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Transplant meetings

I'm on the waiting list for double lung transplant.. they do meetings nearly every month where you get to meet others on list as well. Does anyone go or have...

I'm on the waiting list for double lung transplant.. they do meetings nearly eve...

skylas

•5 years ago

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Study Shows Long-Term Survival Benefit for Certain Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer.

According to the results of a large, global study led by Yale Cancer Center researchers, even a tiny amount of a biomarker known as PD-L1 (programmed...

According to the results of a large, global study led by Yale Cancer Center rese...

2greys

•5 years ago

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Wood burners: Most polluting fuels to be banned in the home.

Owners of wood burners, stoves and open fires will no longer be able to buy coal or wet wood to burn in them, under a ban to be rolled out from next year....

Owners of wood burners, stoves and open fires will no longer be able to buy coal...

2greys

•5 years ago

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Scary aint it.

cre8tive guy. Your doc is right , this is your life get on with it! Sounds harsh I know but you are in very good shape. Get on with it and feel blessed. I...

cre8tive guy. Your doc is right , this is your life get on with it! Sounds harsh...

Azedex123

•5 years ago

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Lung nodules

Hi everyone, I have had a CT angiogram scan snd they discovered incidentally 3 nodules 7 & 9mm and are referring me to pulmonary MDT to see what they advise. I...

Hi everyone, I have had a CT angiogram scan snd they discovered incidentally 3 n...

Janzo54

•5 years ago

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Just Diagnosed with COPD heart failure?

Hi everyone I’ve just been diagnosed with COPD end of January, after complaining of shortness of breath mostly when bending, I had the spirometer test & the...

Hi everyone I’ve just been diagnosed with COPD end of January, after complaining...

hilary77

•5 years ago

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Lung CT scan

Had appointment with respiratory clinic. Last CT scan is showing some white mass bottom of the lung. Not sure what it is and will do another scan in 12 weeks....

Had appointment with respiratory clinic. Last CT scan is showing some white mass...

Richard1234567

•5 years ago

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Spirometery

Hi their, I have just had a spirometery test and my nurse has put that I am 51 cm tall and 161 kg when I'm 162 cm and weigh 51kg. So the fact that all of this...

Hi their, I have just had a spirometery test and my nurse has put that I am 51 c...

Gg4l

•5 years ago

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Cough

Hi just a quick question I need to ask I am about 5 weeks into stopping smoking but I have not got the cough that most people seem to have to clear their lungs...

Hi just a quick question I need to ask I am about 5 weeks into stopping smoking ...

prue1956

•5 years ago

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Styluses.

Texting is the thing to do Emails are too slow You only have to write your text And at once it's on the go There is one little problem Both thumbs must be...

Texting is the thing to do Emails are too slow You only have to write your text ...

Hidden

•5 years ago

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Coronavirus vaccine could be available ‘within months’, claims Oxford University scientist.

A coronavirus vaccine could be available ‘within months’, an Oxford University scientist has claimed. Professor Sarah Gilbert and colleagues at the Jenner...

A coronavirus vaccine could be available ‘within months’, an Oxford University s...

2greys

•5 years ago

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Macmillan tackles stress of cancer diagnosis.

Macmillan Cancer Support has launched a campaign highlighting the emotional hardship of a cancer diagnosis. Created by MRM McCann, the animated spot follows...

Macmillan Cancer Support has launched a campaign highlighting the emotional hard...

2greys

•5 years ago

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Rise in global deaths and disability due to lung diseases over past three decades.

There has been an increase in deaths and disability due to chronic respiratory (lung) diseases over the past three decades, finds an analysis of data from 195...

There has been an increase in deaths and disability due to chronic respiratory (...

2greys

•5 years ago

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Cyprofloxacin side effects what to do.

Hi all, my GP put me on 500MGs of Cyprofloxacin twice daily as I have Prostatitis, I have had this before for a UTI, this time I am 3 tablets into tge...

Hi all, my GP put me on 500MGs of Cyprofloxacin twice daily as I have Prostatiti...

OswaldThistlebalm

•5 years ago

8 Replies

Royal brompton trip next week

Hey everyone, I’ve had quite a bad few months health wise and literally getting by doing the bare minimum, I’ve had to go sick at work again and just feel...

Hey everyone, I’ve had quite a bad few months health wise and literally getting...

Laurenmerrin_xo

•5 years ago

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Scared and alone 🥺

Tonight I sit here feeling quite anxious myself and my partner who has his own set of issues mentally went to go and see the respiratory specialist not only...

Tonight I sit here feeling quite anxious myself and my partner who has his own s...

Moolies

•5 years ago

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Surgery complete

Been in since 8am, out of surgery 2hrs ago, feel great, defo no cancer, loads of lung biopsies but looks like aspergilliousus lung diseases is eating the top...

Been in since 8am, out of surgery 2hrs ago, feel great, defo no cancer, loads of...

1968

•5 years ago

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Return of the warrior!

Hi there☕ I have no good news from the hospital, I'm afraid. I have breast cancer, it's small and treatable😊but a lung nodule has come back, 23mm, after they...

Hi there☕ I have no good news from the hospital, I'm afraid. I have breast cance...

Gingerapple

•5 years ago

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Relieved 🙏🏼

Hi everyone, thank you for your best wishes and prayers for me. I am happy to say that today was a good day for me. My oncologist told me my results and he was...

Hi everyone, thank you for your best wishes and prayers for me. I am happy to sa...

angels5454

•5 years ago

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UCLA researchers discover new compound that promotes lung health.

A molecule identified by UCLA researchers helps maintain a healthy balance of cells in airway and lung tissue. If the compound, so far only studied in isolated...

A molecule identified by UCLA researchers helps maintain a healthy balance of ce...

2greys

•5 years ago

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Round bottomed oxygen cylinders

Just joined the group. Does anybody find round bottomed oxygen cylinders a problem?

Just joined the group. Does anybody find round bottomed oxygen cylinders a probl...

Cuthbert56

•5 years ago

12 Replies

Emphysema and COPD

Hi all, new guy here. This is a more comprehensive version of my story in my bio, but I give you a brief version. First up, yes I was a smoker for probably...

Hi all, new guy here. This is a more comprehensive version of my story in my b...

cre8tiveGuy

•5 years ago

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KJSU

I am new here.Having suffered with bronchiectasis from the age of four I have recently been prescribed a Seebri breezhaler.It seems that after a few days use...

I am new here.Having suffered with bronchiectasis from the age of four I have re...

Hidden

•5 years ago

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So this pair came for a walk with us on a dog walk today . Plenty of shelties around but these I reckon these are twins 😂

🌸🌸🌸

Blackbird6

•5 years ago

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Today is the lung day

I'm here at the Golden Jubilee National Hospital in Clydebank for the Surgeon to go into the lung and access this large module and family of small ones , could...

I'm here at the Golden Jubilee National Hospital in Clydebank for the Surgeon to...

1968

•5 years ago

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New gel-based nanosensor can monitor cancer radiation therapy doses.

More than half of all cancer patients undergo radiation therapy and the dose is critical. Too much and the surrounding tissue gets damaged, too little and the...

More than half of all cancer patients undergo radiation therapy and the dose is ...

2greys

•5 years ago

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Oxygen therapy..headaches in morning

Morning all from.a sunny Leicester England. I'm k oxygen 24/7 and have recently noticed that when I wake up in the morning I have a headache...not every...

Morning all from.a sunny Leicester England. I'm k oxygen 24/7 and have recently...

cazza34

•5 years ago

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UCI researchers reveal how low oxygen levels in the heart predispose people to life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias.

Low oxygen levels in the heart have long been known to produce life-threatening arrhythmias, even sudden death. Until now, it was not clear how. New...

Low oxygen levels in the heart have long been known to produce life-threatening ...

2greys

•5 years ago

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Bronchiolitis obliterans 4years old

My daughter is 4 an has had over 40 admissions ten plus in hdu and once in intensive care, medical mystery, salbutamol made her visably worse for three years...

My daughter is 4 an has had over 40 admissions ten plus in hdu and once in inten...

Tegan23

•5 years ago

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Fed Up Of The Squirrels Stealing The Birds Food,

She greased the bird feeder pole. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F58EIFQgI_o

Johnem

•5 years ago

18 Replies

Posts - Lung Conditions Community Forum | HealthUnlocked

Lung Conditions Community Forum

All posts for February 2020

Transplant meetings

Study Shows Long-Term Survival Benefit for Certain Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer.

Wood burners: Most polluting fuels to be banned in the home.

Scary aint it.

Lung nodules

Just Diagnosed with COPD heart failure?

Lung CT scan

Spirometery

Cough

Styluses.

Coronavirus vaccine could be available ‘within months’, claims Oxford University scientist.

Macmillan tackles stress of cancer diagnosis.

Rise in global deaths and disability due to lung diseases over past three decades.

Cyprofloxacin side effects what to do.

Royal brompton trip next week

Scared and alone 🥺

Surgery complete

Return of the warrior!

Relieved 🙏🏼

UCLA researchers discover new compound that promotes lung health.

Round bottomed oxygen cylinders

Emphysema and COPD

KJSU

So this pair came for a walk with us on a dog walk today . Plenty of shelties around but these I reckon these are twins 😂

Today is the lung day

New gel-based nanosensor can monitor cancer radiation therapy doses.

Oxygen therapy..headaches in morning

UCI researchers reveal how low oxygen levels in the heart predispose people to life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias.

Bronchiolitis obliterans 4years old

Fed Up Of The Squirrels Stealing The Birds Food,

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