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Music Weekend..this is for Tippietoes 💞

We've not forgotten about you..just wish you would make contact when your ready...

We've not forgotten about you..just wish you would make contact when your ready....

Spiritual1

•8 years ago

21 Replies

A Hole in Lung

Greetings COPDers. Have a question. Just completed a 4-week hospital sojourn having succeeded in popping a hole in my left lung and causing complete deflation....

Greetings COPDers. Have a question. Just completed a 4-week hospital sojourn hav...

edwardo

•8 years ago

17 Replies

waking up choking & breathless

OMG what a morning I had 6.30 am WOKE up choking on phlegm could not catch me breath or even walk due to breathlessness. Horrific was .. MUST been big spider...

OMG what a morning I had 6.30 am WOKE up choking on phlegm could not catch me br...

Hidden

•8 years ago

14 Replies

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copd

Hi My name is dennis and 1 year ago to the day a cat scan showed mild upper lung marking of emphysema... im 55 and have smoked for the past...

Hi My name is dennis and 1 year ago to the day a cat scan showed mil...

DENNISAMERICA

•8 years ago

27 Replies

new emphysema and very scared

Hi My name is dennis and 1 year ago to the day a cat scan showed mild upper lung marking of emphysema... im 55 and have smoked for the past...

Hi My name is dennis and 1 year ago to the day a cat scan showed mil...

DENNISAMERICA

•8 years ago

9 Replies

Julia Bradbury walks

Watching Julia on the Peak District's Kinder Scout. Oh, to be able to do that walk just one more time! Lost count of the times I did this and I miss it sooo...

Watching Julia on the Peak District's Kinder Scout. Oh, to be able to do that wa...

y_not

•8 years ago

16 Replies

Blue Badge

I recently had to renew my blue badge, has it soon runs out. Today I received a letter from the blue badge team stating that I will have to go to Mobility...

I recently had to renew my blue badge, has it soon runs out. Today I received a ...

Mikefever

•8 years ago

8 Replies

I am new

Hi Everyone, My name is Sue, I live in North Wales, I have COPD, I am 63 , I am new here ad am looking forward to maybe sharing my feelings whether good days...

Hi Everyone, My name is Sue, I live in North Wales, I have COPD, I am 63 , I a...

sueray

•8 years ago

32 Replies

stem cell surgery

hello everyone my name is kim, I'm 55 yrs old. I have had severe copd for the past 4yrs. I live on oxygen machine all the time, but I go out sometimes I carry...

hello everyone my name is kim, I'm 55 yrs old. I have had severe copd for the pa...

2pray4us

•8 years ago

25 Replies

Low oxygen sats and bradycardia

Hi, When my o2 sats drop, my pulse rate drops to 40/50 bpm. That's not good, is it?

Hi, When my o2 sats drop, my pulse rate drops to 40/50 bpm. That's not good, is...

gbhill

•8 years ago

5 Replies

Bruising!

Photo not working?

FarmerD

•8 years ago

2 Replies

Good news

I had my four day assessment at Newcastle and after all the rigorous testing and heartache of being told that it wasn't looking likely because I have issues...

I had my four day assessment at Newcastle and after all the rigorous testing and...

Hidden

•8 years ago

23 Replies

A Free COPD Guide For Sign up

You can get a fairly good COPD Guide as a download if you go to Scientific American's Healthafter50. You have to register but you can unsubscribe at any time....

You can get a fairly good COPD Guide as a download if you go to Scientific Ameri...

Hidden

•8 years ago

10 Replies

Finish Doxy first!

So the hospital doctor told me to use my emergency pack to try and shift the pesky cough I,ve had for a month,once that,s done go on to the anti-candidas...

So the hospital doctor told me to use my emergency pack to try and shift the pes...

FarmerD

•8 years ago

20 Replies

Atelectasis - Bronchiectasis

Told I have Atelectasis and I am very worried as also told I have Bronchiectasis. All cam out due to a CT scan I had done due to chronic cough. Anyone with...

Told I have Atelectasis and I am very worried as also told I have Bronchiectasis...

MaminaElsie

•8 years ago

11 Replies

Fev results found is anyone a good FEV detective

These are my fev results from last year jan 2015 which I got from docs today after asking The specialist ones im trying to get a hold of as they said they...

These are my fev results from last year jan 2015 which I got from docs today aft...

Huffnpuff73

•8 years ago

5 Replies

Lung function results... Can anyone help?

Hi, could you let me know what you think about these lung function results please? I suffer with breathlessness and desaturation, with no diagnosis. Ct scan...

Hi, could you let me know what you think about these lung function results pleas...

gbhill

•8 years ago

4 Replies

Help! Info please

Hi All, I follow this community, and in March I saw an interesting post: https://healthunlocked.com/blf/posts/133225890/how-to-age-successfully. Now HU tells...

Hi All, I follow this community, and in March I saw an interesting post: https:/...

John352

•8 years ago

6 Replies

Oxygen therapy & pulse oximetry

Good morning, has anyone who is on oxygen therapy been given a pulse oximeter to monitor oxygen levels? Ed

Good morning, has anyone who is on oxygen therapy been given a pulse oximeter to...

Hidden

•8 years ago

14 Replies

hair dye

hi can you dye your hair with copd if you use a dye with no ammonia

rusty4ever

•8 years ago

16 Replies

After such a good response

I thought I'd share some of the arrangements I've done in the past for our church

I thought I'd share some of the arrangements I've done in the past for our churc...

Nanny1086

•8 years ago

30 Replies

Confused...

This is my first post on here so here goes... I am 38 yrs old and suffered with asthma for as long as I can remember, and have taken inhalers of some...

This is my first post on here so here goes... I am 38 yrs old and suffered with ...

mr-kipling

•8 years ago

5 Replies

imformation please

hi every one, does anyone have any information re aspergilla's, not sure about the spelling and what medication they take, I have to take steroid's about every...

hi every one, does anyone have any information re aspergilla's, not sure about t...

jpw1

•8 years ago

6 Replies

Swings and roundabouts

good morning from a chilly north Scotland with snow forecast for Saturday!! An update on my battles with the Bronchiectasis, touch wood, the daily Azithromycin...

good morning from a chilly north Scotland with snow forecast for Saturday!! An u...

daveymac55

•8 years ago

4 Replies

Smoking

Well made it through another day mornings seem to be my hardest time, but thankyou all for your posts I will get there

Well made it through another day mornings seem to be my hardest time, but thanky...

Jeanjt

•8 years ago

10 Replies

G E R D

Evening all, hope you all having a pleasant evening with not too many problems. Just a quick question, can anyone tell me what G E R D is ? I have seen it...

Evening all, hope you all having a pleasant evening with not too many problems. ...

CELAT06

•8 years ago

15 Replies

Painful Sinus

Hi, I was diagnosed with copd a couple of years ago, manageable at the moment though get breathless walking uphill. Main problem at the moment is the pain...

Hi, I was diagnosed with copd a couple of years ago, manageable at the moment th...

saramic

•8 years ago

12 Replies

My latest arrangement

I have put a photograph of my latest attempt at flower arranging , We hold a flower club once a month at our church hall , Hope you like it ,

I have put a photograph of my latest attempt at flower arranging , We hold a flo...

Nanny1086

•8 years ago

51 Replies

Oxygen Sats

Hi, Just wondered if someone could help me with my question please. Why in some cases, does oxygen sats drop when you bend over (ie. tie your shoe laces etc)....

Hi, Just wondered if someone could help me with my question please. Why in some ...

gbhill

•8 years ago

9 Replies

My first post

I was diagnosed with mild COPD in 2009 and given a steroid inhaler, Seretide. My COPD is now moderate and I have just had my inhaler changed to Spiriva...

I was diagnosed with mild COPD in 2009 and given a steroid inhaler, Seretide. ...

Hidden

•8 years ago

33 Replies

Posts - Lung Conditions Community Forum | HealthUnlocked

Lung Conditions Community Forum

All posts for April 2016

Music Weekend..this is for Tippietoes 💞

A Hole in Lung

waking up choking & breathless

copd

new emphysema and very scared

Julia Bradbury walks

Blue Badge

I am new

stem cell surgery

Low oxygen sats and bradycardia

Bruising!

Good news

A Free COPD Guide For Sign up

Finish Doxy first!

Atelectasis - Bronchiectasis

Fev results found is anyone a good FEV detective

Lung function results... Can anyone help?

Help! Info please

Oxygen therapy & pulse oximetry

hair dye

After such a good response

Confused...

imformation please

Swings and roundabouts

Smoking

G E R D

Painful Sinus

My latest arrangement

Oxygen Sats

My first post

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