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My Salamol Ignorance

Hi can anyone please tell me how we know when a Salamol inhaler has finished and how you safely dispose of the used ones?

Hi can anyone please tell me how we know when a Salamol inhaler has finished and...

micox

•4 years ago

15 Replies

Trimbow worries

Hello everyone, I was changed from Spiriva Respimat/Fostair to Trimbow which I started taking this morning. I not only got no relief but my breathing was...

Hello everyone, I was changed from Spiriva Respimat/Fostair to Trimbow which I s...

Franmol

•4 years ago

10 Replies

Funny health/hospital experiences

Having a day of feeling a bit down and sorry for myself. Been out of the hospital for just over a week, and stuck in the house since.. So I have been expecting...

Having a day of feeling a bit down and sorry for myself. Been out of the hospita...

DLFC

•4 years ago

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Pulmonary embolism

I got diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism two weeks ago after my asthma had been bad, they initially thought it was a chest infection! Now on apixaban blood...

I got diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism two weeks ago after my asthma had been...

Sailingsal13

•4 years ago

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Prednisolone,

I had a scary bad chest infection just before Christmas and started my emergency pack of antibiotics and Prednisolone 5mg tablets that I finished after 7 days...

I had a scary bad chest infection just before Christmas and started my emergency...

music

•4 years ago

8 Replies

Ipf again

Hi all hope all is well with you. I’m fine lying in bed & I sleep like a log! But when I get up in the morning when I stand up I feel very faint and have to...

Hi all hope all is well with you. I’m fine lying in bed & I sleep like a log! Bu...

Looseloafers

•4 years ago

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Knees update

Still swollen and sore. Hope this heals quick . Think I needs to start taking vitamins too . Good you all had a great Christmas x

Still swollen and sore. Hope this heals quick . Think I needs to start taking vi...

Vonnie50

•4 years ago

11 Replies

Panic attacks

Hi all 👋 Hope you’ve all had a lovely Christmas!! 🎄 😘 I’m really struggling quite badly with panic attacks around breathing. When my breathing starts to...

Hi all 👋 Hope you’ve all had a lovely Christmas!! 🎄 😘 I’m really struggling ...

Pingpong_1

•4 years ago

18 Replies

IPF

How ae people coping with taking Ofev for Idiopathic Pulonary Fibrosis

Lizzy1898

•4 years ago

1 Reply

Epiphany

I do hope you all enjoyed your Christmas and all breathing o k with the extra food some of us eat, For myself i do celebrate the whole twelve days of Christmas...

I do hope you all enjoyed your Christmas and all breathing o k with the extra fo...

bobbyfloyd

•4 years ago

8 Replies

A little confusing to read but very interesting read

https://selfhacked.com/blog/nad-and-sirt1-their-role-in-chronic-health-issues/

Vonnie50

•4 years ago

4 Replies

Pre-diabetes sequel - rubbish result :(

Hi my friends, Well thanks again for all your kind and interesting replies to my pre-diabetes post. Ever hopeful I had a repeat HbA1c on Christmas eve, and...

Hi my friends, Well thanks again for all your kind and interesting replies to my...

O2Trees

•4 years ago

27 Replies

Help, worried.

Words of reassurance if possible. I've had an ongoing chest infection. Started potentially in August (told it was viral and had no antibiotics). Never been...

Words of reassurance if possible. I've had an ongoing chest infection. Started...

Fuzzymooch

•4 years ago

16 Replies

Prednisolone and ankle swelling also frequent urination?

I became very very breathless about 2 weeks ago, stats down to 71, went to A & E was put on oxygen etc and was put on Prednisolone after a few hours...

I became very very breathless about 2 weeks ago, stats down to 71, went to A & E...

Woofly

•4 years ago

6 Replies

Hope you all had a good Christmas

Just a quickish? Letter back from hospital just want to know if anyone can enlighten me, don't really understand 🤔forced vital captivity was around 66%,total...

Just a quickish? Letter back from hospital just want to know if anyone can enlig...

Dion3844o1

•4 years ago

1 Reply

Bronchiectasis and asthma

Hi everyone, I hope you enjoyed your Christmas though I know for many it is not a happy time. I had an appointment with my consultant just before Christmas and...

Hi everyone, I hope you enjoyed your Christmas though I know for many it is not ...

LizPat30

•4 years ago

8 Replies

I would appreciate some advice.

Good morning everyone. I hope you had a good Christmas. Ironically the thing I had been fearing happened on Christmas Day. I began to bring up blood about an...

Good morning everyone. I hope you had a good Christmas. Ironically the thing I h...

astragal

•4 years ago

18 Replies

Relief!

Christmas time has been and gone I can't say that I'm sorry Cos by the time it finished I felt I'd been run over by a lorry. I ate too much and drank too much...

Christmas time has been and gone I can't say that I'm sorry Cos by the time it f...

Hidden

•4 years ago

10 Replies

Decision made

Yesterday was at my sons partying.i got a phone call. My mum has been ill all year,92, 1 infection after the other.needing constant care. She had said she...

Yesterday was at my sons partying.i got a phone call. My mum has been ill all ye...

Oshgosh

•4 years ago

26 Replies

High BMI may improve cancer survival.

Above average or high BMI—often linked to cancers, diabetes, cardiovascular and other diseases—may in some cases improve the chance of survival among certain...

Above average or high BMI—often linked to cancers, diabetes, cardiovascular and ...

2greys

•4 years ago

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NHS to offer cancer patients 'prehab' fitness plan 'to boost recovery'

Newly-diagnosed cancer patients are to be offered NHS gym sessions before they start chemotherapy, in the hope of boosting the speed of their recovery....

Newly-diagnosed cancer patients are to be offered NHS gym sessions before they s...

2greys

•4 years ago

4 Replies

I'm new.. This is my story.. Pneumonia, sepsis and empyema

Just wanted to share my story for a bit of self therapy! Just reflecting and getting things out... I appreciate I have been lucky and some people have had the...

Just wanted to share my story for a bit of self therapy! Just reflecting and get...

DLFC

•4 years ago

47 Replies

Plain to see

I seem to show that I am miserable - don't hide it - sorry - wish I wasn't like this

I seem to show that I am miserable - don't hide it - sorry - wish I wasn't like...

paulc20-

•4 years ago

14 Replies

Discomfort

Hi I get discomfort in my stomach when I speak sometimes- makes me silent and miserable. Are there any techniques to get over this . I feel sort of winded ....

Hi I get discomfort in my stomach when I speak sometimes- makes me silent and m...

paulc20-

•4 years ago

3 Replies

Can you die from a common cold?

Most people know that the flu can kill. Indeed, the so-called Spanish flu killed 50 million people in 1918—more than were killed in the first world war. But...

Most people know that the flu can kill. Indeed, the so-called Spanish flu killed...

2greys

•4 years ago

9 Replies

First-in-human trial for new lung cancer immunotherapy.

Cancer Research UK and Vaccitech Oncology Limited (VOLT), today (Wednesday) announce a new partnership to bring a novel immunotherapeutic vaccine strategy to...

Cancer Research UK and Vaccitech Oncology Limited (VOLT), today (Wednesday) anno...

2greys

•4 years ago

1 Reply

Exposure to Ozone Pollution or Wood Smoke Worsens Lung Health of Smokers and Former Smokers.

Ozone pollution increases rates of COPD among current and former smokers, study finds. Over many years, exposure to the levels of ozone and other forms of...

Ozone pollution increases rates of COPD among current and former smokers, study ...

2greys

•4 years ago

2 Replies

Smile

This poster has been put up in the lift at work It makes me smile every time I read it some times I read it to the resident I am with in the lift

This poster has been put up in the lift at work It makes me smile every time I r...

sha2greys

•4 years ago

8 Replies

LOW 02 SATS AGAIN

WHY WHEN IM LAYING DOWN WATCHING TV AND ALMOST ASLEEP I NOTICE MY O2 SATS WITH MY PULSE OX DROP CONSISTANTLY TO 89% AND 95%...

WHY WHEN IM LAYING DOWN WATCHING TV AND ALMOST ASLEEP I NOTICE M...

DENNISAMERICA

•4 years ago

7 Replies

Elevated CEA marker

Hi. I am looking for advice. I have a CEA>10 I have found through research a CEA>10 is rarely benign disease. Mine was 10.2 about 12 weeks ago, and 8.8 7 weeks...

Hi. I am looking for advice. I have a CEA>10 I have found through research a CEA...

ayle

•4 years ago

7 Replies

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All posts for December 2019

My Salamol Ignorance

Trimbow worries

Funny health/hospital experiences

Pulmonary embolism

Prednisolone,

Ipf again

Knees update

Panic attacks

IPF

Epiphany

A little confusing to read but very interesting read

Pre-diabetes sequel - rubbish result :(

Help, worried.

Prednisolone and ankle swelling also frequent urination?

Hope you all had a good Christmas

Bronchiectasis and asthma

I would appreciate some advice.

Relief!

Decision made

High BMI may improve cancer survival.

NHS to offer cancer patients 'prehab' fitness plan 'to boost recovery'

I'm new.. This is my story.. Pneumonia, sepsis and empyema

Plain to see

Discomfort

Can you die from a common cold?

First-in-human trial for new lung cancer immunotherapy.

Exposure to Ozone Pollution or Wood Smoke Worsens Lung Health of Smokers and Former Smokers.

Smile

LOW 02 SATS AGAIN

Elevated CEA marker

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