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Is there anything we can do?

Really concerned about Margaret (Time2drink). I suppose this has happened before on the forum when a popular member suddenly disappears and there's no way we...

Really concerned about Margaret (Time2drink). I suppose this has happened befor...

•6 years ago

HAS THE 'PANIC BUYING' GOTTEN OUT OF HAND?

In our area it has. Even the squirrels are going nuts !!!!!!!!! lol 😎🙋😎

In our area it has. Even the squirrels are going nuts !!!!!!!!! lol 😎🙋😎

•6 years ago

Pulmonary hypertension

I’m new on this page, am also on British heart foundation page and af association page. Just recently been diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension and am waiting...

I’m new on this page, am also on British heart foundation page and af associatio...

•6 years ago

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Nebuliser for Emphysema

I have Emphysema and my Doctor and Consultant have mentioned do I have a nebuliser. I don't have one so told to take 4 puffs off Ventolin before II get up. I...

I have Emphysema and my Doctor and Consultant have mentioned do I have a nebulis...

•6 years ago

Asthma now possible IPF

Hi I am 68 always had asthma but it never really bothered me, had a bad chest infection Jan 2017 that didn't clear up too well. I am now being tested for IPF...

Hi I am 68 always had asthma but it never really bothered me, had a bad chest in...

•6 years ago

Anyone else struggling

I love the snow because it means I don't have to go to college but it hasn't been good on my lungs though I'm a brittle asthmatic and the dramatic changes in...

I love the snow because it means I don't have to go to college but it hasn't bee...

•6 years ago

Irritation from possibly taking Carbocisteine

Hi, I have been prescribed Carbocisteine 375, all was fine at the start, now in my third month and the irritation on my back is unbearable, now spreading to...

Hi, I have been prescribed Carbocisteine 375, all was fine at the start, now in ...

•6 years ago

A Poem (not mine)

In this cold and nasty winter a poem to bring to mind more pleasant days. I make no claim to it other than I have liked it for years. It is by William Henry...

In this cold and nasty winter a poem to bring to mind more pleasant days. I make...

•6 years ago

Cancer & Candida Fungus

This is tad of strange one AS soon as my dad was diagnosed with lung cancer HE developed fungus infection. So having looked at my dad’s not to great blood...

This is tad of strange one AS soon as my dad was diagnosed with lung cancer HE d...

•6 years ago

Help

Hi there, I wonder if you can help. I haven't been diagnosed with COPD, I have asthma, but I feel as if I have COPD. My GP says my spirometry from 4 years ago...

Hi there, I wonder if you can help. I haven't been diagnosed with COPD, I have a...

•6 years ago

A Month With Out My Maintenance Antibiots

Well it’s been month since lung doctor stoped my maintenance antibiotics. Ad like to say things have been wonderful BUT still have bouts of breathlessness BUT...

Well it’s been month since lung doctor stoped my maintenance antibiotics. Ad lik...

•6 years ago

Dad has stage 3 severe COPD and has refused home oxygen. What can I expect from here on?

My 83 year old father (recently widowed) has stage 3 severe COPD and a heart condition. In the last 10 months he has had two hospital admissions with the last...

My 83 year old father (recently widowed) has stage 3 severe COPD and a heart co...

•6 years ago

Acid reflux

Hi everyone I have been treated for chest infection this week but now being treated for acid reflux and I am really suffering!! Any suggestions anyone ?

Hi everyone I have been treated for chest infection this week but now being trea...

•6 years ago

General lung health

Hi, I wanted to ask a question about peak flow and spirometry. Just for some background, I'm a 40 year old nonsmoker. Last year my Dad sadly died having...

Hi, I wanted to ask a question about peak flow and spirometry. Just for some bac...

•6 years ago

The problem with self-management

When you're diagnosed with a form of chronic lung disease one of the first things that you learn pretty quickly is that a lot of the management of the...

When you're diagnosed with a form of chronic lung disease one of the first thing...

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British Lung Foundation•6 years ago

Lung pain from choking?

Hello! About a week ago I choked on my blueberry smoothie. It was surprisingly very intense and I coughed harder than I ever have. So the day after, I felt...

Hello! About a week ago I choked on my blueberry smoothie. It was surprisingly...

•6 years ago

Eating well with a lung condition

Eating and diet can have a big impact if you have a lung condition. Find out how eating the right foods could help you to manage specific symptoms by clicking...

Eating and diet can have a big impact if you have a lung condition. Find out ho...

•6 years ago

Pressure again following the surgery

So I was starting to feel so much better 5 weeks after sinus surgery the pressure really lifted and headaches stopped. Still bit blocked in left nostril but if...

So I was starting to feel so much better 5 weeks after sinus surgery the pressur...

•6 years ago

Well I Never Knew proton pump inhibitors cause cancer

Was watching GPs behind fridge door last night and was shocked to hear proton pump inhibitors cause cancer. Like really WHEN was my doctor going to tell me....

Was watching GPs behind fridge door last night and was shocked to hear proton pu...

•6 years ago

Hows the snow where you are?

Brass monkey weather here in the West Midlands. The wife's done nothing but stare through the window since it started snowing. It'll be teatime soon, so I...

Brass monkey weather here in the West Midlands. The wife's done nothing but star...

•6 years ago

Snow in Paris..

Well well ..picture from the hotel window..Lucky I brought my walking trainers..coffee first I think! Have a good day BLF friends xx Fran

Well well ..picture from the hotel window..Lucky I brought my walking trainers.....

•6 years ago

Mild copd woth scattered Fibrosis

My Dr doesnt seem to be comcerened about the scattered Fibrosis in my lungs. He said its mild copd. I made an appointment with a pulmomary Dr. He said another...

My Dr doesnt seem to be comcerened about the scattered Fibrosis in my lungs. He ...

•6 years ago

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