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Breathing problems

Morning I've woken up struggling to breathe, my nose a little bunged up (making me snore at night) and have stuff in my throat. Also, both lungs are painful...

Morning I've woken up struggling to breathe, my nose a little bunged up (making ...

Gillianl21

•8 years ago

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Help

I got persudmonom in my lungs. Now what

Hidden

•8 years ago

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Moving from DLA to PIP

I suffer with heart and lung illness and have had the dreaded notice from DWP informing me that my DLA will end soon. Having read some of the posts from...

I suffer with heart and lung illness and have had the dreaded notice from DWP in...

DiscusB

•8 years ago

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Outside breathing

I took my dog out for his walk which i do most days. I go on a park and do a bit of throwing his ball, this I do till i find the cold hurts my breathing. I...

I took my dog out for his walk which i do most days. I go on a park and do a bit...

fastball

•8 years ago

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Ive just joined

Hi im so pleased to have found this site

whatsupdoc

•8 years ago

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Thought you might all enjoy this sweet story.

In this story we meet a women who sees an old tired looking dog wander into her yard. The dog who was kind well fed and in good shape follows her inside her...

In this story we meet a women who sees an old tired looking dog wander into her ...

Ef0lumps4

•8 years ago

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Growing old with bronchiectasis

You know, there are so many drugs out there now, when I was a child there was just penicillin, which I am allergic to. So, not being able to treat my...

You know, there are so many drugs out there now, when I was a child there was ju...

Banksy70

•8 years ago

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Lung stents

Hi I had nuclear scans this week, with the possibility of having lung reduction stents fitted, I hear you have to fit in a certain criteria. Fingers crossed.

Hi I had nuclear scans this week, with the possibility of having lung reduction ...

Jublianna

•8 years ago

5 Replies

Relief from coughing

Hi everyone, have any of my fellow COPD sufferers found any thing that will help relieve the irritating cough. I don't know if it is the cold weather we are...

Hi everyone, have any of my fellow COPD sufferers found any thing that will help...

hanken1941

•8 years ago

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COPD and Oxygen. New to posting, so please bear with me.

I don't use supplementary oxygen, and my practice nurse is monitoring my lung function, which seems fine when I go for my regular "mot", but I sometimes find...

I don't use supplementary oxygen, and my practice nurse is monitoring my lung fu...

Annakabannaka

•8 years ago

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Clot removal

I had a meeting with my consultant plus another who came down from the Brompton this week. I am pretty sure my lungs have been declared clot free but...

I had a meeting with my consultant plus another who came down from the Brompton ...

Inamoment

•8 years ago

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x ray changes

if x ray shows small dots on lungs previously not there could this be cancer, if it was would the consultant automatically have to tell my husband, will our gp...

if x ray shows small dots on lungs previously not there could this be cancer, if...

hedleyl

•8 years ago

4 Replies

Hello everyone! I am new here.

I have to confess I have been a member 3 to 4 years now...I have been reading all of you and I applaud all for your courage, advice , your inspiring stories...

I have to confess I have been a member 3 to 4 years now...I have been reading a...

LVPETITE

•8 years ago

48 Replies

Early start

Well it's early to bed tonight up tomorrow at five am just to watch the idiot box and watch the antics from Dubin,I'm picking this test is not to be missed,....

Well it's early to bed tonight up tomorrow at five am just to watch the idiot bo...

Seaforth

•8 years ago

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Will my GP sign me off work longtime??

Hi I have very bad Bronchiectsis and Im seriously struggling with it. I cant keep a job this year as Im coughing and forgetful and stupidly tired. Ive had 5...

Hi I have very bad Bronchiectsis and Im seriously struggling with it. I cant kee...

poshpilly

•8 years ago

15 Replies

Please help! Unorthodox asthma and advice

Hello, I hope you can hope me. I was told by my physiotherapist (and a chemist former surgeon) that Ventolin helps people without asthma by relaxing the...

Hello, I hope you can hope me. I was told by my physiotherapist (and a chemist ...

GreatGateway

•8 years ago

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I am new here...

Hi Im new here! I have severe Bronchiectasis. I got diagnosed 15 years ago, it was border line back then and the only symptom I had was a dry cough. No health...

Hi Im new here! I have severe Bronchiectasis. I got diagnosed 15 years ago, it w...

poshpilly

•8 years ago

22 Replies

4 year old with chest infections

Hi. My daughter keeps gettong chest infections which result in her struggling for breath, always on antobiotics, generally over night stays in hospital. She...

Hi. My daughter keeps gettong chest infections which result in her struggling fo...

amysmith

•8 years ago

9 Replies

can I get DLA OR PIP

I have curvature of the spine arthritis & mild COPD. What are the chances of me been able to get DLA. I work 16 hours per week.

I have curvature of the spine arthritis & mild COPD. What are the chances of me ...

NICK1967

•8 years ago

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Prednisone

I too had pneumonia and went through many antibiotics and prednisone. The steroid helped at first my lungs but I got puffy and then the mucus all came back. Am...

I too had pneumonia and went through many antibiotics and prednisone. The steroi...

Candace31meghan28

•8 years ago

3 Replies

Umeployed

I had been working for a company for years when my copd emphysema started to get bad after a hip replacement . .they worked with me since i had been with them...

I had been working for a company for years when my copd emphysema started to get...

Janetbell354

•8 years ago

6 Replies

IPF

Hi, my name is Adelaide and was diagnosed April 2016 with Pulmonary Fibrosis. My Dr. Sent for a lung transplant evaluation but I was not a suitable recipient...

Hi, my name is Adelaide and was diagnosed April 2016 with Pulmonary Fibrosis. My...

Adela123

•8 years ago

45 Replies

Medication

Will be starting celcept tomorrow, interested in any side effects that any of you may have had that I should be concerned about. I will still be on prednisone...

Will be starting celcept tomorrow, interested in any side effects that any of yo...

Adela123

•8 years ago

6 Replies

Wow...just Wow!!

I'm so glad that I've found this website and this wonderful supportive community! I've read a few posts, ranging from a few years ago to a few hours; and the...

I'm so glad that I've found this website and this wonderful supportive community...

QuietMouse2

•8 years ago

20 Replies

Bewildered Lung Function Test Again

Hi to all, I have posted on this site a couple of time before. Last Xmas I had very bad chest, infection which did clear up. Doctors failed to provide...

Hi to all, I have posted on this site a couple of time before. Last Xmas I had...

Justiny

•8 years ago

6 Replies

Humidifier

Hi all, what a wonderful site I have found you all in, have just been diagnosed with COPD and so determined to help myself through this. I have infection at...

Hi all, what a wonderful site I have found you all in, have just been diagnosed ...

Hilsp

•8 years ago

21 Replies

Non stop coughing..............is this my future?

Hello again - I have recently been told by a locum GP that following my xray which showed hyperinflated lungs that I have COPD - no spirometer test given....

Hello again - I have recently been told by a locum GP that following my xray whi...

Moosemoose

•8 years ago

26 Replies

Not sure I am in the the right place, some of you may remember my one year battle.

It was getting my inhalers right as I was very breathless and had a lot of scans. Went for another scan and never noticed what looked to be a hernia but is a...

It was getting my inhalers right as I was very breathless and had a lot of scans...

Nicola62

•8 years ago

18 Replies

A little story

This has been going round for a while, I thought it may resonate with a few folks here. Being a veterinarian, I had been called to examine a ten-year-old...

This has been going round for a while, I thought it may resonate with a few folk...

Hidden

•8 years ago

20 Replies

Plueral gases

Has anyone heard of plural gases and more importantly has anyone been diagnosed with it. According to the internet people suffering with copd can suffer sore...

Has anyone heard of plural gases and more importantly has anyone been diagnosed ...

mikeadams51

•8 years ago

3 Replies

Posts - Lung Conditions Community Forum | HealthUnlocked

Lung Conditions Community Forum

All posts for November 2016

Breathing problems

Help

Moving from DLA to PIP

Outside breathing

Ive just joined

Thought you might all enjoy this sweet story.

Growing old with bronchiectasis

Lung stents

Relief from coughing

COPD and Oxygen. New to posting, so please bear with me.

Clot removal

x ray changes

Hello everyone! I am new here.

Early start

Will my GP sign me off work longtime??

Please help! Unorthodox asthma and advice

I am new here...

4 year old with chest infections

can I get DLA OR PIP

Prednisone

Umeployed

IPF

Medication

Wow...just Wow!!

Bewildered Lung Function Test Again

Humidifier

Non stop coughing..............is this my future?

Not sure I am in the the right place, some of you may remember my one year battle.

A little story

Plueral gases

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