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First defence

Hi I'm off on my hols next week with 2 1/2 hour flight. A while ago I read a post about flying and prevention of catching infections using a spray or balm...

Hi I'm off on my hols next week with 2 1/2 hour flight. A while ago I read a po...

Grayjay

•7 years ago

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Sputum

How fresh does sputum have to be before you take it for testing?

watergazer

•7 years ago

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New accomplishment.

Woohoo! Walked ¾ a mile on my treadmill tonight and did PR this morning. This cooler weather is so good on my lungs compared to humid days when I can barely...

Woohoo! Walked ¾ a mile on my treadmill tonight and did PR this morning. This co...

Bobbi6

•7 years ago

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What have I got

Another sleepless night,pain in left side ,have been told I have lung cancer. But don't understand why I get high temperature and then shakes My Daughter...

Another sleepless night,pain in left side ,have been told I have lung cancer. Bu...

Valeriespk

•7 years ago

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A VERY BIG THANK YOU

i would like to say thank you to all them that reply to my post having oxygen when walking

i would like to say thank you to all them that reply to my post having oxygen wh...

Hidden

•7 years ago

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Hello (new here, newly diagnosed)

Hi, I'm Rachel. Diagnosed with bronchiectasis last week and not really sure what this is going to mean for my life. I've had asthma since childhood (well...

Hi, I'm Rachel. Diagnosed with bronchiectasis last week and not really sure what...

GhostlyDinosaur

•7 years ago

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Heart Scar's & Pulmonary Embolism

Well had interesting phone call after seeing gp doctor ... he wants me to go hospital given heart scare as when i was at hospital. Given heart scare pain in...

Well had interesting phone call after seeing gp doctor ... he wants me to go hos...

Hidden

•7 years ago

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Hi all ....,,

Well tomorrow is my quit day am so ill again with my chest I know I have to kick this habit ........ wish me luck I am in the quit support site so can bounce...

Well tomorrow is my quit day am so ill again with my chest I know I have to kick...

cales

•7 years ago

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Hospital

Hi I was kept in just got internet for a bit of Frank he bringing it Back to tomorrow so hope too know more just had Blood gasses wrist and elbow talking...

Hi I was kept in just got internet for a bit of Frank he bringing it Back to tom...

Time_2_drink

•7 years ago

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Is it return of tuberculosis?

I was diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis 2 years back...it was initial stage and I have small amount of fluid on right lung and I completed the...

I was diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis 2 years back...it was initial stage ...

shailza

•7 years ago

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Exercise!

I'm really enjoying PR so much that I've begun using my treadmill again. I walked half a mile last night. Felt so good. Hope to reach a mile someday.

I'm really enjoying PR so much that I've begun using my treadmill again. I walke...

Bobbi6

•7 years ago

20 Replies

Advice needed.

Hi , I was born 6 weeks early with a birth defect ( Oesophageal atresia with trachea fistula). Grew up with many bad chest infections. Also had a disc removal...

Hi , I was born 6 weeks early with a birth defect ( Oesophageal atresia with tra...

Donnahermon

•7 years ago

8 Replies

blood test

good morning all hope you are all doing well on this hot sunny day . I have a question my doc is sending me for a alpha-1-antitrypsin . does any one know why...

good morning all hope you are all doing well on this hot sunny day . I have a qu...

Lyn1955

•7 years ago

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So fed up now😪

Hi all. I'm really feeling quite down at the moment🙁I've been awake most of last night with ra pains in my hands and shoulders,today they are very painful....

Hi all. I'm really feeling quite down at the moment🙁I've been awake most of las...

Fantasy3

•7 years ago

4 Replies

Flare up?

I have mild copd but the last few days I have felt really bad having bad headaches and pain in the lungs when I cough. Small amount of yellowish phelm....

I have mild copd but the last few days I have felt really bad having bad headac...

zen800

•7 years ago

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I know what you mean Cas.

I always try to follow up as I always seem to fall through the cracks. It usually pays to follow up. I even tell them that I am use to people not doing their...

I always try to follow up as I always seem to fall through the cracks. It usuall...

Roessner541

•7 years ago

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At Last - The US FDA warn the con merchant stem cell clinics:

News released today: https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm573431.htm

News released today: https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements...

Hidden

•7 years ago

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having oxygen

hi all well 5 days have gone now after being told i need oxygen when doing anything like walking or hanging out washing feel a bit low knowing that i well not...

hi all well 5 days have gone now after being told i need oxygen when doing anyth...

Hidden

•7 years ago

17 Replies

Hi MicBel here, just checking-in

Good Day to all of you- Thank you for sharing & holding on-wishing you all the very best in your futures. I am so touched by your stories, I have to say, that...

Good Day to all of you- Thank you for sharing & holding on-wishing you all the v...

MicBel

•7 years ago

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Flights

Hi I have COPD. I want to fly to Japan next month but I'm a bit worried about a 16 hour flight. Can anybody please advise me.

Hi I have COPD. I want to fly to Japan next month but I'm a bit worried about a ...

Cmitch

•7 years ago

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Ambulance

Waiting for emergency ambulance will contact when I can thanks for all your messages x

Waiting for emergency ambulance will contact when I can thanks for all your mess...

Time_2_drink

•7 years ago

58 Replies

azathioprine or mycophenolate?

Morning! My consultant said he might put me on azathioprine. Someone with knowledge of lung diseases thought mycophenolate was more use/more recently favoured,...

Morning! My consultant said he might put me on azathioprine. Someone with knowle...

GeorginaS

•7 years ago

32 Replies

COPD NEWBIE

Hi I'm new to this site,was diagnosed with COPD a couple of months ago after being rushed to hospital with a chest infection that had me on my knees gasping...

Hi I'm new to this site,was diagnosed with COPD a couple of months ago after bei...

Hidden

•7 years ago

8 Replies

Alpha-1- Antitrypsen deficiency

Hi everyone. So glad to find this wonderful site 😊 Was diagnosed with Emphysema on Friday due to this Deficiency. Apparently it is inherited from my parents...

Hi everyone. So glad to find this wonderful site 😊 Was diagnosed with Emphysema...

Blayney

•7 years ago

24 Replies

I'm Absolutely Cream Crackered

Like most of you out there (The night time heavy breathers - awake during the dark hours) I don’t sleep very much. But…. Last night was so bad. I couldn’t...

Like most of you out there (The night time heavy breathers - awake during the da...

Hidden

•7 years ago

21 Replies

Praying for you and the rest of the gang

Time to hit up your pulmonary doctor, I myself am not, but lung cancer comes to mind. Good luck there my friend, I'm saying a prayer for you and the rest of...

Time to hit up your pulmonary doctor, I myself am not, but lung cancer comes to ...

shortbreath

•7 years ago

1 Reply

Sick of all day and night phlegm

Phlegm phlegm phlegm I'm sick of it all day never white saliva that I spit always green.Then at night I lye on my left or right and each time I turn phlegm...

Phlegm phlegm phlegm I'm sick of it all day never white saliva that I spit alwa...

Daz1969

•7 years ago

9 Replies

COPD

Hello again! has anyone experienced coughing out worm shaped or rather yarn like old blood (color is very dark red somehow blackish) my father cough out around...

Hello again! has anyone experienced coughing out worm shaped or rather yarn like...

PerfectBlue

•7 years ago

9 Replies

Steroid inhalers

I have COPD diagnosed many years ago and was put on a blue and brown inhaler. I increasingly got more and more tired and exhausted until one day I did wonder...

I have COPD diagnosed many years ago and was put on a blue and brown inhaler. I...

1947Mags

•7 years ago

22 Replies

CT SCAN RESULTS. Help!

Hi, I'm new to the site. Quick history: Chest infection started last September, and gradually got worse at Christmas again, then again 2 months ago. GP stated...

Hi, I'm new to the site. Quick history: Chest infection started last September,...

BeeBees

•7 years ago

81 Replies

Posts - Lung Conditions Community Forum | HealthUnlocked

Lung Conditions Community Forum

All posts for August 2017

First defence

Sputum

New accomplishment.

What have I got

A VERY BIG THANK YOU

Hello (new here, newly diagnosed)

Heart Scar's & Pulmonary Embolism

Hi all ....,,

Hospital

Is it return of tuberculosis?

Exercise!

Advice needed.

blood test

So fed up now😪

Flare up?

I know what you mean Cas.

At Last - The US FDA warn the con merchant stem cell clinics:

having oxygen

Hi MicBel here, just checking-in

Flights

Ambulance

azathioprine or mycophenolate?

COPD NEWBIE

Alpha-1- Antitrypsen deficiency

I'm Absolutely Cream Crackered

Praying for you and the rest of the gang

Sick of all day and night phlegm

COPD

Steroid inhalers

CT SCAN RESULTS. Help!

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