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asthma/ chronic bronchitis/ copd

Hello everybody, nice to meet you all, you seem a very helpful and friendly group, and best of all, given this scary disease, very positive. Am in the middle...

Hello everybody, nice to meet you all, you seem a very helpful and friendly gr...

mollmoll

•10 years ago

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Please Help, A cough which wont go away

Please help. About a month ago I start getting this cough which kept interrupting my talk now and then but no major issues like Chest Pain or cough...

Please help. About a month ago I start getting this cough which kept interruptin...

Moise

•10 years ago

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Reciving A BLACK rose

YUMI Not quite what i ever thought ad recive or a subject ad like to be talking about .. But am i right or is it write in expecting a reef next Or can you be...

YUMI Not quite what i ever thought ad recive or a subject ad like to be talking ...

Hidden

•10 years ago

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Fabric Softener!

Sorry to bother you with a mundane question, but I would really like to be able to use a Fabric Softener (the water in Norfolk must be the hardest in the UK)...

Sorry to bother you with a mundane question, but I would really like to be able ...

Louisiana

•10 years ago

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lung-dialysis - another interesting development

Another potential silver bullet ........ Lung-dialysis for COPD patients where they recon it could reduce mortality rates from 35% to 7%. We'll see...

Another potential silver bullet ........ Lung-dialysis for COPD patients where t...

out-for-lunch

•10 years ago

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Well Hello everyone

I ve been looking a this site and many more since I had a Ct scan in May that showed severe emphysema. As i m fairly asymptomatic it was a hard pill to swallow...

I ve been looking a this site and many more since I had a Ct scan in May that sh...

therese123

•10 years ago

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Pied Blackbird

As a different "take on a blackbird try this one! He was with us for a number of years, full story is here -...

As a different "take on a blackbird try this one! He was with us for a number of...

Hidden

•10 years ago

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Very upset

Struggling today sat in a carpark writing this and crying. Been a difficult 6weeks COPD diagnosis not being well on top of that a planned op for women problems...

Struggling today sat in a carpark writing this and crying. Been a difficult 6wee...

Tracey40

•10 years ago

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the taxman cometh

A Christmas meal at an expensive restaurant is disturbed by a woman screaming!! "My son is choking!! " she cries. He,s swallowed a sixpence [shows you how old...

A Christmas meal at an expensive restaurant is disturbed by a woman screaming!! ...

jimmyw123

•10 years ago

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TWO SEALS SUNNING............

Here are two seals sunning themselves this time. This photo is taken at Scalpsie Bay, where there is a whole colony of them. They are tame and you can get up...

Here are two seals sunning themselves this time. This photo is taken at Scalpsie...

huggs

•10 years ago

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Rheumatoid arthritis

Looking like l have now got it, true, my mum had it. They say it's not catching. Lol understand to do with immune system and as l have adult bronchilitis my...

Looking like l have now got it, true, my mum had it. They say it's not catching....

Hidden

•10 years ago

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A SEAL SUNNING ................

Thought you might enjoy this picture of a seal sunning itself on a rock in Rothesay Bay. xxxx

Thought you might enjoy this picture of a seal sunning itself on a rock in Rothe...

huggs

•10 years ago

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Organ transplants. A future without anti-rejection drugs .... maybe.

Ghost organs .... a very welcome move indeed http://davescienceblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/ghost-organs-future-of-transplant.html

Ghost organs .... a very welcome move indeed http://davescienceblog.blogspot.co...

out-for-lunch

•10 years ago

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Lighter oxygen .... brilliant development on it's way.

Hellfire, this looks damn brilliant for those of us on oxygen. Current problem we all face is the tanks are heavy & heavy requires muscle & puff, something we...

Hellfire, this looks damn brilliant for those of us on oxygen. Current problem ...

out-for-lunch

•10 years ago

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an awkward customer,, be polite, then loose the rag !!!

Cursed with a bald head and a wooden leg, a man is surprised to learn that hes been invited to a fancy dress party. .Deciding that he might pull it off if he...

Cursed with a bald head and a wooden leg, a man is surprised to learn that hes b...

jimmyw123

•10 years ago

25 Replies

electric wheelchair FOR SALE

We have an electric wheelchair for sale. It's a Liteway 4 plus scooter that has hardly been used. Purchased for £800. In excellent working order complete with...

We have an electric wheelchair for sale. It's a Liteway 4 plus scooter that has ...

Dorts

•10 years ago

1 Reply

Inogen One G3 System for sale

Hello I have an Inogen One G3 System with backpack for sale. It was bought last summer for £3,500 and only used for 6 months. It's all in perfect working...

Hello I have an Inogen One G3 System with backpack for sale. It was bought last...

Dorts

•10 years ago

1 Reply

Do vitamins help copd

Hi all, Just wondering if any one is taking vitamin supplements to help copd. I have bronch and have read vitamin d deficiency can occur with this condition....

Hi all, Just wondering if any one is taking vitamin supplements to help copd. I ...

chrissy314

•10 years ago

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Bronchiectasis and teaching.

Hello, I'm 42 and the doctor thinks I have bronchiectasis, so I'm off to see a chest specialist in a month. I have had asthma all my life, but my cough has got...

Hello, I'm 42 and the doctor thinks I have bronchiectasis, so I'm off to see a c...

Hidden

•10 years ago

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In Praise of Air Liquide

Came downstairs this morning to find the alarm light blinking on my Concentrator. Rang the emergency number at 0715 and a very nice lady told me to get on to...

Came downstairs this morning to find the alarm light blinking on my Concentrator...

Hidden

•10 years ago

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Where are your glasses.

Yesterday my daughter emailed me gain,asking why I did't do something useful with my time. "like sitting around the pool and drinking wine is not a good...

Yesterday my daughter emailed me gain,asking why I did't do something useful wit...

Hidden

•10 years ago

26 Replies

AutoImmune

I have a quick question, when the immune system is suppressed does this make it easier for you to get sick from others? Do we need to do anything special? I...

I have a quick question, when the immune system is suppressed does this make it ...

shirley29485

•10 years ago

20 Replies

Appetite

Hi, i keep losing my appetite,i know i have to eat,but when it comes to it,i find it difficult and feel quite sick. Any ideas, i know when im on a...

Hi, i keep losing my appetite,i know i have to eat,but when it comes to it,i fi...

brianj

•10 years ago

16 Replies

BRONCHIECTASIS AND COIL/VALVES

Does anyone know or have had the coils or valves fitted when having severe COPD bronchiectasis /emphesema in general poor health ?? x

Does anyone know or have had the coils or valves fitted when having severe COPD...

carolg1

•10 years ago

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THE DENTIST

The female dentist pulls out a numbing needle to give the man a shot of Novocain. "No way! No needles. I hate needles" the patient said.. The dentist starts...

The female dentist pulls out a numbing needle to give the man a shot of Novocain...

Hidden

•10 years ago

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Breakthrough at last

Well after my husband sent to see Consultant and had CT scan and breathing tests and blood tests he was given the diagnosis of Bronchiectasis. Today he has...

Well after my husband sent to see Consultant and had CT scan and breathing tests...

Sabi-barb

•10 years ago

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Working together for IPF

Anne-Marie Russell has worked in IPF research for the last 4 years, and has written a blog post for us talking about the importance of the IPF community coming...

Anne-Marie Russell has worked in IPF research for the last 4 years, and has writ...

kevinrobinson

•10 years ago

1 Reply

Andrea Corr: IPF took my mum so quickly

Do you remember The Corrs? They had lots of chart success some time ago, including the number 1 hit 'Breathless'. Andrea, the lead singer, lost her mum to IPF...

Do you remember The Corrs? They had lots of chart success some time ago, includi...

kevinrobinson

•10 years ago

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West Ham United is supporting IPF Week

Great news - Premier League football team West Ham United is supporting our IPF Week campaign. The fans sing 'I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles' before every match...

Great news - Premier League football team West Ham United is supporting our IPF ...

kevinrobinson

•10 years ago

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Hello

Hi. Had an operation to stick my lung to the lining in august and wanted to talk to someone else who has had this operation

Hi. Had an operation to stick my lung to the lining in august and wanted to talk...

supersue

•10 years ago

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Posts - Lung Conditions Community Forum | HealthUnlocked

Lung Conditions Community Forum

All posts for October 2014

asthma/ chronic bronchitis/ copd

Please Help, A cough which wont go away

Reciving A BLACK rose

Fabric Softener!

lung-dialysis - another interesting development

Well Hello everyone

Pied Blackbird

Very upset

the taxman cometh

TWO SEALS SUNNING............

Rheumatoid arthritis

A SEAL SUNNING ................

Organ transplants. A future without anti-rejection drugs .... maybe.

Lighter oxygen .... brilliant development on it's way.

an awkward customer,, be polite, then loose the rag !!!

electric wheelchair FOR SALE

Inogen One G3 System for sale

Do vitamins help copd

Bronchiectasis and teaching.

In Praise of Air Liquide

Where are your glasses.

AutoImmune

Appetite

BRONCHIECTASIS AND COIL/VALVES

THE DENTIST

Breakthrough at last

Working together for IPF

Andrea Corr: IPF took my mum so quickly

West Ham United is supporting IPF Week

Hello

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