Same as me.

[Patsygrace]

Geez people, I can not believe how much you sound exactly like me.Thank God Im not alone with swollen belly.

[PMRPete]

Wind ???

[O2Trees in reply to PMRPete]

I think people usually, though not always, mean hyperinflation PMRPete. As emphysema progresses, the lungs' elasticity declines and it's harder to expel air, leading to air trapping which distends the abdomen. I look 7 months pregnant at present

[PMRPete in reply to O2Trees]

Thank you for the explanation. I take PPI's which give me shocking wind!

[O2Trees in reply to PMRPete]

I take ppis too Pete but they don't seem to trouble me. Which is lucky otherwise Id be looking about to give birth.

[PMRPete in reply to O2Trees]

I just remembered! We both have Barrett's.

I think I have tried all of the PPI's now, all the same, I wake up about 5am every day with terrible pains hence why I shop in Tesco's at 6am lovely and quiet!

[O2Trees in reply to PMRPete]

That's right but Im so sorry yours is giving you trouble. Tesco's at dawn probably isn't a big enough compensation. Assume you've altered your diet to avoid as far as possible reflux triggers?

[PMRPete in reply to O2Trees]

I have tried everything possible with NO success.

[O2Trees in reply to PMRPete]

Im so sorry Pete, that's really hard.

[Hacienda in reply to PMRPete]

Hi Pete, You are Pete from Birmingham Transplant Group, I'm Carolina , Same Group. xxx

[PMRPete in reply to Hacienda]

Nope, not me, sorry.

PMRPete

[Hacienda in reply to PMRPete]

You have a Look a Like Pete x

[Hacienda in reply to O2Trees]

When I started this weight gain, I thought it was the Steroids making me eat more, now you have explained, Like you, 02 Trees, I am about to give Birth....I was 50k all my adult life which is a long time, now I am trying to fight to stay under 66k so I can stay on the Transplant List. Now Breathe after all this Talking.....Best Wishes to you XXX Carolina XXX

[O2Trees in reply to Hacienda]

My large stomach isn't associated with weight gain Hacienda - in fact the reverse, I struggle to keep my weight on like many with emphysema. So I have a pregnant tum on a skeletal frame lol.

[Patsygrace in reply to O2Trees]

Me too, I weigh 110 lbs, and I think my belly is part of it.

[Hacienda in reply to O2Trees]

Thanks for your reply 02Trees, I too have Emphysema/Hereditary, and lost weight about 8 years ago, not realising my condition then, my old photo's show the muscle waste, though I didn't see it, I also used to eat loads of bananas to increase my weight, at one time being under 7 stone, then getting to 8 stone and staying there for many years, so always a size 10. It is only since my Diagnosis and especially steroids and Oxygen that I have developed this huge Tummy.(size14/16 now). We Laugh and say the Oxygen is Bloating me. xx

[O2Trees in reply to Hacienda]

Your belly sounds like its cause is different to mine, though who knows?

[mrsmummy]

Welcome to the forum Patsygrace.

[Patsygrace in reply to mrsmummy]

Thank you.