Klarinet Archive - Posting 000224.txt from 2004/11

From: "Zornow, Claudia" <claudia.zornow@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Clarinets
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 17:52:28 -0500

Tim Roberts writes:

> You have received bad advice. I had nearly crippling asthma as a
> child. Emergency room visits, lots of school absences. However,
> playing the clarinet as a child markedly improved my lung capacity,
> helping me to overcome the asthma. Today, my lung capacity is above normal.

Once I went to see a doctor due to a respiratory infection and
shortness of breath. On the peak flow meter (a measure of how
much air you can blow out all at once), I tested normal, and
had to explain to him that this meant I was sick.

Claudia

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