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Oxygen Abroad

Hi all Hope someone can help, I am intending to go on holiday later this year, but I have come across a stumbling block. We actually booked this holiday before...

Hi all Hope someone can help, I am intending to go on holiday later this year, b...

Ron62

•7 years ago

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Soot

Hi, I have just been diagnosed with COPD. I am 47yrs old and gave up smoking 5yrs ago. I have been on the Ecigs since. 10 Months ago we had a fire at work. It...

Hi, I have just been diagnosed with COPD. I am 47yrs old and gave up smoking 5yr...

joreedy

•7 years ago

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An Ode To Dons Teeth

Teeth by Spike Milligan English Teeth, English Teeth! Shining in the sun A part of British heritage Aye, each and every one. English Teeth, Happy Teeth!...

Teeth by Spike Milligan English Teeth, English Teeth! Shining in the sun A pa...

skischool

•7 years ago

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Hearing Aids.

Hearing aids are wonderful things, They mean don't miss much. You hear again the birds and bees, Ticking clocks and such. What people say about you Cos...

Hearing aids are wonderful things, They mean don't miss much. You hear again t...

Hidden

•7 years ago

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Finished Rehabilitation 😏😏😣

I had my final assessment this morning and now moving up to copd circuit at my local gym with the same crowd yayyyy... my first assessment 6 minute walk was...

I had my final assessment this morning and now moving up to copd circuit at my l...

Hidden

•7 years ago

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Coughing Symptoms

Hi, Wanted to see if others have the same and do I need to see my GP? Everytime I have a coughing episode I get the following... Tightening in my head,...

Hi, Wanted to see if others have the same and do I need to see my GP? Everytime ...

BilboBagshot

•7 years ago

1 Reply

Getting there I hope

I am exhausted this morning after a medical day yesterday! I saw my GP yesterday and told him about my ambulatory oxygen problems. He had not had any of the...

I am exhausted this morning after a medical day yesterday! I saw my GP yesterday...

Carnival567

•7 years ago

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10 Days in May

Hospitalised for 10 days in May and my life has been turned upside down, my lungs have a fungal infection, cirrhosis never been a drinker and no alcohol for 14...

Hospitalised for 10 days in May and my life has been turned upside down, my lung...

KeefyGee

•7 years ago

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Cats with C.O.P.D in America

This is the famous Scruffy i have been including in my posts. check out this link from our friends across the Atlantic.i hope the link works just getting the...

This is the famous Scruffy i have been including in my posts. check out this lin...

skischool

•7 years ago

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Oxygen canisters rant

Hi I am having a rant I have been on oxygen for 3 weeks not needed at rest and I am apauled at the weight and dirt on these canisters I have been told they...

Hi I am having a rant I have been on oxygen for 3 weeks not needed at rest and I...

Posative

•7 years ago

20 Replies

Why not just fev1 to diagnose?

I read all the time where they use the fev1 and fvc ratio to diagnose copd. So, call me dumb, but if fev1 tells what stage of copd you are in, then why do they...

I read all the time where they use the fev1 and fvc ratio to diagnose copd. So, ...

phyllis_liberty

•7 years ago

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New output

Last Friday was given a new pump to take but I was told I had to stop taking ipratropium which I was take in two times a day for braltus 10 microgram but now I...

Last Friday was given a new pump to take but I was told I had to stop taking ipr...

Hidden

•7 years ago

3 Replies

Alcohol and You....

This is from another support group for COPD patients but I don't think they would mind it being posted here; it caught my eye because early on my own...

This is from another support group for COPD patients but I don't think they woul...

Dmactds

•7 years ago

20 Replies

Still on the list

Hi, don't post often but am always here, been on the list for double lung transplant for 11 months now. During that time I have deteriorated, I am now on 16hrs...

Hi, don't post often but am always here, been on the list for double lung transp...

southy

•7 years ago

16 Replies

Getting used to Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

We have been married 56 years and my husband has recently been diagnosed. He is trying to ignore it, and carry on as usual as long as possible. I feel we are...

We have been married 56 years and my husband has recently been diagnosed. He is ...

judith1939

•7 years ago

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Manchester gets UK's first high-energy proton beam cancer therapy machine

Ninety-tonne cyclotron at Christie hospital will give NHS patients access to treatment that is currently only available abroad. Be intresting to see how many...

Ninety-tonne cyclotron at Christie hospital will give NHS patients access to tre...

Hidden

•7 years ago

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Speedy Repeat prescription service!

Put our repeat prescription requests in online at 07:30 yesterday morning, 8 items 4 for me and 4 for the wife. They all arrived at 17:30 yesterday afternoon,...

Put our repeat prescription requests in online at 07:30 yesterday morning, 8 ite...

PMRPete

•7 years ago

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Trying to find an inhaler that doesn't have bad side effects.

Hi all, can you tell me why my doctor and respiratory nurse is trying to get me on combination inhalers. I am in the very early stages of COPD. I have been on...

Hi all, can you tell me why my doctor and respiratory nurse is trying to get me ...

welllaners

•7 years ago

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Breathing problems

Hi. Been backward and forwards to Docs with breathlessness over last 3 months. A Chest X-ray was clear. Now awaiting spirometry test to check for Copd, which...

Hi. Been backward and forwards to Docs with breathlessness over last 3 months. A...

alecmunro

•7 years ago

1 Reply

Summer Whine.

The temperature is falling, And what is this I find? I'm a pound or two lighter, And have a little less behind. Time now to start roaming, To get back up...

The temperature is falling, And what is this I find? I'm a pound or two lighte...

Hidden

•7 years ago

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Why is Dr wanting me to have respiratory assessment and chest xray when its anxiety and graves disease I have.

I have had anxiety/panic disorder many years and also graves disease and am on various medications but my anxiety recently got worse and I wondered if thyroid...

I have had anxiety/panic disorder many years and also graves disease and am on v...

bev1958

•7 years ago

4 Replies

Hard to handle diagnosis

Here is a little background information: I am 37, never smoked or did any recreational drugs ever. In October 2016, I began to lose hair, weight, it wad hard...

Here is a little background information: I am 37, never smoked or did any recr...

EnchantressPain

•7 years ago

11 Replies

SHOCKING : Gardener killed by toxic bacteria in his hosepipe

I know BLF don't like talking about Legionnaires’ disease but today's headline is worthy of caution WHEN in garden. I for one did not give house pipe second...

I know BLF don't like talking about Legionnaires’ disease but today's headline i...

Hidden

•7 years ago

9 Replies

Electricity rebate for O2 concentrators

Hi There,Bit of a hypothetical question given that we no longer have an o2 concentrator in the house since Cecilia passed away.But has anybody ever received...

Hi There,Bit of a hypothetical question given that we no longer have an o2 conce...

skischool

•7 years ago

11 Replies

consitpation

hi guys could some one tell me if the in halers stop you going to toilet properly only since being on them ( about 6 months now ) I have props also I have a...

hi guys could some one tell me if the in halers stop you going to toilet proper...

zack55

•7 years ago

9 Replies

Long weekend ahead

Off down to Bideford, Devon on Friday to visit very close family friends. Just hope I can get past the Glastonbury traffic on the M5 with ease

Off down to Bideford, Devon on Friday to visit very close family friends. Just h...

Budgie1954

•7 years ago

8 Replies

COPD

HI, I have been ill for sometime (over 3 years) and have recentley been seeing doctor. I have been diagnosed with Stage 3 COPD with a FEV 39%, I finished work...

HI, I have been ill for sometime (over 3 years) and have recentley been seeing d...

Jebbadya

•7 years ago

7 Replies

Just wondering......

Is the 6 minute walk test done to determine if the patient qualifies for oxygen? Lilian xxxxx

Is the 6 minute walk test done to determine if the patient qualifies for oxygen?...

Lilian226

•7 years ago

24 Replies

I had the walk test this morning!

My appointment for today was 1.30pm, the nurse phoned and asked if I could go in about 11am, whilst it was a bit cooler. The room was cooled by a fan and patio...

My appointment for today was 1.30pm, the nurse phoned and asked if I could go in...

Lilian226

•7 years ago

10 Replies

Swimming and COPD

So, I want to get back into swimming and I have done it for years competitively till I was diagnosed with COPD 3 years back. Any advice or just basics you...

So, I want to get back into swimming and I have done it for years competitively ...

Delacroix

•7 years ago

21 Replies

Posts - Lung Conditions Community Forum | HealthUnlocked

Lung Conditions Community Forum

All posts for June 2017

Oxygen Abroad

Soot

An Ode To Dons Teeth

Hearing Aids.

Finished Rehabilitation 😏😏😣

Coughing Symptoms

Getting there I hope

10 Days in May

Cats with C.O.P.D in America

Oxygen canisters rant

Why not just fev1 to diagnose?

New output

Alcohol and You....

Still on the list

Getting used to Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Manchester gets UK's first high-energy proton beam cancer therapy machine

Speedy Repeat prescription service!

Trying to find an inhaler that doesn't have bad side effects.

Breathing problems

Summer Whine.

Why is Dr wanting me to have respiratory assessment and chest xray when its anxiety and graves disease I have.

Hard to handle diagnosis

SHOCKING : Gardener killed by toxic bacteria in his hosepipe

Electricity rebate for O2 concentrators

consitpation

Long weekend ahead

COPD

Just wondering......

I had the walk test this morning!

Swimming and COPD

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