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getting there

Hi everyone, hope you all had a good christmas and new year and this year is fruitful for you. Little update on how i have been doing, started on proper food...

Hi everyone, hope you all had a good christmas and new year and this year is fru...

keith9876

•6 years ago

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Can i Get Benefits for COPD while working

Hi, i have been living with COPD for a number of years now and it is getting worse. I work three days a week when at one time I was working five days a week. I...

Hi, i have been living with COPD for a number of years now and it is getting wor...

healthwoman

•6 years ago

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Shortness of breath and chest tightness.

I'm really glad I stumbled on this page as most people seem to think that these symptoms I'm having are in my head or a spiritual problem. I've been having...

I'm really glad I stumbled on this page as most people seem to think that these ...

Hidden

•6 years ago

17 Replies

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justme

hi,im new on here looking for occasional chats and updates on my own health conditions and who ever would like to chat.

hi,im new on here looking for occasional chats and updates on my own health cond...

bailando57

•6 years ago

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Daily Sputum from coughing

Good afternoon everyone, I suffer with severe Bronchiectasis and I use my nebuliser/postural draining daily to bring up Sputum. I use ventolin and saline Nebs...

Good afternoon everyone, I suffer with severe Bronchiectasis and I use my nebuli...

Joseph260268

•6 years ago

9 Replies

Just discovered a 4 minute workout

Don't know if this workout will be of interest. It comprises 4 movements - probably not for those with arthritis - the hard one being full squats, but since...

Don't know if this workout will be of interest. It comprises 4 movements - prob...

O2Trees

•6 years ago

25 Replies

bronchiectasis advice

Hi there i am new here and was looking to chat to others with similar symptoms/diagnosis as me to be able to find out how you all deal with life now. Back in...

Hi there i am new here and was looking to chat to others with similar symptoms/d...

Clairexx2

•6 years ago

10 Replies

Whats the sense

WHATS THE SENSE further to my recent post concerning home nebs being withheld by the medics I requested a phone call from one off my GPS ?who on being told off...

WHATS THE SENSE further to my recent post concerning home nebs being withheld by...

shadow4me

•6 years ago

7 Replies

Advice /Help COPD

Hubby 4years diagnosed with this just come out of a bad year. Looks like could be starting down the path again 7days ago nose bleeds started again Ear pain...

Hubby 4years diagnosed with this just come out of a bad year. Looks like could b...

olive2709

•6 years ago

1 Reply

Research -Tomato rich diet may reduce and reverse COPD

From USA site Medical News Today. Kindly note I am only the postman. I have no medical knowledge to confirm or deny these findings. I say this as I know how...

From USA site Medical News Today. Kindly note I am only the postman. I have no m...

Tryfan

•6 years ago

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At last

My Dr says I have to be well to test for copd. At last have spirometry tests booked for 2nd Feb. Just hope I don't get a cold before then. Seems that everyone...

My Dr says I have to be well to test for copd. At last have spirometry tests boo...

Jackieshep57

•6 years ago

4 Replies

Early morning..

No lectures today!!😃 Thinking of you BLF friends xx Fran

Hidden

•6 years ago

11 Replies

Dynamic airway collapse and dodgy lungs

Hi all I'm Kate and I have Excessive Dynamic Airway Collapse. I've had this since the summer of 2014. I also have Brittle Asthma. If anyone wants help or...

Hi all I'm Kate and I have Excessive Dynamic Airway Collapse. I've had this sinc...

kate-on-wheels

•6 years ago

4 Replies

Calendar 2018 ERS

Newsletter I received from the European Respiratory Society.....

Hidden

•6 years ago

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how can they say its mild COPD

HI all i have been just been informed by an unsigned letter that i have mild copd (smoking related) but no one has asked how its affecting my life . i wake up...

HI all i have been just been informed by an unsigned letter that i have mild cop...

ianmac2

•6 years ago

30 Replies

Inhaler advice asthma flare ups too often needing oral steroids

Hi all first time posting so thank you! Diagnosed with asthma in 2009 at age of 30. Contracted as result of viral infection or maybe swine flu. Was using...

Hi all first time posting so thank you! Diagnosed with asthma in 2009 at age of ...

Timothy03

•6 years ago

4 Replies

Newly diagnosed bronchiectasis

Hi all I'm looking for some general advice I have o ly be diagnosed a couple of weeks ago and tbh I'm trying it hard to get my head around this all,...

Hi all I'm looking for some general advice I have o ly be diagnosed a couple of ...

Usgang

•6 years ago

13 Replies

COPD review

Yesterday I had my first annual review at my GP surgery. Wasn't good news I'm afraid. I had added to my meds another inhaler, making it 3 in total now. My new...

Yesterday I had my first annual review at my GP surgery. Wasn't good news I'm af...

Sonsafc

•6 years ago

11 Replies

New member

I am having trouble with my breathing. I feel like I can't get a full breath. This has been going on for about 4 months now. It can last for a week then go...

I am having trouble with my breathing. I feel like I can't get a full breath. Th...

SteveGA

•6 years ago

13 Replies

Help!

Hi For the past 4 months I have had a lump on the back of my foot and it’s only recently started to hurt so I went to the doctors and they said I need an X-ray...

Hi For the past 4 months I have had a lump on the back of my foot and it’s only ...

Chloemartindale

•6 years ago

3 Replies

West Lothian COPD advice form

I recently saw info sheet recommended for use by COPD sufferers and their GPs. I think it was from West Lothian Health. Having been ill since before Xmas,...

I recently saw info sheet recommended for use by COPD sufferers and their GPs. I...

audrey2543

•6 years ago

7 Replies

Bronchiectasis

Hi, This is my first post here. Diagnosed with non CF bronchiectasis last year after a five year period of on/off coughing fits and infections. Physio gave me...

Hi, This is my first post here. Diagnosed with non CF bronchiectasis last year a...

paddlin-maddlin

•6 years ago

31 Replies

low blood pressure

over last 3 years hauje had low BPMakes me faint resulting in 2 broken wrists and 1 ankle leg implant.Found ov id under ative thyroid and got meds. This did...

over last 3 years hauje had low BPMakes me faint resulting in 2 broken wrists an...

carolynhill

•6 years ago

2 Replies

Just been diagnosed with emphysema

Hi there this is my first post, I am 28 just been diagnosed with emphysema I don't really know much about it just waiting on hospital appointments to find out...

Hi there this is my first post, I am 28 just been diagnosed with emphysema I do...

DSmith251211

•6 years ago

7 Replies

My guardian angel

Hi everyone I haven’t posted on here before but I have been reading your stories and absorbing a good deal of information regarding COPD and various related...

Hi everyone I haven’t posted on here before but I have been reading your stories...

Ticker49

•6 years ago

6 Replies

Hi, new here, recently diagnosed with mild COPD

Just been diagnosed with COPD, mild. 67 years old, retired, stopped smoking a few years ago. Following retirement, became a total couch potato until October...

Just been diagnosed with COPD, mild. 67 years old, retired, stopped smoking a f...

NSM245

•6 years ago

7 Replies

Puffins.

People often wonder How puffins got their name. It is a bit unusual, So they are not to blame. But people here on Healthunlocked, Know only that too well. But...

People often wonder How puffins got their name. It is a bit unusual, So they ar...

Hidden

•6 years ago

4 Replies

Newly diagnosed emphysema stage 2 - 35 year old male

Hi, I am new to the forums. I have had a few issues in the past with my lungs and have recently been told by the doctor that I have stage 2 Emphysema. I am...

Hi, I am new to the forums. I have had a few issues in the past with my lungs ...

ggeorgiou

•6 years ago

4 Replies

Inhaler help

Can anyone help me please? I have damaged hands due to an accident and find I am having difficulty depressing my salbutimal inhaler. I am sure I have seen a...

Can anyone help me please? I have damaged hands due to an accident and find I am...

caroleoctober

•6 years ago

11 Replies

Beat anxiety, depression in 2018

Hello BLF friends, Starting small.. babysteps.. I made my usual choice of youtube meds 😉 And changes of lifestyle will help.. Walking in the fresh air if...

Hello BLF friends, Starting small.. babysteps.. I made my usual choice of yout...

Hidden

•6 years ago

37 Replies

Posts - Lung Conditions Community Forum | HealthUnlocked

Lung Conditions Community Forum

All posts for January 2018

getting there

Can i Get Benefits for COPD while working

Shortness of breath and chest tightness.

justme

Daily Sputum from coughing

Just discovered a 4 minute workout

bronchiectasis advice

Whats the sense

Advice /Help COPD

Research -Tomato rich diet may reduce and reverse COPD

At last

Early morning..

Dynamic airway collapse and dodgy lungs

Calendar 2018 ERS

how can they say its mild COPD

Inhaler advice asthma flare ups too often needing oral steroids

Newly diagnosed bronchiectasis

COPD review

New member

Help!

West Lothian COPD advice form

Bronchiectasis

low blood pressure

Just been diagnosed with emphysema

My guardian angel

Hi, new here, recently diagnosed with mild COPD

Puffins.

Newly diagnosed emphysema stage 2 - 35 year old male

Inhaler help

Beat anxiety, depression in 2018

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