, FEV1 63%, weight 149 (admitted for IV's)
10/19/09: FVC 85%, FEV1 67%, weight 152
09/21/09: FVC 82%, FEV1 62%, weight 157 (sick, oral antibiotics)
06/08/09: FVC 85%, FEV1 68%, weight 148
03/23/09: FVC 80%, FEV1 67%, weight 150 (sick, oral antibiotics)
12/18/08: FVC 88%, FEV1 69%, weight 149
11/24/08: FVC 74%, FEV1 60%, weight 147 (sick, oral antibiotics)
07/07/08: FVC 90%, FEV1 70%, weight 146
06/16/08: FVC 82%, FEV1 65%, weight 146 (sick, oral antibiotics)
02/28/08: FVC 81%, FEV1 66%, weight 150
11/15/07: FVC 79%, FEV1 70%, weight 150
10/11/07: FVC 85%, FEV1 72%, weight 148 (after 2 weeks IV's)
08/30/07: FVC 78%, FEV1 63%, weight 152 (admitted for IV's)
05/21/07: FVC 79%, FEV1 68%, weight 152
02/15/07: FVC 85%, FEV1 74%, weight 148
01/08/07: FVC 85%, FEV1 64%, weight 146 (sick, oral antibiotics)
09/14/06: FVC 103%, FEV1 84%, weight --- (after 2 weeks IV's)

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