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possible copd/asthma fear

just got my results and i fear about a possible copd/asthma diagnosis. Any help appreciated.. And here are the results; fev1: 3,88 (%92) fvc: 5.21 (%104)...

just got my results and i fear about a possible copd/asthma diagnosis. Any help ...

manecon

•7 years ago

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Atrovent

So today I have been told by my gp I have difficult to control asthma he has introduced a new inhaler to take with fostair and ventolin 4 times a day has...

So today I have been told by my gp I have difficult to control asthma he has int...

Lyngal

•7 years ago

2 Replies

Why the wait gain on reduced steroid dosage

I suffer from PMR and have been prescribed prednisone I am currently on now 2mg per day, having worked my way down from 40mg, I excercise 3-4 days a week and...

I suffer from PMR and have been prescribed prednisone I am currently on now 2mg ...

Suziib

•7 years ago

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Frustrated.l have copd recently diagnozed.lm waiting for p.rehab but theres a waiting list till MAYBE this year.l was so positive but when theres so little...

Frustrated.l have copd recently diagnozed.lm waiting for p.rehab but theres a wa...

Sunflower48

•7 years ago

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Copd trouble breathing out

It started last night weird feelings in my chest couldnt breath out propley a lot of mucas haveing trouble getting it up & its really thick & white any ideas...

It started last night weird feelings in my chest couldnt breath out propley a lo...

lenney007

•7 years ago

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Has anyone heard from Time2drink?

I know she is in hospital and may not be able to send messages, but I wondered if any had heard from her. She wasn't well at all when she went in. I do hope...

I know she is in hospital and may not be able to send messages, but I wondered i...

Lilian226

•7 years ago

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COPD side effect

When my bladder is full, like when I first wake up, it has a markedly negative effect on my breathing. Is this normal? It seems like just about everything has...

When my bladder is full, like when I first wake up, it has a markedly negative e...

Nikilet

•7 years ago

15 Replies

Feeling down

After a better day yesterday feeling a bit down wake up and copd pops straight in my head and stays there i can only escape it when asleep

After a better day yesterday feeling a bit down wake up and copd pops straight i...

Margie2553

•7 years ago

16 Replies

Leg pain

Hi I'm new can any one tell me . Why when I am asleep the pain in one leg wakes me up it happens every night just one leg thanks

Hi I'm new can any one tell me . Why when I am asleep the pain in one leg wakes...

Nugget263

•7 years ago

6 Replies

Asmol

Hi, I wonder sometimes if I am taking too much Asmol, I was recently in hospital with Pneumonia after an exacerbation from Emphysema, I was told to take 6...

Hi, I wonder sometimes if I am taking too much Asmol, I was recently in hospital...

Hidden

•7 years ago

8 Replies

Drowning feeling

I am new to this site, but I've just read gazpot's post from 3 years ago describing a feeling of drowning. This put me in mind of my mother who experienced the...

I am new to this site, but I've just read gazpot's post from 3 years ago describ...

sarahjane68

•7 years ago

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worried daughter

hi I'm wondering if anybody can give me some advice.... I'm worried about my dad 😕 just before Christmas his bone on his chest under his breast stuck out for...

hi I'm wondering if anybody can give me some advice.... I'm worried about my dad...

noodles123

•7 years ago

13 Replies

Help for my American husband

Please can anyone tell me can my American husband get a oxygen concentrator for free on the NHS thank you

Please can anyone tell me can my American husband get a oxygen concentrator for ...

Elsie11

•7 years ago

3 Replies

FEV1 changes

I'm curious as to whether anyone has experienced a sudden drop in FEV 1 test. for years I have been 31/32% and in the last year dropped to 25%. i have had a...

I'm curious as to whether anyone has experienced a sudden drop in FEV 1 test. f...

Mooskie

•7 years ago

9 Replies

Question to ask.

All weekend and today I have been helping paint my mam,s new flat. Go to the hospital to see my friend. Today I'm now sitting at home with no energy, breathing...

All weekend and today I have been helping paint my mam,s new flat. Go to the hos...

Sonsafc

•7 years ago

9 Replies

Assessment for Ambulatory Oxygen

I would be really grateful if I could hear of people's experience of being assessed for AOT. When I had my run-in with the respiratory nurse who told me I...

I would be really grateful if I could hear of people's experience of being asses...

Carnival567

•7 years ago

11 Replies

Update depression

Feeling a lot better Going out for a meal today a talk with another friend with copd has lifted my spirits didn't know she had it she's lived with it and...

Feeling a lot better Going out for a meal today a talk with another friend with ...

Margie2553

•7 years ago

6 Replies

Stopping all inhalers after 10 years!

I have been on Seretide and Spiriva for 10 years, but was informed that a move away from an inhaled steroid to a LAMA/LABA inhaler was more suitable - as I do...

I have been on Seretide and Spiriva for 10 years, but was informed that a move a...

Dedicated

•7 years ago

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Have done it !!! Spiriva

Well I am still here after all my anxiety about taking my first Spiriva...I want to thank you all so much for giving me the confidence to do so....I followed...

Well I am still here after all my anxiety about taking my first Spiriva...I want...

Annie10

•7 years ago

4 Replies

Second hand Airsep Batteries available

Hello, I have an Airsep Airbelt battery and also an external power cartridge with desktop charger, both compatible with Airsep Focus and Airsep Freestyle POCs....

Hello, I have an Airsep Airbelt battery and also an external power cartridge wit...

aojeda

•7 years ago

1 Reply

Chronic sore throat

Hi, can anyone help please. Out of the blue 3 weeks ago I started with right sided chestpain that was very painful when I breathed. No other symptoms except...

Hi, can anyone help please. Out of the blue 3 weeks ago I started with right sid...

Santessa

•7 years ago

4 Replies

Steroids!

Hi, I'd like to know if anyone, on this forum, has been on long term steroids (prednisolone) for a long period of time? I have been on steroids, or 38 years...

Hi, I'd like to know if anyone, on this forum, has been on long term steroids (p...

tinkle123

•7 years ago

14 Replies

Meropenem

Hi everyone, I have bronchiectasis with haemophilius influenzae and will go in hospital for 10 days to be treated with Meropenem IV. Has anyone with...

Hi everyone, I have bronchiectasis with haemophilius influenzae and will go in h...

momiji

•7 years ago

4 Replies

Just. Prednisolone

hi is anyone getting given just prednisolone for fibrosis told no other treatment for fibrosis

hi is anyone getting given just prednisolone for fibrosis told no other treatmen...

jane5

•7 years ago

1 Reply

Getting to a diet that's beneficial to the kidney and lung

You don't know how hard that is! Or you do and I've just wasted a week! In the end I trawled the websites for don't eats and best foods listed them canceled...

You don't know how hard that is! Or you do and I've just wasted a week! In the...

joke

•7 years ago

13 Replies

Good luck to 2Greys on his 5 mile attempt today.

Just to let you know that I will be from a distance cheering you on today. To go from hardly being able to walk 35m to making this attempt just shows to myself...

Just to let you know that I will be from a distance cheering you on today. To go...

Badbessie

•7 years ago

28 Replies

Scared!

Am I been silly...I have finished my 5 day steroids & antibiotics today...am still coughing a wet cough but not choking any more ....but the last couple of...

Am I been silly...I have finished my 5 day steroids & antibiotics today...am sti...

Annie10

•7 years ago

31 Replies

Beautiful

😀😀 taken from afar so as not to disturb made my day xxx

Hidden

•7 years ago

10 Replies

Haven't taken inhaler since last night

After coming off Sprivia last week coz of urine retention and feeling fine, I fancied going without fostair as well (I switched last week from seretide) and...

After coming off Sprivia last week coz of urine retention and feeling fine, I fa...

sinclair61

•7 years ago

5 Replies

mike new boy on the block

long term copd diagnosis,probably stage 3 by now.been 24/7 carer for my wife who recently passed away after 4 year struggle with stroke disabilitys but who had...

long term copd diagnosis,probably stage 3 by now.been 24/7 carer for my wife who...

skischool

•7 years ago

15 Replies

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All posts for April 2017

possible copd/asthma fear

Atrovent

Why the wait gain on reduced steroid dosage

Support to move forward

Copd trouble breathing out

Has anyone heard from Time2drink?

COPD side effect

Feeling down

Leg pain

Asmol

Drowning feeling

worried daughter

Help for my American husband

FEV1 changes

Question to ask.

Assessment for Ambulatory Oxygen

Update depression

Stopping all inhalers after 10 years!

Have done it !!! Spiriva

Second hand Airsep Batteries available

Chronic sore throat

Steroids!

Meropenem

Just. Prednisolone

Getting to a diet that's beneficial to the kidney and lung

Good luck to 2Greys on his 5 mile attempt today.

Scared!

Beautiful

Haven't taken inhaler since last night

mike new boy on the block

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