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[suzley]

Hello,

I am new here. I am a female, almost 70 years old and have the first stages of emphysema and possibly asthma. Currently on spiriva and ventolin. I live in Australia.

[Hidden]

Good morning Suzley, and a warm welcome from me. Your dogs are gorgeous. Thankyou for posting the lovely picture of the three of you. This is a great place to be for helpful advice and friendship. I hope you are going to like us

[kflatt]

Hi Suzley. I'm also in Australia. Nice to meet you.

Kevin

[doubledock]

Hello Suzley welcome to this site,im from down under also.🌸💐

[katieoxo60]

Hi Suzley, welcome to the site. Hope you settle in nicely. My youngest son is in Australia and my brothers family. Look forward to speaking to you again. Nice picture of your dogs

[pepparuby1]

Welcome Suzley this site has been excellent for me good luck

[Damon1864 Volunteer]

Hello and welcome,I love your dogs they are adorable. Hope you enjoy this lovely site it's fantastic. Have a lovely day 😊 xxx

[suzley]

Thanks to you all for the unexpected welcome. This sounds like a good, friendly community, not just dealing with lungs!

[piping]

Hello and welcome Su l;y from a Melbournite.

[2malinka]

Hi Suzley,

Welcome to the forum. Love the photo. You look good. Love the dogs.

Look after yourself.

Malinka

[vere]

Hi Suzley

Nice to greet you and your pooches, lovely photo of you all. I live in Bristol , UK and have Asthma and COPD.

Whereabouts in Australia are you?

[Hidden]

G'day and welcome to the "Family" Suzley.

Sorry to see that you needed to find us but glad that you did.

I am a carer for my wife Susan who had a bilateral lung transplant 10 weeks ago at the Alfred hospital in Melbourne.

We reside 53 k's east of Melbourne.

You will find this site has many things to offer...The chance to vent your spleen...To laugh and at times to cry with us, but most important to share.

Welcome

Will

The Wild Colonial Boy

[hufferpuffer]

Good Morning Suzley and mates! Lovely dogs and picture, a warm welcome to you😀🌸 huff x

[Scud]

Hi Suzley and welcome I am from England I too have copd (emphysema) you will get all the advice you need on this wonderful site so many helpful people so don't be afraid to ask questions or just a chat sometimes helps

Love Sue x

[Shaurene]

Hi Suzley

Welcome great people here to talk with. I am from New Zealand.i have emphasima and on the same inhalers. I am 74. What else do you take.??

I maybe able to help you.

[suzley in reply to Shaurene]

Shaurene,

At the moment I only take Ventolin and Spiriva. I am thinking about joining a gym that caters for older people and does milder exercise. This does sound like a very good site, informative and social.

[Shaurene in reply to suzley]

Suzley

Have you done the breathing test for Spiriva. In New Zealand they will not give you this, only if the test shows 50% or less on lung function. I am on Ventolin and Seretide which I find good. I also take Bromhexine 8mg which thins the mucus down to loosen it from the Bronciil tubes.

Best luck with the jym

[sassy59]

Hello Suzley and welcome to you.

Nice photo and hope to enjoy being part of the community. Xxxx

[Titchy52]

suziey a big welcome to this site all great people that will help you I love the picture you have beautiful dogs mine is a black pug called Mr bear whose doing his spins for me to take him tatters best wishes .

[1968]

Hi and welcome, love the dogs. No stage is good for Emphysema however stage 1 is the same as me, diagnosed 6 years ago and still going strong, no medication and very little symptoms.

[Dedalus]

Welcoe Suzley

[24811]

Hi Suzley, welcome 🌻💐 I'm one more Aussie.........

[Jessy11]

A very warm welcome Suzley. I love the photo of your beautiful dogs 🐶 I'm sure they'll keep you fit! 😀

I live in Scotland & today we're having gale force winds 💨🌧 & rain ☔️

Hope you'll come back & join us & enjoy being here. Take care 🌷

[fcag2001 in reply to Jessy11]

To those living in Scotland . Do you want to join a patient information forum to try and ensure we get the best treatment possible by becoming more empowered. We have a few members already .Take care. I live in the west of Scotland and yes we have rain but it is not cold. Longing for some sunshine.

[Jessy11 in reply to fcag2001]

Thank you 😊 but I don't suffer from Aspergillosis. Have a good weekend 🌷

[Six1]

@surely Fairly new myself met awesome people and helpful people they be been so helpful to me Welcome their amazing😇I also have emphysema on spiritual advise and Ventolin inhalers for 2. ,yrs works fine

[Hidden]

Welcome Suzley. It was suspected that I had asthma before officially diagnosed as COPD/ emphysema. With COPD the syptoms and treatment are identical to asthma.

[Lilac22407]

Hello Suzely, the picture of you and your dogs is lovely. I am from the UNited States. I am 55 and am also at Mild / Moderate Emphazema. You have come to a very loving, informative place. I look forward to hearing more from you

[tamair45_herb]

Hi there fellow Aussie. Join the club . I am 81 male and also have emphysema, asthma and anything else that can go wrong with lungs . I was a bad asthmatic as a child and was sent to the country during the war as a precaution and also to help my asthma. It worked only too well as I started to smoke when I was at school . As a natural progression I took it up full time after leaving school and continued to smoke until I was

45. By then of course the damage was done and now I am paying the penalty. Now I am also on ventolin, spiriva and also seretide. If such a thing is possible Suzley I am managing quite well and you will too. I find any exertion starts me off so just take it easy . You are not alone . Hang in there Suzley. Love your dogs too . 😊

Tamair

[kimmy59]

Hello and welcome.

Thats a lovely picture. Hope your feeling wel.

Kim xx

[Ef0lumps4]

Hello Suzley

Welcome to the site, I am 65 female and also have COPD and emphysema I live in the UK also a new member about three weeks. I was bowled over by the warm welcome I got when I joined and have learnt such a lot from such a lovely group of people sharing A wide group of topics not just our pesty old lungs so plenty to make you smile hope you enjoy the site. X

[PenelopeS]

Hi Suzley

A warm welcome. I am sure you will love it here. You will find all the help you need with your medical issues & hopefully you will enjoy the fun & banter. It is a very diverse forum with very diverse people & lots of different but interesting opinions. Everybody is kind, even if their opinion differs from yours.

Love your dogs, there are a lot of pet lovers on here. What are their names & ages.

You sound very determined & if your emphysema is mild & you keep up the good work of exercising & eating well you may well not get much or any worse. Try hard to avoid infection & stay away from people with colds as exacerbations do have an adverse affect on COPD (emphysema). Penny xx

[Jules1967]

Hi Suzley, welcome. aww your little dogs are so cute. I'm just in the early stages of COPD, its taken a while to get a diagnosis for me. At first I was told it was COPD and then no it wasn't. I had my spirometry repeated 2 weeks ago and its definitely COPD apparently more on the emphysema side. They haven't given me any meds yet, on average it takes about 2 years to get my gp to do anything about anything lol. I live in the uk, it would be interesting seeing as we are both in the early stages to see how our treatment differs

[SquirrelsHolt]

Just a very quick "hello" to you. So glad you've found this site - I'm certain you will settle in just fine. Great photo too!

[cofdrop-UK]

A very warm welcome to you. cx

[Nicholatracy]

Welcome Suzley, This is the most uplifting, positive and informative site you will find.

[Nitap]

Hi there welcome, yes this site is brill, I have learnt a lot re COPD, emphysemia ?? I Amon Ventolin, Spireva, Seretide inhalers and I am on 24/7 Oxygen which helps a lot. You will find such kind people on here who support everyone and visa Versa !!

Lol xxx

[Dragonmum]

So glad you found us Suzley, I've had more info from fellow-sufferers on HU than I ever get from medics. This is not only a very supportive crowd when trouble strikes, we laugh and cry together a lot and discuss lots of hobbies, interests etc - we are not just our disease though we have to take that into account of course. I'm on Spiriva and find it great, also Fostair and an occasional puff of the trusty old Ventolin for COPD and asthma (these days no-one seems sure which we're suffering from)! Lovely dogs - a lot of us are dog & cat mad too. You are heading towards summer of course but tonight the wind is howling and the rain lashing down here in Wales, so a first taste of Autumn. A warm welcome and nice to meet you.

[Caspiana]

Hello suzley . Welcome. I am so glad you found us. 😆😃 Your dog's are beautiful by the way. Please do come by often. This is such a great place to get and give support. Sending much love.🎶💓 xx