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The 100,000 Genomes Project

Good afternoon, Have you been invited to take part in The 100,000 Genomes Project? If so, please read the email below, recently sent to the Helpline.......

Good afternoon, Have you been invited to take part in The 100,000 Genomes Projec...

Biddy_ALUK

Partner•8 years ago

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Liverpool walks - seven hills in seven weeks.

Hello all, We received the email below from Bike Right! They are organising seven walks around seven hills in Liverpool. The walks have an instructor who will...

Hello all, We received the email below from Bike Right! They are organising seve...

Biddy_ALUK

Partner•8 years ago

1 Reply

Why does my oxygen drop so quickly?

I have a finger pulse oximeter which seems to always show lower numbers when my hands are warm, and higher when cold. No idea why, but it isn't my main point...

I have a finger pulse oximeter which seems to always show lower numbers when my ...

DaxterSA

•8 years ago

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Want to take advantage of all our features? Just log in!

Just joined!

I have bronchiectasis and rheumatoid arthritis therefore have several chest infections due to heamophilus influenzae which are difficult to treat. I am usually...

I have bronchiectasis and rheumatoid arthritis therefore have several chest infe...

Liberty43

•8 years ago

24 Replies

Sequal Eclipse Portable Concentrator

Hello - I wrote a post a few days ago but it seems to be missing. My late husband had a Sequal Eclipse concentrator which has had very little use. It was...

Hello - I wrote a post a few days ago but it seems to be missing. My late hu...

Janetow

•8 years ago

1 Reply

Fishing

I got back this morning boy have I paid for it Friday it was so hot I could not breath I was so short of breath but it was good to get away I was with the...

I got back this morning boy have I paid for it Friday it was so hot I could not ...

Edtongue1

•8 years ago

9 Replies

Diabetes

Thank you everyone. Blood taken now waiting for results next week at the clinic. Everything coming at once, also having problems with my gastric reflux so off...

Thank you everyone. Blood taken now waiting for results next week at the clinic....

maggie7

•8 years ago

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Weekend

thank you all for your replies for the weekend but not time to rest as i've had pulmonary rehab this morning in Diss. 9.30 to 11.30. now I can rest. we took...

thank you all for your replies for the weekend but not time to rest as i've had ...

joyce741

•8 years ago

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I' m very lucky

After suffering pneumonia and then pleurisy from the beginning of December last year ,followed by a prolapse (diagnosed a few weeks ago,) probably caused by...

After suffering pneumonia and then pleurisy from the beginning of December last ...

Nanny1086

•8 years ago

21 Replies

Fairly new

Hi everyone and good morning, hope you have a good day. I'm just off to Diabetes nurse for blood test. Sugar levels not too good, but have to keep going lol...

Hi everyone and good morning, hope you have a good day. I'm just off to Diabetes...

maggie7

•8 years ago

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Heart Attacks : Cutting Thew The Layers Of FAT to get to the MEAT of STORY

When Is FAT not FAT ... When it's part of your bodies metabolism WHAT do i mean well there is good fat and there is bad fat. Sure we all heard story's seen TV...

When Is FAT not FAT ... When it's part of your bodies metabolism WHAT do i mean ...

Hidden

•8 years ago

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My back garden

Just a moment ago in my back garden

Jeanjt

•8 years ago

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Endobronchial vales

Well so disappointed more breathlessness than ever and the pain is shocking. Already looking to have them removed,never for a minute expected these valves to...

Well so disappointed more breathlessness than ever and the pain is shocking. Alr...

meglou

•8 years ago

13 Replies

Funding for Driving Lessons

Well i never knew that . How do you learn to drive if you have a disability? And more importantly how do you pay for it? Young disabled adults in receipt of...

Well i never knew that . How do you learn to drive if you have a disability? An...

Hidden

•8 years ago

1 Reply

Has anyone with COPD tried to reduce daily steroid dose.

I am 69 with severe COPD and Emphysema and have been taking prednisolone steroids for 4 years on and off but almost constantly for the last 2 years. I have...

I am 69 with severe COPD and Emphysema and have been taking prednisolone steroid...

hallentine47

•8 years ago

15 Replies

out of breath

I went to the dr for sob sent me to a cardiologist said i had extra heartbeats went to the hospital did a echocardiogram was good even had a heart...

I went to the dr for sob sent me to a cardiologist said i had extra heartbeats w...

mommom4099

•8 years ago

6 Replies

Copd

Hi just wondering if anyone else has had this, for past few weeks I am struggling to lie down as getting really bad pains in upper back ok when I am up and...

Hi just wondering if anyone else has had this, for past few weeks I am strugglin...

Jeanjt

•8 years ago

5 Replies

Adrenaline

Morning everyone.....well if u r reading this at least you are alive lol....gorra laugh or we'd be bloody fed up everyday. So here's my question for today,...

Morning everyone.....well if u r reading this at least you are alive lol....gorr...

alvorite

•8 years ago

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I already have retinA at home, wondering if I should use it.

about a year ago, way before my Dx, I bought retinA serum to treat my skin against the sun damage and the acne scars I had. I used it for a while on my face...

about a year ago, way before my Dx, I bought retinA serum to treat my skin again...

KD12

•8 years ago

7 Replies

Living with copd

Hi I'm Tony was diagnosed with copd 2 years ago am learning to keep control of my self have good days and bad days but overall doing well

Hi I'm Tony was diagnosed with copd 2 years ago am learning to keep control of m...

Cabbie169

•8 years ago

11 Replies

Smoking inside or outside.

Thanks to all of you on the smoking topic. It will go on for ever and I will no longer be here or possibly any of the rest of you and this will still go on....

Thanks to all of you on the smoking topic. It will go on for ever and I will no ...

Cynthia12345

•8 years ago

20 Replies

wornoutsailor

I suffer both PTSD from Falklands War & Congestive cardiac failure, Hypertension, sleep disordered breathing, IHD, 2 Inoperable Aneurisms, amongst other...

I suffer both PTSD from Falklands War & Congestive cardiac failure, Hypertension...

wornoutsailor

•8 years ago

26 Replies

Confused.com

When I was diagnosed in the UK with copd the nurse said I had the lungs of a 98yr old I've since moved to Spain and after seeing my GP here he referred me to...

When I was diagnosed in the UK with copd the nurse said I had the lungs of a 98y...

Jeanielee1

•8 years ago

13 Replies

Good news

Had My Check Up On Thurs With The Respiratory sister, re joining the exercise class, well hahaha, she won't accept me, she says I am too well. Couldn't do...

Had My Check Up On Thurs With The Respiratory sister, re joining the exercise c...

ditowler

•8 years ago

18 Replies

Still very anxious but now taking xanax

Hey sorry guys, don't mean to bother you with all this but I just want to write down how I feel since I don't have the chance to talk to someone about all...

Hey sorry guys, don't mean to bother you with all this but I just want to write ...

KD12

•8 years ago

61 Replies

Sequal Eclipse portable oxygen concentrator

My husband died recently and I have a Sequal Eclipse portable oxygen concentrator for sale. It was fully serviced in 2014 and has only been used for a 5 day...

My husband died recently and I have a Sequal Eclipse portable oxygen concentrato...

Janetow

•8 years ago

7 Replies

Angina symptoms?

Hi all, Id appreciate a bit of feedback as to whether anyone's experienced the pains Ive developed on exertion, and if so, whether they turned out to be...

Hi all, Id appreciate a bit of feedback as to whether anyone's experienced the p...

O2Trees

•8 years ago

17 Replies

visitors this weekend

I am really happy this weekend as I'm having visitor from West London coming up to see me in Norfolk, my daughter my granddaughter and 2 great granddaughters....

I am really happy this weekend as I'm having visitor from West London coming up ...

joyce741

•8 years ago

7 Replies

DOPPING & Secret Life Of Celebrities blood transfusions

Wile cursing web looking for that elusive cure I was reading about sports personalities celebrities and there folly with vain age related blood transfusions....

Wile cursing web looking for that elusive cure I was reading about sports person...

Hidden

•8 years ago

9 Replies

Help with PIP

This is a good source of help and advice. http://www.pip-assessment.support/#main-menu

This is a good source of help and advice. http://www.pip-assessment.support/#ma...

Toci

•8 years ago

7 Replies

Posts - Lung Conditions Community Forum | HealthUnlocked

Lung Conditions Community Forum

All posts for June 2016

The 100,000 Genomes Project

Liverpool walks - seven hills in seven weeks.

Why does my oxygen drop so quickly?

Just joined!

Sequal Eclipse Portable Concentrator

Fishing

Diabetes

Weekend

I' m very lucky

Fairly new

Heart Attacks : Cutting Thew The Layers Of FAT to get to the MEAT of STORY

My back garden

Endobronchial vales

Funding for Driving Lessons

Has anyone with COPD tried to reduce daily steroid dose.

out of breath

Copd

Adrenaline

I already have retinA at home, wondering if I should use it.

Living with copd

Smoking inside or outside.

wornoutsailor

Confused.com

Good news

Still very anxious but now taking xanax

Sequal Eclipse portable oxygen concentrator

Angina symptoms?

visitors this weekend

DOPPING & Secret Life Of Celebrities blood transfusions

Help with PIP

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