backpacking

[anonymous]

I've seen several posts of people dealing with issues of car camping, but I'm wondering if anyone ever backpacks? What do you do to make this work?

Also, does anyone have the paritrek and sprint neb? From what I've seen online, they are small enough that I could really backpack with them.

Thanks!

 

[catboogie]

that sounds like fun! i do have the pari trek, and i used the battery pack some when i was in europe. the problem is, it doesn't stay charged for very long. how long were you planning on being gone?

laura, 27

 

[anonymous]

You can actually get a second battery and charge both before going. That should buy you around 16 treatments. Of course, you could always get a third!

Though, rather than get a third, you might be able to plan a trip into a ranger station or somewhere where you could recharge the batteries.

 

[NoExcuses]

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[anonymous]

Hi Amy

which is the best machine then? Thanks
Just curious

 

[NoExcuses]

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[anonymous]

Amy,

But would the trek be better than nothing, or since it's not getting them small enough will I just not get any benefit? In the past I've slid what I went backpacking and just hoped that the extra exercise and airway clearance would somehow balance out, so when I read about the Trek it seemed like a great idea. I've never done Tobi, just hs, pulmozyme and albuterol..

 

[NoExcuses]

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[anonymous]

Why don't we just all stay home all the time and do our treatements with unwavering faith until we eventually sucumb.

Living life fully always involves some compromise.

Taking calculated reasonable risks allows us to be vital.

Go backpacking - Live!

Sometimes this forum seems to derive collective energy from some kind of a warped contest to see who is most rigorously treating their illness. Congratulations, the booby prize is living a few more years in a vacuum.

 

[anonymous]

Regardless, I think this is a significant development. While treatments still might not be ideal, it's a reasonably practical way to do many treatments that wouldn't be done otherwise.

 

[anonymous]

I have a portable ultrasonic neb from Omron. I LOVE it!! It can run like 2 weeks on 2AA batteries, and it is very fast and completely silent. I pretty much use it all the time, because of the speed (whenever the e-flow gets down to about 100 bucks then I will switch to it). You can buy one on e-bay for about that. It has the same small dense particle size, vibrating mesh etc.. as the e-flow. It is the size of an old school cell phone. I also have the paritrek that I use around the house. But, I can't stand how loud it is, and how long it takes. Check out the omron--it might be just what you need for backpacking!
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[anonymous]

backpacking is for the rough and tough so you should leave the neb behind

 

[anonymous]

Amy,

Are you sure you're correct? Doesn't the nebulizer play a more important role in this specific case? The Trek is similar to the Pro-Neb, but pumps air more slowly. Does it really change the particle size? The neb changes the particle size. Pari's site mentions this. There is a difference between the Star and LC and now the Sprint. I don't think the two compressors make much difference if you're using the same neb. The Trek takes longer, but I've used it on many trips to Europe and it seemed to work just fine.

Please advise,

John

 

[Allie]

Go backpacking! It's a lot of fun, good excercise, Ry lvoed to do it. He used the paritrek, two batteries. If you're going away for up to a week, it should carry you through. It's lightweight and easy to carry. Carry some good snap cold packs to keep the pulmozyme cool.