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Knowledge is power: Learning more about COVID-19 can reduce your pandemic stress.

A new study from North Carolina State University and the Georgia Institute of Technology finds that the more people know about COVID-19, the less...

A new study from North Carolina State University and the Georgia Institute of Te...

2greys

•4 years ago

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Schoolchildren can transmit the virus.

"The Times' splash reports that secondary school pupils can transmit coronavirus as easily as adults, according to a study by Public Health England (PHE). The...

"The Times' splash reports that secondary school pupils can transmit coronavirus...

2greys

•4 years ago

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Early morning rant

Apologies for this. Thought I’d water garden plants in the relative ‘cool’ of the evening yesterday. Bad burning smell outside. Dear neighbour had decided to...

Apologies for this. Thought I’d water garden plants in the relative ‘cool’ of t...

BronchyBronwen

•4 years ago

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Stair Lift..

Hello people, has anyone any idea of the approx, cost of a stair lift? 14 stairs straight.

Hello people, has anyone any idea of the approx, cost of a stair lift? 14 stairs...

Woofly

•4 years ago

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Trelegy

Sounds like something from the BeeGees' back catalogue. It's one of those meds with dire warnings about discontinuing it. "Don't stop taking this medication.."...

Sounds like something from the BeeGees' back catalogue. It's one of those meds w...

Anapanasati

•4 years ago

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COPD pain in legs while walking

Hi, I've just joined this group and wonder if anyone else has the same issues when walking. I have Emphysema, diagnosed 4 years ago and increased in severity....

Hi, I've just joined this group and wonder if anyone else has the same issues wh...

Hidden

•4 years ago

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Budgie should he stay or should he go .....

Just a quick question I was diagnosed with ILD beginning of 2019 had scans ect my lungs are heavily scared through the building trade I recently had a video...

Just a quick question I was diagnosed with ILD beginning of 2019 had scans ect ...

ProudYorky

•4 years ago

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Feels like I'm suffocating and Dr says nothing physically wrong with me

I want to share my experience of the hell I went through lying in bed scared that I was going to die because I felt like I was suffocating for hours at a time....

I want to share my experience of the hell I went through lying in bed scared tha...

MooBear1

•4 years ago

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Localised traction bronchiectasis ?

Hi there i recently had a CT scan after my Covid positive and experiencing breathing issues. I still get these after 3 months i have attached my scan results...

Hi there i recently had a CT scan after my Covid positive and experiencing brea...

Rosco1965

•4 years ago

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Pirfenidone

Have just been prescribed this drug for my copd/fibrosis has anyone tried it? Thanks Max

Have just been prescribed this drug for my copd/fibrosis has anyone tried it? Th...

Maxiem

•4 years ago

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Strange request..

Diagnosed with IPF in Feb. Prior to starting drugs i have today received a letter from radiology requesting an XRay of both my hands!!! Just had bloods and...

Diagnosed with IPF in Feb. Prior to starting drugs i have today received a lette...

Mrbojangles

•4 years ago

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How To Cope

Hi I am new to this site and trying to find my way round! I have had major lung surgery (cancer) radiotherapy (also cancer) and suffer with COPD. Am suffering...

Hi I am new to this site and trying to find my way round! I have had major lung ...

nantilly

•4 years ago

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First-line Sintilimab Plus Platinum-Based Chemotherapy Prolongs PFS in Advanced Nonsquamous NCLC.

Adding sintilimab, an anti-PD-1 antibody, to first-line platinum-based chemotherapy enhances efficacy in patients with locally advanced or metastatic...

Adding sintilimab, an anti-PD-1 antibody, to first-line platinum-based chemother...

2greys

•4 years ago

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Immunotherapy, TKIs for Resectable/Resected NSCLC: a Comprehensive Overview of Promising Phase II Data, Phase III Status

Surgical outcomes for early-stage NSCLC are still very poor due to the high rate of recurrence through distant metastases. It is likely that these distant...

Surgical outcomes for early-stage NSCLC are still very poor due to the high rate...

2greys

•4 years ago

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Dual Immunotherapy Prolongs Survival While Avoiding Chemotherapy in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

The randomized phase III CheckMate 743 trial breaks new ground in malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) by establishing the benefit of a chemotherapy-free...

The randomized phase III CheckMate 743 trial breaks new ground in malignant pleu...

2greys

•4 years ago

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What is moral duty?

We are being exhorted just now that it is our "moral duty" to return our children to schooling. Does morality require this potentially harmful act, both to...

We are being exhorted just now that it is our "moral duty" to return our childre...

Cateran

•4 years ago

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Mother nature at her best on the warmest of days

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Blackbird8

•4 years ago

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Chlorine and bronchiectasis

Hi everyone I haven't commented at all during lockdown but I have been keeping up with things. My health has improved in this time....walking more, staying...

Hi everyone I haven't commented at all during lockdown but I have been keeping u...

OTTERfun70

•4 years ago

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Copd diagnosis 5 years ago now diagnosed with asthma as well

Hi everybody, just reaching out to see if anyone has any information that may be of help to me. I was diagnosed with COPD in 2015 and have been managing fine...

Hi everybody, just reaching out to see if anyone has any information that may be...

Happy321

•4 years ago

26 Replies

LAM

Hi I am new to this, anyone out there with LAM

Nexca123

•4 years ago

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Dr John .........Weekend Update

https://youtu.be/ufKbFEFpITc

2greys

•4 years ago

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Trimbow users/ ex users

Hi. I have been using Trimbow for about 8 months and though it seemed to be an improvement initially on my previous inhalers I find that now I seem to be a lot...

Hi. I have been using Trimbow for about 8 months and though it seemed to be an i...

Ozzydiamond

•4 years ago

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Scientists Discover Curious Clues in the War Between CF Bacteria.

Several different kinds of bacteria can cause lung infections in people with cystic fibrosis (CF). Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which can cause pneumonia, typically...

Several different kinds of bacteria can cause lung infections in people with cys...

2greys

•4 years ago

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Just a small update

Good morning all☀️ I am in hospital after being transported here yesterday morning with stomach pains, swelling and crazy stats. I have been waiting for a...

Good morning all☀️ I am in hospital after being transported here yesterday morni...

Gingerapple

•4 years ago

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Testing in Residential homes MUST be more often.

Sharon has come home with testing news. All the residents are now testing as negative, great news. There were 5 staff tested as positive So Sharon is back on...

Sharon has come home with testing news. All the residents are now testing as neg...

2greys

•4 years ago

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Dr John......Community testing and diagnosis

https://youtu.be/tJNiXBz2M1k

2greys

•4 years ago

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UPDATE ON X RAY's & CT SCANS,

Not been on for a while but I did promise an update to X Rays and CT Scans. Last August I had a COPD revue at local village surgery and Asthma Nurse spotted...

Not been on for a while but I did promise an update to X Rays and CT Scans. Las...

Ern007

•4 years ago

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Met Office 10 Day trend - How long will the heat last? 05/08/20

https://youtu.be/8YbJuR8Qcw4

2greys

•4 years ago

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100 days without COVID-19: how New Zealand got rid of a virus that keeps spreading across the world.

On Sunday, New Zealand will mark 100 days without community transmission of COVID-19. From the first known case imported into New Zealand on February 26 to...

On Sunday, New Zealand will mark 100 days without community transmission of COVI...

2greys

•4 years ago

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Ofev

Hi everyone hope you’re doing well. My consultant is thinking of prescribing Ofev for my IPF I heard the side effects can be awful! Any info would be...

Hi everyone hope you’re doing well. My consultant is thinking of prescribing Ofe...

Looseloafers

•4 years ago

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Posts - Lung Conditions Community Forum | HealthUnlocked

Lung Conditions Community Forum

All posts for August 2020

Knowledge is power: Learning more about COVID-19 can reduce your pandemic stress.

Schoolchildren can transmit the virus.

Early morning rant

Stair Lift..

Trelegy

COPD pain in legs while walking

Budgie should he stay or should he go .....

Feels like I'm suffocating and Dr says nothing physically wrong with me

Localised traction bronchiectasis ?

Pirfenidone

Strange request..

How To Cope

First-line Sintilimab Plus Platinum-Based Chemotherapy Prolongs PFS in Advanced Nonsquamous NCLC.

Immunotherapy, TKIs for Resectable/Resected NSCLC: a Comprehensive Overview of Promising Phase II Data, Phase III Status

Dual Immunotherapy Prolongs Survival While Avoiding Chemotherapy in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

What is moral duty?

Mother nature at her best on the warmest of days

Chlorine and bronchiectasis

Copd diagnosis 5 years ago now diagnosed with asthma as well

LAM

Dr John .........Weekend Update

Trimbow users/ ex users

Scientists Discover Curious Clues in the War Between CF Bacteria.

Just a small update

Testing in Residential homes MUST be more often.

Dr John......Community testing and diagnosis

UPDATE ON X RAY's & CT SCANS,

Met Office 10 Day trend - How long will the heat last? 05/08/20

100 days without COVID-19: how New Zealand got rid of a virus that keeps spreading across the world.

Ofev

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