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just started on a new antibiotic called DOXYCYCLINE for the last 3 days and I have not been off the toilet since anybody had problems

I am 76 years old had copd for 20 years had all sorts of antibiotics but this is the first time I have had problems it is a great pill only 8 pills for the...

I am 76 years old had copd for 20 years had all sorts of antibiotics but this is...

sachmo

•10 years ago

28 Replies

What are the side-effects in reality of being on a steroid inhaler ( not tablets ). I'm sure l have asked this before but can't find replies

siestasue

•10 years ago

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Going to take control of the situation I find myself in.

And just wanted to thank all who helped lift me out of the depression I was falling into. I will phone my consultants secretary and ask for an early...

And just wanted to thank all who helped lift me out of the depression I was fall...

tomc

•10 years ago

17 Replies

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From PulnCCM Journal. " Vitamin D: no relationship to COPD exacerbations "

I get updates from these people and found this article interesting. I hope you do to....

I get updates from these people and found this article interesting. I hope you d...

Puffthemagicdragon

•10 years ago

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The good news and the bad news...

First the good - "Atos may lose fit-for-work tests contract as ministers line up rival firms" Then the bad - "Private providers likely to be in the frame for...

First the good - "Atos may lose fit-for-work tests contract as ministers line up...

notlocal

•10 years ago

19 Replies

How does everyone else cope with that time when you have had enough and wamt to give up ?

. I have had asthma bronciectasis copd and emphasema for. 60 years .nebulisers o2 various tablets and steroids non stop for over 20 years have taken there...

. I have had asthma bronciectasis copd and emphasema for. 60 years .nebulisers o...

sue48

•10 years ago

18 Replies

Confused

I joined here because my father has a lung condition no one will give it a specific name but he has one lung smaller than the other and both lungs are covered...

I joined here because my father has a lung condition no one will give it a speci...

warmers13

•10 years ago

8 Replies

No e mail today

Why does this happen,it's not the first time,fortunately I just used the previous link as I had not deleted it.

Why does this happen,it's not the first time,fortunately I just used the previo...

Sooki

•10 years ago

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Changing GP

Having had to change gp, been left the area for 4years, On my oxygen ass Thursday ,needed to give my new address, so told had to change, I had been there for...

Having had to change gp, been left the area for 4years, On my oxygen ass Thursda...

junespoon

•10 years ago

7 Replies

Oh no not now

After my recent stay in hospital I now have a horrible chest infection. I have spent the last 6 months doing my best to stay healthy but I was in a ward with 1...

After my recent stay in hospital I now have a horrible chest infection. I have s...

ptliverpool

•10 years ago

18 Replies

I was diagnosed with a lung cancer the size of a grape on Friday. Does anyone have a advise ...surgery or radiotherapy? Thanks Carolyn

carolynroo

•10 years ago

18 Replies

Lung Volume Reduction Surgery (valves) - Is it a postcode lottery?

There has been a lot of interest and support from many of you regarding this procedure but it seems that there are a lot of variations over the country with...

There has been a lot of interest and support from many of you regarding this pro...

notlocal

•10 years ago

50 Replies

What the???

Saw this & loved it, we had a boxer years ago, that did the same! (before the days,of security screens!)

Saw this & loved it, we had a boxer years ago, that did the same! (before the da...

Hidden

•10 years ago

1 Reply

Any suggestions.

I opened the curtain this morning, looked to the left and saw a bank of lovely yellow crocus, Spring is on the way. :-) But then I looked to the right and...

I opened the curtain this morning, looked to the left and saw a bank of lovely y...

pollyjj

•10 years ago

9 Replies

:Jokes of the Day: Senior Citizen Funny Senior Moments

Once I made chicken soup - simmered the carcass for hours with lots of vegetables. Then, when it was all nice and tasty I grabbed a colander and poured all the...

Once I made chicken soup - simmered the carcass for hours with lots of vegetable...

Hidden

•10 years ago

13 Replies

Grandson

Hi Wendels,Thought you might like this pic of my grandson Louie feeding the Wobblies as he calls them.Love Bengunn.

Hi Wendels,Thought you might like this pic of my grandson Louie feeding the Wobb...

Bengunn

•10 years ago

4 Replies

Don't know what to do been taking pain killers and antibiotics for throat infection.

Been feeling low for sometime now. Just feel like giving up.

Hidden

•10 years ago

15 Replies

just got prescribed

just got prescribed ambulatory oxygen

DODO

•10 years ago

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The sun had its hat on all day just wonderful! Feeeeling very happy and satisfied with myself !

Thought it was going to be just another nothingy day,hadnt slept at all.Sat in bed took meds and puffers and debated do i continue to try and sleep or get...

Thought it was going to be just another nothingy day,hadnt slept at all.Sat in b...

longlungs

•10 years ago

27 Replies

clarification

It would be nice if Jenny Woods gave us some information about the dramatic changes taking place, regarding BLF and breatheasy's what are the facts, I have...

It would be nice if Jenny Woods gave us some information about the dramatic chan...

-fingerscrossed

•10 years ago

23 Replies

I use a nebulizer for an albuterol solution. Can I use it for a saline solution as I have read about on this site?

Do you need a prescription for the saline solution or can you make it yourself. If so, how? I always carefully clean the nebulizer device (except for the tube)...

Do you need a prescription for the saline solution or can you make it yourself. ...

drd4

•10 years ago

3 Replies

portable oxygen concentrators

hi, has anyone used one of those light weight portable oxygen concentrators as am thinking of getting one but the prices seen sky high we were looking at the...

hi, has anyone used one of those light weight portable oxygen concentrators as a...

tigerhouse

•10 years ago

19 Replies

I have been referred to Wythenshawe Lung Centre for treatment of IPF with Pirfenidone because my condition has now fell into Nice Guidlines

For this treatment does anyone have any info on what to expect I am on ambulatory 02 but may now have to use it 15 hours a day.

For this treatment does anyone have any info on what to expect I am on ambulator...

imelda16

•10 years ago

5 Replies

Blue Badge.

Has anybody renewed their Blue Badge recently, mine is up in six weeks and it looks as if they are tightening up for the wrong people. I got refused PIP two...

Has anybody renewed their Blue Badge recently, mine is up in six weeks and it lo...

GIBBO

•10 years ago

22 Replies

Pictures of my grand children.

Hi Junespoon some of you liked e pictures of my grandson so here's some more. Louie five and Finlay five months. Bengunn

Hi Junespoon some of you liked e pictures of my grandson so here's some more. L...

Bengunn

•10 years ago

6 Replies

Anyone else have haemoptysis?

Get this evey year - take Clarithromycin 500 x twice daily but not much help this year. Taking Fluticasone 250x2 twice daily...Seebre once daily...and...

Get this evey year - take Clarithromycin 500 x twice daily but not much help th...

jaguarxf1

•10 years ago

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Any Suggestions on Oxygen for Holiday?

OK. I use Ambulatory Oxygen at a rate of 5 litres. This is via Liquid Oxygen. There us a possibility of me going (with my husband & a bus load of other Former...

OK. I use Ambulatory Oxygen at a rate of 5 litres. This is via Liquid Oxygen. T...

Hidden

•10 years ago

17 Replies

6 Years of coughing, coughing coughing. Does anyone have a similar experience?

I started coughing in 2008 and I am still coughing, 6 years on. Praise for my GP, who has sent me for various tests. X-ray, Barium Meal, Spirometry, tubes down...

I started coughing in 2008 and I am still coughing, 6 years on. Praise for my GP...

MaminaElsie

•10 years ago

27 Replies

Sorry couldn't resist.

So true on my way to work. we play a game spot the new pot holes.

Suzy6

•10 years ago

9 Replies

Brown inhalers how long do u use them for?

I developed asthma 2 years ago but only picked out a few months ago, first it started out with very bad hayfever then cold like symptoms, after that last year...

I developed asthma 2 years ago but only picked out a few months ago, first it st...

Hidden

•10 years ago

4 Replies

Posts - Lung Conditions Community Forum | HealthUnlocked

Lung Conditions Community Forum

All posts for February 2014

just started on a new antibiotic called DOXYCYCLINE for the last 3 days and I have not been off the toilet since anybody had problems

What are the side-effects in reality of being on a steroid inhaler ( not tablets ). I'm sure l have asked this before but can't find replies

Going to take control of the situation I find myself in.

From PulnCCM Journal. " Vitamin D: no relationship to COPD exacerbations "

The good news and the bad news...

How does everyone else cope with that time when you have had enough and wamt to give up ?

Confused

No e mail today

Changing GP

Oh no not now

I was diagnosed with a lung cancer the size of a grape on Friday. Does anyone have a advise ...surgery or radiotherapy? Thanks Carolyn

Lung Volume Reduction Surgery (valves) - Is it a postcode lottery?

What the???

Any suggestions.

:Jokes of the Day: Senior Citizen Funny Senior Moments

Grandson

Don't know what to do been taking pain killers and antibiotics for throat infection.

just got prescribed

The sun had its hat on all day just wonderful! Feeeeling very happy and satisfied with myself !

clarification

I use a nebulizer for an albuterol solution. Can I use it for a saline solution as I have read about on this site?

portable oxygen concentrators

I have been referred to Wythenshawe Lung Centre for treatment of IPF with Pirfenidone because my condition has now fell into Nice Guidlines

Blue Badge.

Pictures of my grand children.

Anyone else have haemoptysis?

Any Suggestions on Oxygen for Holiday?

6 Years of coughing, coughing coughing. Does anyone have a similar experience?

Sorry couldn't resist.

Brown inhalers how long do u use them for?

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