Fully recovered from COPD Exacerbation

[Saro1]

I just want to say thank you for your support on here when I suffered my first episode a short while ago. It it wasn't for this place then I wouldn't have known about rescue packages - I was guilty of too much Googling and getting nowhere but frightened!

I now seem to be fully recovered, so was very lucky to only have a problem for a few days - I know that for others it can take a lot longer to feel better. I am well aware that it could happen again at any time, but I now feel better equipped to deal with the everything.

Oh, and I usually have a read through posts most evenings and a little while back there was a gentleman who tongue in cheek recommended alcohol.........I have to say that I agree with him, a stiff whisky at bedtime works wonders!!

[Vee70]

Hi, glad that you’re feeling better.

If can be quite scary, especially in the early days.

I’m new to this too.

I hope you stay well & enjoy your “wee dram”!! 😋

[Saro1 in reply to Vee70]

Yes it is definitely scary, but I am trying not to dwell on that episode and move foreward positively.

I definitely enjoy my wee dram!

[SquirrelsHolt]

Totally agree,but its nowhere near as much fun on your own !! "Chin,chin"!

[Whitechinchilla]

So glad you have recovered so quickly Saro1 and that must give you confidence going forward. Keep it up 😉

And yes, a drop of the hard stuff is a good nightcap 😂

[Saro1 in reply to Whitechinchilla]

I was lucky I think, and it will definitely help if and when I have another flare up. I hope that others who suffer one for the first time will take heart from my experience.

[Sharp5Flat13]

Yes, can be absolutely terrifying. Happy you made it through this one. There are triggers, probably of a personal nature, such as how much weight can you lift or carry, and how far. Bring in the shopping some days, I have to lean against the kitchen counter and just wait for the tachycardia and hyperventilation to lower...I'll also use the rescue albuterol at this time.

[Saro1]

Thank you - yes it is terrifying and I have noticed how carrying shopping can make my breathing worse; also first thing in the morning. We always walk for around an hour or an hour and a half first thing, and I now use my blue inhaler beforehand so that I can do this without problems.