Barbara found respiratory rehab to be fabulous.
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I spent a month in ICU. I had been intubated and put into a coma. After a month I was released to respiratory rehab. Now respiratory rehab is probably the best thing that you could ever do for yourself, whether you go into cardiac rehab or respiratory rehab, rehab is fabulous because they teach you how to do things properly so that you’re not exerting yourself beyond what your body is able to function. I went to resp rehab and I felt much better. I was getting better. I was regaining some of my strength. I was able to do some of the things that I thought that I could do before – before I’d been diagnosed and before this heart attack.
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