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11 years ago•13 Replies

Went out today after a fortnight indoors because of the cold,went to bus stop ,got off at my Bus stop chest already felt tight ,took refuge in a coffee shop had to hav my bricaanyl ,15before I could go nowhere ,I'm like a prisoner in my own home coz of the weathe,so fed up

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11 years ago

Hi Meg, I do sympathise. My wife and I live in a 1st floor flat and I have stage 4 COPD.

I've been trying without success to get downstairs, ( where I have an electric buggy ), since two weeks before Xmas. I have portable O2 bottles but lack the strength to do the stairs.

Ann, my wife, says well it's much too cold for you anyway, but as you say I feel trapped.

I can sit by the window, very nice, but I want to get out there.

So we got to think of things to do to take our minds of it.

I'll check back later see how your doing - at least we have company.

Good luck,

Chris

11 years ago

I live alone,so at the mo have to rely on a fiend to take me shopping on a Saturday,I feel this winter is never going to end ,I long for some warm weather,I hate staying in

Gordon57 in reply to 11 years ago

Must live in Whitby, home of Dracula ? Having "a fiend" to take you shopping

I am looking forward to getting out again myself, but am even fearful of opening the door to let the dog in when it's so cold, that cold air really hits the old lungs !

in reply to Gordon5711 years ago

Yes ur right,this cold weather does us no favours does it?

11 years ago

Just haven't stopped coughing since I got back,I hate this dam weather

Gordon5711 years ago

I can sympathise as I've felt much the same the last few weeks. Through attending a court hearing I made myself much worse with pleurisy from being in the cold air for a while. I don't like it when I hurt just trying to breathe, and it really digs when I cough or sneeze.

So, I've been nowhere. Stayed in. Wife wanted me to drive to the supermarket, she'd do the shopping, but I simply don't want to go out in it in case it makes me any worse.

At least it is something we can sense, telling us not to go out when it's so cold. We know why.

in reply to Gordon5711 years ago

Yes ur right gordon, it was a mistake to go out today ,but I had my rent,gas ,electric to pay, as. I live alone wat can I do? It's just a struggle to breathe in the freezin air isn't it?

in reply to Gordon5711 years ago

Hope ur feelin a bit better now Gordon,just wish for some warmer weather ,don't you, many thanks xxx

in reply to Gordon5711 years ago

Woke up today with an awfull throat,reckoning got it ye other day while I was waiting in the surgery,it was crowded and sounded lie a tb ward ,with every oe coughing,o dear something else toput up with

11 years ago

It's just not my week at all.just went downstairs for my inhaler forit to take it up with me and went and fell on stairs,now thers a lump come up on my back

11 years ago

Its easier breathing in the freezing air if you put a scarf round your nose and mouth.

Bev x