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Spirometer

Can any body tell me where you buy a spirometer from and are they expensive thanks

Can any body tell me where you buy a spirometer from and are they expensive than...

Petrie21

•6 years ago

2 Replies

Eklira powder inhaler.

I’m new here. I suffer from asthma and Copd and as my breathing worsened my asthma nurse prescribed Fostair and Eklira. Does anyone use Eklira, I find it...

I’m new here. I suffer from asthma and Copd and as my breathing worsened my ast...

DMichell

•6 years ago

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Any news from @Kemety

Hi my LAM Sis! 💖 How are you getting on? Lots of love, Fran xx

Hidden

•6 years ago

20 Replies

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The Nightmare.

Hello, I'm Doctor Google. How are you today? Please key in your symptoms And how you want to pay. Prescriptions if they're needed To Amazon will be sent For...

Hello, I'm Doctor Google. How are you today? Please key in your symptoms And how...

Hidden

•6 years ago

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Attitude..

Having a rare chronic lung disease, such as LAM for example, doesn’t mean life has to stop. I like the recommendations from Susie, admin at the LAM Foundation....

Having a rare chronic lung disease, such as LAM for example, doesn’t mean life h...

Hidden

•6 years ago

45 Replies

Any inventive thinkers

I use forearm crutches and an oxygen concentrator, recently changed to Inogen G2 concentrator which I currently carry in backpack. My difficulty is that I...

I use forearm crutches and an oxygen concentrator, recently changed to Inogen G2...

Suze4212

•6 years ago

11 Replies

FOOD

HI everyone hope all is well.i am having no breathing problems an no symptoms and want to keep it that way.i have been eating and exercising and i was just...

HI everyone hope all is well.i am having no breathing problems an no symptoms an...

hope132

•6 years ago

3 Replies

Mucus clearance

I have been suffering from excessive mucus for the past few weeks and I have been using the huffing cycle for the past few years but am now finding it to...

I have been suffering from excessive mucus for the past few weeks and I have bee...

Hidden

•6 years ago

16 Replies

Trading health care systems...

Hi all, I would love to understand how the NHS works. In the States we have, at least momentarily, the ACA (affordable care act). Not everyone however, has...

Hi all, I would love to understand how the NHS works. In the States we have, at...

TomTitTot

•6 years ago

71 Replies

Do I Need OXYGEN

After being on oxygen for almost 4 years and completing a PFT test was told I did not need oxygen any more. I was shocked because I was told that I would be on...

After being on oxygen for almost 4 years and completing a PFT test was told I di...

deedee5

•6 years ago

15 Replies

TRIMBOW the way forward

Afternoon my summer fried BLF friends. I hope you are all coping well with the heat. My nurse came round today and suggested I start using Trimbow pump twice...

Afternoon my summer fried BLF friends. I hope you are all coping well with the h...

Stumpy55

•6 years ago

17 Replies

Spirometry Results.

Can't say I can savvy these results same as say Stone_uk. FEV1 percet - 48% FVC/Expected FVC result 46% Percent predicted FVC1 51% Peak Flow rate 240...

Can't say I can savvy these results same as say Stone_uk. FEV1 percet - 48% FV...

Ern007

•6 years ago

13 Replies

Does anyone have any contacts that might be interested in working with the BLF?

Afternoon all, As many of you know I've been working in the corporate partnerships team the British Lung Foundation now for almost 9 months. On top of looking...

Afternoon all, As many of you know I've been working in the corporate partnersh...

dodgylungrunner

British Lung Foundation•6 years ago

7 Replies

Who to see.....?

So, I’ve decided it’s time to pay to see an asthma specialist to finally confirm or deny that I have asthma. Spiro says not... most doctors say no . 1 says...

So, I’ve decided it’s time to pay to see an asthma specialist to finally confirm...

Sooos

•6 years ago

11 Replies

Great news for my sis!

Hi everyone! So I wrote a couple weeks ago about my sister having constructive broncholitis..For all these years NOT knowing how she got BO and her...

Hi everyone! So I wrote a couple weeks ago about my sister having constructive b...

daniellegagne22

•6 years ago

6 Replies

copd suffers and allowances available

I am 73 years of age and am diagnosed with copd for which I take daily medication, do I qualify for attendance allowance

I am 73 years of age and am diagnosed with copd for which I take daily medicatio...

Footieman70

•6 years ago

5 Replies

Help reading spirometry test

Hallo. I got a copy of my spirometry test to monitor my COPD. The nurse had put Male in computer when working it out. I pointed out I was female and was told...

Hallo. I got a copy of my spirometry test to monitor my COPD. The nurse had put ...

lesley2

•6 years ago

11 Replies

Oxygen useage

Don't know what's going on every time I enter I. P. F it comes up pig

iain123

•6 years ago

4 Replies

Oxygen useage

Hello, My wife has pig and is on oxygen flow 6 when moving, also uses a converter flow 1 for 15 hours when resting. But when resting without using oxygen her...

Hello, My wife has pig and is on oxygen flow 6 when moving, also uses a converte...

iain123

•6 years ago

4 Replies

Passing on my late mums nebuliser

Since the loss of my dear mum June this year I have acquired a nebuliser can anyone make use of this ? I would hate to just throw it away it’s in full working...

Since the loss of my dear mum June this year I have acquired a nebuliser can any...

Hidden

•6 years ago

8 Replies

It's COPD, Jim, but not as we know it.

I went to see my doctor To ask what's this I've got? He said asthma and bronchitis I think you've got the lot. Because you were athletic You're pretty nicely...

I went to see my doctor To ask what's this I've got? He said asthma and bronchit...

Hidden

•6 years ago

13 Replies

Worsening breathlessness without infection?!

hi All Is anyone else in this position and/or has discovered the cause? I have bronchiectasis but the breathlessness has gotten a lot worse over the past 3...

hi All Is anyone else in this position and/or has discovered the cause? I have ...

swimmer

•6 years ago

24 Replies

Amazing News

Hi all while since I have been on but I had to share this. Yesterday I had my annual checks K still am shocked my FEV and peak flow has improved enough to...

Hi all while since I have been on but I had to share this. Yesterday I had my a...

fronkleblanc

•6 years ago

25 Replies

An easy way to log out?

Right, well I'm new at all this, but why can I not log out of this site with ease? You know, like a click at the top and I'm done ✅ sort of thing. Laugh if you...

Right, well I'm new at all this, but why can I not log out of this site with eas...

TomTitTot

•6 years ago

17 Replies

Medication doesn't seem to be working.

Hello, I attended the respiratory clinic due to a chronic cough. The doctor immediately said it is asthma, and prescribed 10 days of steroids 30mg, and a...

Hello, I attended the respiratory clinic due to a chronic cough. The doctor imm...

cornflake57

•6 years ago

6 Replies

COPD & IBS

Hi all hope you are all coping ok with the warm weather. I am having trouble laughing as i end up coughing then cant breath with my COPD. Mine is moderate and...

Hi all hope you are all coping ok with the warm weather. I am having trouble lau...

Jill777

•6 years ago

17 Replies

Your experiences of Mycophenolate

Are you taking this drug? I have high hopes when I start it within the next month for my interstitial lung disease. I also hope it will help improve my...

Are you taking this drug? I have high hopes when I start it within the next mont...

GingerCatJayne

•6 years ago

6 Replies

Skipping meds

Hello, everybody. From everything I've read here, I think I'm a pretty typical COPD patient, with moderate emphysema/asthma. Maybe even mild/moderate. Which is...

Hello, everybody. From everything I've read here, I think I'm a pretty typical C...

challny

•6 years ago

11 Replies

Bucks hospitals and accessing CT scans

Just wondering if any of you lovelies have had any dealings with either Stoke Mandeville or Wycombe... particularly getting copies of CT scans? I think it’s...

Just wondering if any of you lovelies have had any dealings with either Stoke Ma...

Sooos

•6 years ago

3 Replies

Friend

My best buddy and tissue box fetcher. Whether I need them or not. Lol. Lovely cool night here. Jane

My best buddy and tissue box fetcher. Whether I need them or not. Lol. Lovely co...

chubby2x22

•6 years ago

13 Replies

Posts - Lung Conditions Community Forum | HealthUnlocked

Lung Conditions Community Forum

All posts for August 2018

Spirometer

Eklira powder inhaler.

Any news from @Kemety

The Nightmare.

Attitude..

Any inventive thinkers

FOOD

Mucus clearance

Trading health care systems...

Do I Need OXYGEN

TRIMBOW the way forward

Spirometry Results.

Does anyone have any contacts that might be interested in working with the BLF?

Who to see.....?

Great news for my sis!

copd suffers and allowances available

Help reading spirometry test

Oxygen useage

Oxygen useage

Passing on my late mums nebuliser

It's COPD, Jim, but not as we know it.

Worsening breathlessness without infection?!

Amazing News

An easy way to log out?

Medication doesn't seem to be working.

COPD & IBS

Your experiences of Mycophenolate

Skipping meds

Bucks hospitals and accessing CT scans

Friend

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