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Update and thanks (including social services news)

I’m coming to the conclusion I’m absolutely useless at replying to comments on my posts, but please know that I do read them all and feel incredibly grateful...

I’m coming to the conclusion I’m absolutely useless at replying to comments on m...

Hidden

•5 years ago

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Caraway Oil - It DOES work!!

My darling Wife has always been in tune with seeds & stuff, especially since beating her cancer back in 2008, so I listened when she said "were you aware that...

My darling Wife has always been in tune with seeds & stuff, especially since bea...

JagNut

•5 years ago

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Been so poorly its scared me this recent flare up of Bronchiectasis

Been ill now for 3 weeks, admitted to hospital then being treated by community nurses at home. They got a physiotherapist to visit today & she assessed me &...

Been ill now for 3 weeks, admitted to hospital then being treated by community n...

Julie14

•5 years ago

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Flu

Here goes!I have severe COPD and I had a flu jab approx. 1 month ago. About 10 days after that I felt I was going down with an infection and I used my rescue...

Here goes!I have severe COPD and I had a flu jab approx. 1 month ago. About 10 ...

piggi

•5 years ago

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Birthday

Thanks for your birthday wishes pity I don't wear make up but found the concealer lol just so emotional today I need to sort my lungs out and my back win the...

Thanks for your birthday wishes pity I don't wear make up but found the conceale...

Itsmeagain1

•5 years ago

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Birthday

Well everyone I made it to 60 for some reason im bloody emotional today I know u shouldn't cry on your birthday but have felt so unwell lately and to top it...

Well everyone I made it to 60 for some reason im bloody emotional today I know ...

Itsmeagain1

•5 years ago

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Things people say about exercise that aren’t true.

It can be hard to include exercise in our busy lives, despite the best of intentions. There are a lot of reasons people don’t exercise, and a lot of...

It can be hard to include exercise in our busy lives, despite the best of intent...

2greys

•5 years ago

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A self-cleaning surface that repels even the deadliest superbugs.

A team of researchers at McMaster University has developed a self-cleaning surface that can repel all forms of bacteria, preventing the transfer of...

A team of researchers at McMaster University has developed a self-cleaning surfa...

2greys

•5 years ago

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Lancet Oncology: Entrectinib effective, well-tolerated against ROS1 and NTRK lung cancers, especially with brain metastases.

Pooled analysis of three phase 1 and 2 clinical trials published online ahead of print in the journal Lancet Oncology show that the drug entrectinib is...

Pooled analysis of three phase 1 and 2 clinical trials published online ahead of...

2greys

•5 years ago

1 Reply

Following the lizard lung labyrinth.Savannah monitor lizards have a unique airflow pattern that is a hybrid of bird and mammal flow pattern

Take a deep breath in. Slowly let it out. You have just participated in one of the most profound evolutionary revolutions on Earth—breathing air on land. It’s...

Take a deep breath in. Slowly let it out. You have just participated in one of ...

2greys

•5 years ago

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Please I need help with my sister's chest pains. What do we do?

Hi, my 13 year old sister was diagnosed with hypertension in September. She used some antihypertensives and spent 2 weeks in the hospital and she got better....

Hi, my 13 year old sister was diagnosed with hypertension in September. She used...

PurpleHolland

•5 years ago

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HELP. SCIATICA HAS GOT ME.

I have COPD and have scoliosis. I have had sciatica originating in my right lower back/buttock right down to the toes since January this year 2019. It is the...

I have COPD and have scoliosis. I have had sciatica originating in my right lowe...

Bardear

•5 years ago

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More confused than ever

Well I have just been for my 1 year annual copd review with the practice nurse at my GP. It comes as no surprise that my FEV1 has dropped even more, I have...

Well I have just been for my 1 year annual copd review with the practice nurse ...

ledge

•5 years ago

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Pseudomonas

After 2 weeks of IV ceftazadime my sputum still showed pseudomonas and seems to show resistance to a lot of the usual antibiotics. Most of what I cough up is...

After 2 weeks of IV ceftazadime my sputum still showed pseudomonas and seems to ...

Udagga

•5 years ago

27 Replies

Tictacs

Thank you for all the replies regarding tictacs. It helps to know others are suffering😞but we have to keep going😊😊

Thank you for all the replies regarding tictacs. It helps to know others are suf...

Looseloafers

•5 years ago

1 Reply

The very festive pier train in the village

Another cold evening 🥶🥶

Blackbird6

•5 years ago

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Sputum samples

I have bronchiectasis and understand the importance of getting the right antibiotic for any chest infection. Whilst I have a few pots to use, I don't have any...

I have bronchiectasis and understand the importance of getting the right antibio...

24cc

•5 years ago

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Shortened days.

The nights they all be drawing in The days between them getting thin I've hardly got my jim-jams off And had my early morning cough Before it's looking like...

The nights they all be drawing in The days between them getting thin I've hardly...

Hidden

•5 years ago

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Saliva test shows promise for earlier and easier detection of mouth and throat cancer.

Unfortunately, cancers that occur in the back of the mouth and upper throat are often not diagnosed until they become advanced, partly because their location...

Unfortunately, cancers that occur in the back of the mouth and upper throat are ...

2greys

•5 years ago

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Deadly ‘superbugs’ destroyed by molecular drills.

Molecular drills have gained the ability to target and destroy deadly bacteria that have evolved resistance to nearly all antibiotics. In some cases, the...

Molecular drills have gained the ability to target and destroy deadly bacteria t...

2greys

•5 years ago

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Operation day

Well met the consultant Tuesday to discuss removing this little monster from my R upper lobe Phone call yesterday being admitted Sunday .Op happening Monday...

Well met the consultant Tuesday to discuss removing this little monster from my ...

Hidden

•5 years ago

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seretide and spiriva are keeping me awake

i have copd and was given these inhalers to use alongside ventolin if i experience more than the normal difficulty breathing. i had over the past two days had...

i have copd and was given these inhalers to use alongside ventolin if i experien...

watson100

•5 years ago

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Oh no.

Evening all, had a lovely day with my bingo club, a nice meal and good company but now feeling a little pooped. Got a chest infection , came on this morning,...

Evening all, had a lovely day with my bingo club, a nice meal and good company b...

CELAT06

•5 years ago

32 Replies

A lovely funeral

The funeral was held last week,nearly five weeks after my husband had passed.It was absolutely wonderful ,I couldn't have asked for anything better,my husband...

The funeral was held last week,nearly five weeks after my husband had passed.It ...

shangrila27

•5 years ago

29 Replies

Rise in flu deaths and patients admitted to hospital triggers government alert to GPs.

The good news is: “The initial evidence suggests the vaccine is a good match for the main strain of flu that is circulating.”...

The good news is: “The initial evidence suggests the vaccine is a good match for...

2greys

•5 years ago

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Antiarrhythmic drug identified as potential treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension

High blood pressure in the lungs, known as pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), is a potentially fatal disease caused by obstruction of blood flow in the...

High blood pressure in the lungs, known as pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)...

2greys

•5 years ago

4 Replies

Advice for a professional artist, please

18 months ago, I was diagnosed with Interstitial Lung Disease - pulmonary fibrosis as a complication of Rheumatoid Arthritis (or possibly from the treatment)....

18 months ago, I was diagnosed with Interstitial Lung Disease - pulmonary fibros...

Jora

•5 years ago

17 Replies

Bullae thanks

Thanks to those kind souls who gave me more information on bullae. I’ll keep you posted on my progress. Feeling thwarted as I read that they occur more...

Thanks to those kind souls who gave me more information on bullae. I’ll keep yo...

Lally1944

•5 years ago

1 Reply

Challenge where are we up to with research for emphysema

Can we 1st identify research specific for emphysema, identified what stage it's at and any other useful information that may make us feel there will be a...

Can we 1st identify research specific for emphysema, identified what stage it's ...

Hidden

•5 years ago

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Decisions, decisions.

Behold my lonely wheelie bin On the kerbside all alone Where are all the other bins Why have they stayed at home Have I got the day wrong Should it not be...

Behold my lonely wheelie bin On the kerbside all alone Where are all the other b...

Hidden

•5 years ago

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Posts - Lung Conditions Community Forum | HealthUnlocked

Lung Conditions Community Forum

All posts for December 2019

Update and thanks (including social services news)

Caraway Oil - It DOES work!!

Been so poorly its scared me this recent flare up of Bronchiectasis

Flu

Birthday

Birthday

Things people say about exercise that aren’t true.

A self-cleaning surface that repels even the deadliest superbugs.

Lancet Oncology: Entrectinib effective, well-tolerated against ROS1 and NTRK lung cancers, especially with brain metastases.

Following the lizard lung labyrinth.Savannah monitor lizards have a unique airflow pattern that is a hybrid of bird and mammal flow pattern

Please I need help with my sister's chest pains. What do we do?

HELP. SCIATICA HAS GOT ME.

More confused than ever

Pseudomonas

Tictacs

The very festive pier train in the village

Sputum samples

Shortened days.

Saliva test shows promise for earlier and easier detection of mouth and throat cancer.

Deadly ‘superbugs’ destroyed by molecular drills.

Operation day

seretide and spiriva are keeping me awake

Oh no.

A lovely funeral

Rise in flu deaths and patients admitted to hospital triggers government alert to GPs.

Antiarrhythmic drug identified as potential treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension

Advice for a professional artist, please

Bullae thanks

Challenge where are we up to with research for emphysema

Decisions, decisions.

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