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Short Of Breath...Eek!

Totally choosing not to remember the wind has me gasping for breath within seconds of venturing outside, I walked...or rather...sort of lurched...round the...

Totally choosing not to remember the wind has me gasping for breath within secon...

Hidden

•9 years ago

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New quality standards for COPD care

Hi all, The National Institute for Care and Excellence (NICE), a national health care body that works alongside the NHS in England and Wales, is producing a...

Hi all, The National Institute for Care and Excellence (NICE), a national heal...

BethanyBateman

•9 years ago

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Rental portable oxygen

Hi My sister is visiting from the USA, she has pulmonary fibrosis . She needs 24 hour oxygen. Although she has her small concentrator her pulmonologist...

Hi My sister is visiting from the USA, she has pulmonary fibrosis . She needs 24...

Youngersister

•9 years ago

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Know Wonder Everyones F***** When Anthraxd & Plague By M.0.D ‬ Porton Down, Salisbury. Wiltshire.

Scientists experimented on 21,000 servicemen between 1939 and 1989. New book reveals horrors of unwitting Ministry of Defence test subjects & public....

Scientists experimented on 21,000 servicemen between 1939 and 1989. New book re...

Hidden

•9 years ago

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Flu jab

Have been reading a couple of posts about the difficulty of overcoming hib flu (not sure if thats right). I routinely have the flu jab, but wonder if we can be...

Have been reading a couple of posts about the difficulty of overcoming hib flu (...

Lyd12

•9 years ago

8 Replies

Have problems at work with asthma

When I an working in a hot shop my asthma worsens I have had a slight attack and I've had to tell one of the bosses that i I have an atack major one have to...

When I an working in a hot shop my asthma worsens I have had a slight attack a...

beccaattle

•9 years ago

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Tough Day

Saturday. Felt breathless getting up, as usual. Taken Spiriva and symbicourt. Did Laundry. Started loading machine at 9:30 then at 12 hung sheets on...

Saturday. Felt breathless getting up, as usual. Taken Spiriva and symbicourt....

2malinka

•9 years ago

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CRP slightly raised.

Hello anyone know what this means? I have been going through the copies of the letters I got from my GP just over a week ago again and writing a letter...

Hello anyone know what this means? I have been going through the copies of the ...

freefaller

•9 years ago

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I Was Such A Horrible Snob...

When I was first married back in the late '60's it would never have occurred to me to go without make-up...shaving my legs and underarms was done in the...

When I was first married back in the late '60's it would never have occurred to ...

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•9 years ago

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Murphy Is Much Better!

Little Murphy is much better...he quickly learned he is fed in the kitchen and runs through with his tail straight up...then he meows hopefully until one of us...

Little Murphy is much better...he quickly learned he is fed in the kitchen and r...

Hidden

•9 years ago

26 Replies

Pain in legs

Hi every one hope your all as well as you can be. I was just wondering if anyone has pain in their legs very much like cramp pain and is it something related...

Hi every one hope your all as well as you can be. I was just wondering if anyone...

meglou

•9 years ago

14 Replies

Thanks...what a nice bunch you all are

I would just like to say a big thankyou....to all of you who replied to my first post...what an amazing bunch you all are.... I feel a lot more positive about...

I would just like to say a big thankyou....to all of you who replied to my first...

Rocky2015

•9 years ago

4 Replies

Nicotine-eating bacteria show promise as new anti-smoking therapy

Anyone heard of this? Found it here. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/297872.php I don't smoke myself, but I know lots do and have problems trying to...

Anyone heard of this? Found it here. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/2...

Hidden

•9 years ago

4 Replies

Progress is going well!

Some of you may remember that I had an accident in December, fractured my pelvis and dislocated my elbow and was immobile for a month, well here is an update...

Some of you may remember that I had an accident in December, fractured my pelvis...

caroleoctober

•9 years ago

17 Replies

Travel Insurance

Has anyone got a good travel insurance we would like to go away next year to Lanzarote but so far insurance won't cove me one quoted £750 for me and my...

Has anyone got a good travel insurance we would like to go away next year to L...

Bliss2

•9 years ago

27 Replies

Himself Telling Big Fibs...

The next time someone asks...with a pitying expression on their face...'But whatever do you do all day? I'm going to spit in their eye and tell them to take a...

The next time someone asks...with a pitying expression on their face...'But what...

Hidden

•9 years ago

23 Replies

Community

Has anyone read anything about a gluten free diet helping asthma/copd patients breathe better? Any links on this please

Has anyone read anything about a gluten free diet helping asthma/copd patients b...

emmo

•9 years ago

9 Replies

GOT MY APPOINTMENT!

Hi All, Just got back home after a horrendous drive through holiday traffic with diversions, accident holdups and road works! nearly doubled the journey...

Hi All, Just got back home after a horrendous drive through holiday traffic wit...

freefaller

•9 years ago

14 Replies

Something Silly

Don't want the weight loss but like the others please!

Hidden

•9 years ago

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The Provenance Of Old Objects...

We have a rather forlorn chest of drawers in the bathroom that has been sitting there for years with my clothes bundled up inside it...standing on the top is a...

We have a rather forlorn chest of drawers in the bathroom that has been sitting ...

Hidden

•9 years ago

16 Replies

Newly diagnosed with non small cell lung cancer stage 3A

Hi all I'm Maggie and I'm 55. I have been undergoing investigations for increased breathlessness over the last couple of months. I was diagnosed with COPD in...

Hi all I'm Maggie and I'm 55. I have been undergoing investigations for increase...

maggie1960

•9 years ago

24 Replies

I had my spirio test this morning

hi everyone....I'm a newbie...this is my first post. I had a spiro test this morning...I have COPD....only a mild case apparently.... I have smoked for 40...

hi everyone....I'm a newbie...this is my first post. I had a spiro test this mor...

Rocky2015

•9 years ago

19 Replies

Good morning Sunshine

Hello all my lovely smiler friends, just popped in to say I hope you are all managing your problems with that smile, I am still waking up each morning which is...

Hello all my lovely smiler friends, just popped in to say I hope you are all man...

holly17

•9 years ago

31 Replies

Thank you and sorry for the dogs.

Thank for all the great comments about Robbie. He is 5 years old now. I did not realist that all my other photos of past dogs would appear in the list....

Thank for all the great comments about Robbie. He is 5 years old now. I did no...

Lolly2

•9 years ago

7 Replies

Just Found This...Isn't It The Truth!

Found this morning on FaceAche...

Hidden

•9 years ago

13 Replies

If you use a Blue badge, take a tape measure with you, - your going to need it .

This is almost unbelievable, the other day, I parked my vehicle outside a Chemist shop , using my Blue Badge, , to pick up a prescription. On leaving the...

This is almost unbelievable, the other day, I parked my vehicle outside a Chemi...

vittorio

•9 years ago

24 Replies

One step. Totally SOB.

Over the last few days I have only been able to walk one step before getting very SOB. Worse than that my lungs seem to seize up and not let me breathe in...

Over the last few days I have only been able to walk one step before getting ver...

Puffthemagicdragon

•9 years ago

54 Replies

Is breathlessness from copd the same as panic related breathlessness.

I have a very long history of anxiety ,panic disorders as well as obsessive health anxiety where I panic about breathing issues since having a chest infection...

I have a very long history of anxiety ,panic disorders as well as obsessive heal...

bev1958

•9 years ago

6 Replies

Coughing after food

Hi all, from a very wet tropical island. Rain, day in day out with a cold temperature of 24/25c/74/75f. Can't remember when i last had my a/c on. As the title...

Hi all, from a very wet tropical island. Rain, day in day out with a cold temper...

Swerv

•9 years ago

50 Replies

oxygen level

was just informed my level at sleeping is at 84,,, normal during the day I'm at 89/90's so will i need oxygen at night? I have been diagnosed with COPD,...

was just informed my level at sleeping is at 84,,, normal during the day I'm at...

superdanno

•9 years ago

5 Replies

Posts - Lung Conditions Community Forum | HealthUnlocked

Lung Conditions Community Forum

All posts for August 2015

Short Of Breath...Eek!

New quality standards for COPD care

Rental portable oxygen

Know Wonder Everyones F***** When Anthraxd & Plague By M.0.D ‬ Porton Down, Salisbury. Wiltshire.

Flu jab

Have problems at work with asthma

Tough Day

CRP slightly raised.

I Was Such A Horrible Snob...

Murphy Is Much Better!

Pain in legs

Thanks...what a nice bunch you all are

Nicotine-eating bacteria show promise as new anti-smoking therapy

Progress is going well!

Travel Insurance

Himself Telling Big Fibs...

Community

GOT MY APPOINTMENT!

Something Silly

The Provenance Of Old Objects...

Newly diagnosed with non small cell lung cancer stage 3A

I had my spirio test this morning

Good morning Sunshine

Thank you and sorry for the dogs.

Just Found This...Isn't It The Truth!

If you use a Blue badge, take a tape measure with you, - your going to need it .

One step. Totally SOB.

Is breathlessness from copd the same as panic related breathlessness.

Coughing after food

oxygen level

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