My spirometry test went very well
At least as far as I could tell.
The printout doesn't tell me much
I think it's writ in double Dutch
Just one thing is very clear
The lungs which I hold very dear
Belong to someone else not me
I hope he lives to a hundred and three.
I can only tell you what the column headings mean, in case you don't know. The one headed "Pred" shows the values expected for a man of your age and height but with normal lung health. The column neaded "LLN" is the lower limit of normality (the normal range covers 95% of people so this would be those at the lower end.) The column headed "Best" relates to your best readings, and the last column is the percentage of the predicted values which your best represents.
ps Don, ignore the reference to lung age - it doesn't mean much but some centres use it in an attempt to motivate people to give up smoking
I now have the prescription changes made as a result of my breathing review of yesterday.
Seretide 125 Evohaler replaced by 1 Symbicort 200mcg/mcg 2 puffs twice per day
Aerochamber replaces Volumatic
No Ventolin but Ipratropium 20mcg used instead when required 2 puffs 3-4 times perday.
A further review is to be made on 25th April. So big changes appear to have been made in the care of COPD suffers, at least in the GP practise I'm with. I hope all members are getting the same consideration. 
I'm no expert on Spirometry readings but if your FEV1 and FEV1/FVC are both over 80% don't you technically not have COPD from a diagnostic point of view?
To be honest Mr Blue, I don't even know what COPD is and nobody seems able to tell me. As I understand it, a number of conditions with different names can come under that heading. Something is causing me to be short of breath, to cough up some disgusting stuff and to restrict the effectiveness of my lungs. My wife died of lung cancer and was told she could live a number of years, but died within one. Maybe that's what I've got but I'm hanging on longer? I really couldn't care what they call it, I'm 85 and haven't looked after myself well enough to go on much longer. 
I'm not surprised that you're short of breath. You're 85! you're doing well. I'm 27 and I've had shortness of breath since I was 22. As far as I am aware you FEV1/FVC has to be below 70% with your FEV1 less than 80% to be diagnosed with COPD. like I said I have shortness of breath but the doctors tell me that my results are too good to have COPD. From what I can see you're results are too good for your age to be diagnosed with COPD.
Well I'm very happy about that and I hope that they are able to do something about your shortage of breath whatever name they put to it.
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