Went for my appointment at our local COPD clinic at the doctors surgery(didn`t know until i got the appointment that we had a COPD clinic),anyway I went in,the nurse checked what meds I`m on then she had me do a spiromtry test(hate em cos always think I`m not blowing right!!!) anyway it was brilliant,best ever and I now have a lung capacity of 56% she said that was very likely due to the fact that I quit smoking nearly nine months ago,September last year when I was told I had COPD my lung capacity was down as low as 42% at one point it was only 36%,It means I have gone from being in the severe catagory to the moderate one.
I spent the first 6months of this year on and off steroids and antibiotics due to excacerbations,I thought I would never stop getting them,I was so fed up I asked my specialist took look at anything he might think was causing it,I was convinced I had suddenly developed an allergy to dogs or dog hair,it turned out this was the case and he decided I had asthma aswell as copd,I was on a beta blocker for a heart problem,the beta blocker had helped make me worse as it shouldn`t have been taken if I had asthma,I was put onto a different type of drug for my heart and touch would I`ve not had steroids or an excacerbation since.
The results of my appointment yesterday has made me even more determined to stay well through winter if at all possible.xx
repeat prescripsions
First visit to restpertery clinic 
Consultant appointment
Asthma/COPD
Copd 
