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Radio interview request

Do you have asthma? Do you feel that the air pollution levels this week have made you feel worse? Would you like to do a radio interview on Monday 07 April?...

Do you have asthma? Do you feel that the air pollution levels this week have mad...

BLFCommsTeam

•10 years ago

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ATOS ********!!!!!!!!!

I had an appointment for my PIP assessment today 9 months after I applied. Turned up at a very dodgy looking physio centre next to Luton Rugby Football club to...

I had an appointment for my PIP assessment today 9 months after I applied. Turne...

alanjudy

•10 years ago

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Saltpipe

Does any member of the group use a saltpipe?

Snook

•10 years ago

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Went and seen GP following heart ECG results .. Totaly disgusted in he's comments

Following my blood test i.e ression for feeling so ill given a did not appear to have chest infection ... that came back all clear but shown liver enzines...

Following my blood test i.e ression for feeling so ill given a did not appear to...

Hidden

•10 years ago

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Hi everyone, I don't really have a question. For some unknown reason I feel really down tonight and don't really have anyone to talk to.

I just very suddenly started to feel very down earlier this evening and its getting worse. This is not like me at all. Like anyone else I can get fed up for...

I just very suddenly started to feel very down earlier this evening and its gett...

huggs

•10 years ago

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Had my support worker visit today and she's told me that apparently the people/decision makers who currently have the contract are giving it

up"as they are unable to cope with the job anymore as it's causing to much stress"! This is the"Trained Staff"who decide whether or not we get the additional...

up"as they are unable to cope with the job anymore as it's causing to much stres...

Aidi

•10 years ago

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Types of COPD

I want to share this link http://respiratorytherapycave.blogspot.co.uk/ I will leave you make your own minds up what to think

I want to share this link http://respiratorytherapycave.blogspot.co.uk/ I will l...

Lakeland

•10 years ago

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How to deal with breathlessness

I was diagnosed with COPD 2 weeks ago. Over these past few weeks I have suffered with extreme breathlessness that sometimes lasts for 2 or 3 hours. It normally...

I was diagnosed with COPD 2 weeks ago. Over these past few weeks I have suffered...

Mella20

•10 years ago

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Hello home for three nights this week. Feeling so much better. Hoping discharge is not too far away.

My good wishes to you all, and thanks for all your support. xxx

Hidden

•10 years ago

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Question. ?

And the question of the day is ..........shall i have my windows openand feel as if i,m suffacating a or shut them annd still feel im suffacating. ?...

And the question of the day is ..........shall i have my windows openand feel as...

sue48

•10 years ago

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Does anyone have severe red infected eyes? Have had it since Sunday when dust was first noticed on cars.

calamity12

•10 years ago

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CF Testing Clear!!

Well, I have Bronchiectasis, and was diagnosed about a year ago under the Royal Surrey hospital, after having 3 years worth of lets wait and see attitude. The...

Well, I have Bronchiectasis, and was diagnosed about a year ago under the Royal ...

kirsty72

•10 years ago

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What to do now

Ive just got my copy of letter from consultant and to say i feel a complete fraud is an understatement! He basically says i have "simple bronchitis" my ct...

Ive just got my copy of letter from consultant and to say i feel a complete frau...

tigershay1

•10 years ago

37 Replies

Blue Badge Application

Well good start to the day, just found out my Blue Badge Application has been refused even though my heart rate goes through the roof and oxygen levels dip...

Well good start to the day, just found out my Blue Badge Application has been re...

Plumbob

•10 years ago

12 Replies

Help

They are with me being in the 10% of SEL Lupus sufferers with a Neg RNA still the 10% with SEL Lupus. The Dr's are with holding the diagnosis until there is a...

They are with me being in the 10% of SEL Lupus sufferers with a Neg RNA still t...

AngelADark

•10 years ago

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Is anyone getting effected by the high level of air pollution this week?

Today I was running but I couldn't run fast because of the pollution I wish this high pollution would drift somewhere else. They warned people with lung...

Today I was running but I couldn't run fast because of the pollution I wish this...

Jake364

•10 years ago

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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

I've just been diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Does anyone know of any groups I could attend in the sussex area?

I've just been diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Does anyone know of...

Baggle

•10 years ago

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Struggling today with bronchiectasis

PFT dropped to 150 and really struggled to breathe and even talk! Got emergency appt with my own doctor who put me on a nebuliser in the surgery. Made a big...

PFT dropped to 150 and really struggled to breathe and even talk! Got emergenc...

scrag

•10 years ago

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"Chuffed!"

Hi everybody had my monthly visit to the nurse today and came away feeling good. Two months ago she changed all my medication after having one infection after...

Hi everybody had my monthly visit to the nurse today and came away feeling good....

bobbyr

•10 years ago

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Excellent but strange!

Last August, hospital lung function tests put me at FEV1 30% of predicted. I've had two hospital admissions for life threatening exacerbations since then, yet...

Last August, hospital lung function tests put me at FEV1 30% of predicted. I've ...

frose

•10 years ago

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My consultant has agreed I need to be on steroids long(ish)term.First 6 months of the year down to only10mg daily,any one else done this?

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FarmerD

•10 years ago

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Cat scans, diagnosis + x rays dont add up...

I was diagnosed with BOOP and bronchiectasis when I was 3 years old, hospitalized, then put on oxygen and slowly improved and off oxygen when I was 10, i am...

I was diagnosed with BOOP and bronchiectasis when I was 3 years old, hospitalize...

brisingr55

•10 years ago

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Back on antibiotics

Ive had to ring dr earlier as started coughing up yuk and terrible pain across back hot and cold ....back on Doxicyline 100g and have to up steroids to 30mg...

Ive had to ring dr earlier as started coughing up yuk and terrible pain across b...

tigershay1

•10 years ago

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PULIMONERY REHAB

Hi went on tuesday for my assesment for pulimonry rehab and they think i would benefit from the lung excercises so as i am away on holiday to turkey i will...

Hi went on tuesday for my assesment for pulimonry rehab and they think i would b...

snow54flake

•10 years ago

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emergency antibiotic withdrawal

I saw my GP last week because I needed to use my emergency antibiotics (amoxicillin) when I was away at my daughters for a few weeks.( I have haemophilus...

I saw my GP last week because I needed to use my emergency antibiotics (amoxicil...

fleur24

•10 years ago

27 Replies

I'm back, what a waste of time at the doctors and job centre!!!!!!!!

At the doctors, he would only give me nasal spray called NASONEX and told me to see how I go on with that. Also he said that because my 2 curves are visible,...

At the doctors, he would only give me nasal spray called NASONEX and told me to ...

Hidden

•10 years ago

10 Replies

Parvati has launched a new COPD blog...

Just wanted to alert all you COPDers that Parvati, longtime member here, has a really good blog now up and running, no need to register, here...

Just wanted to alert all you COPDers that Parvati, longtime member here, has a r...

notlocal

•10 years ago

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I was an empty box lifter!

As some of you may know that some time back I was passed fit for work by DWP as "I could lift an empty box." I appealed and won. Because of the financial...

As some of you may know that some time back I was passed fit for work by DWP as ...

Offcut

•10 years ago

8 Replies

Air Pollution

Hello Everybody We hope you find the following guidance helpful British Lung Foundation honorary medical adviser, Dr Keith Prowse, said: “Heavy air...

Hello Everybody We hope you find the following guidance helpful British Lung F...

Moderator

•10 years ago

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New member with newly diagnosed COPD and hoping to introduce myslef and hoping to gain information and smoking cessation support.

Hi, My name is Teresa and I was diagnosed with moderate COPD in February. I also have asthma which I have had from a little girl. I have a print out with...

Hi, My name is Teresa and I was diagnosed with moderate COPD in February. I al...

Tezhar

•10 years ago

31 Replies

Posts - Lung Conditions Community Forum | HealthUnlocked

Lung Conditions Community Forum

All posts for April 2014

Radio interview request

ATOS ********!!!!!!!!!

Saltpipe

Went and seen GP following heart ECG results .. Totaly disgusted in he's comments

Hi everyone, I don't really have a question. For some unknown reason I feel really down tonight and don't really have anyone to talk to.

Had my support worker visit today and she's told me that apparently the people/decision makers who currently have the contract are giving it

Types of COPD

How to deal with breathlessness

Hello home for three nights this week. Feeling so much better. Hoping discharge is not too far away.

Question. ?

Does anyone have severe red infected eyes? Have had it since Sunday when dust was first noticed on cars.

CF Testing Clear!!

What to do now

Blue Badge Application

Help

Is anyone getting effected by the high level of air pollution this week?

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Struggling today with bronchiectasis

"Chuffed!"

Excellent but strange!

My consultant has agreed I need to be on steroids long(ish)term.First 6 months of the year down to only10mg daily,any one else done this?

Cat scans, diagnosis + x rays dont add up...

Back on antibiotics

PULIMONERY REHAB

emergency antibiotic withdrawal

I'm back, what a waste of time at the doctors and job centre!!!!!!!!

Parvati has launched a new COPD blog...

I was an empty box lifter!

Air Pollution

New member with newly diagnosed COPD and hoping to introduce myslef and hoping to gain information and smoking cessation support.

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