Copd

[bjune89]

Hi everyone I am new to this site , just looking to chat to people with copd that understands what it's like .

[Tracey40]

Welcome bjune this really is a friendly supportive informative site xx

[bjune89 in reply to Tracey40]

Thanks for that as when you tell people what you have they don't understand

[Hidden]

Good Morning, Welcome to the site! You are quite right - people do not understand at all! And actually I think unless you live with it day to day you cant understand what an impact it has on daily life. As I say my husband is fine as long as he doesnt move!!! Take good care of yourself, TAD xx

[Hidden]

Welcome - I've only been here a couple of weeks and find everyone absolutely fantastic and friendly. I was thrown a curve ball recently and wrote about it on here, the support was amazing, you will love it here.

xx

[pergola1]

IGNORANCE!! I keep on hearing about curve balls - apart from being bouncy, what is meant?

[O2Trees in reply to pergola1]

Hard to catch/hit i think pergola! So hard to deal with.

Other suggestions from anyone else?

[Hidden in reply to O2Trees]

Something unexpected happening while you are dealing with something else! Complicating the problem. cough x

[Hidden in reply to pergola1]

LOL - thought you meant I was ignorant first. For me it means "hard to deal with" - I went to the Doctor after having bloods done and came away with an ailment I wasn't expecting in anyway shape or form, hence curve ball. However, after feeling sorry for myself for a day, I "bounced" back and started dealing with it!

You were all amazing in your support for me and it's something I will always appreciate.

Hope the explanation helps

[Louisiana in reply to pergola1]

Something to do with baseball. "Three strikes and you're out" The pitcher likes to muck your brain up, so sometimes he will throw a curve ball, which you just can't go for and you have to let it sail past you....I think that's what it means. I saw a few games when I lived in America (I am English by the way) There lots of Americans on this site I think, so perhaps they will explain it to you.....

[O2Trees]

Big welcome bjune

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Hi bjune nice to meet you and welcome to the site. You have certainly come to the right place! We all know what it is like to live with lung disease. Any advice or support you need is here so come in any time and we will do our best to help you. This is a great site.

coughalot x

[casper99]

Hello Bjune and welcome aboard. You'll find plenty of support on here, with a few laughs thrown in. There are many very knowledgeable people on here, it really is like one big family. Stick with us. x

[kimmy59]

Hello and welcome.

Everyone on here are brilliant, whatever you need someone will be there.

Kim xxx

[Louisiana]

WELCOME I have been on a few months and have learned so much from everyone else and have had some great laughs, shed a few tears, and love knowing that I can to on the site whenever I want/need to. There are some VERY sensible people on here (that doesn't include me by the way ) Take care of yourself!

[katieoxo60]

Hello Bjune, welcome to the site. You chose the right site if you have COPD. There are a lot of members on this site with varied lung conditions in different stages. Hope you stay and join us on a regular basis.

[Puffthemagicdragon]

Hello and welcome Bjune.

[bjune89 in reply to Puffthemagicdragon]

Thanks for your kind words

[Wendywoo78]

Hi Bjune, I have found this to be the most friendly and informative group since I joined a few months ago - there is always someone who can help you out if you have any queries x

[bjune89 in reply to Wendywoo78]

Thanks for your words they mean a lot

[Suzy6]

Welcome bjune, this is a forum I would love to say I had no need to join. That would mean I didn't have COPD and my life would be easier. In reality it has been the best thing I did since diagnoses. Restored my sanity, banished my isolation and so many friendly knowledgeable people have helped me understand things more, boosted my moods and helped me more than they will ever know. xx

[bjune89]

I would like to say thanks for the welcome it was nice to see so many friendly people on here I will be staying on here

[victoriablue]

Morning I have COPD and I love this site there is however a site in Facebook COPD UK you can join this as well.

They are like this site very friendly give it a try. Best of luck .

[Hidden]

Hello & welcome to our group.,.

J.

[patj]

Hi I have only just started on here. Have copd as well it does help to hear of others. You don't feel so isolated. Hope all is well.

[carolg1]

Hi Bjune, Welcome to an amazing site that will give you so much help and more advice than most GP's as Im sad to say a lot of GP's know very little about this broad spectrum COPD , dont know what age you are but I am 58 yrs , previously an aerobic instructor for 25 plus years getting this awful disease hit me like a train and you are right not many people understand, so any questions or just need to vent your spleen or just need cheering up or support its all here, take Care xxx Carol