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Universal job match website - what a joke !!!!!!!!

Went on the government website today, put in the words - jobs for disabled people. The words NO MATCH FOUND came up. So there was not 1job for disabled...

Went on the government website today, put in the words - jobs for disabled peop...

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•10 years ago

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recently diagnosed with COPD but no symptoms

Hubby has recently been diagnosed but we are finding it hard to believe, he has no cough, can easily walk 15 miles in as day, no breathlessness, wheezing or...

Hubby has recently been diagnosed but we are finding it hard to believe, he has ...

Debs398

•10 years ago

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Blue parking badge and my erroneous post.

In a previous post I mentioned some car stickers that " had a go " at people who use disabled bays without having a blue badge. It is with hindsight that I...

In a previous post I mentioned some car stickers that " had a go " at people who...

Puffthemagicdragon

•10 years ago

21 Replies

Want to take advantage of all our features? Just log in!

How do I apply for a blue badge???

With my Emphysema and scoliosis I find it difficult getting out and about. My daughter drives so she could take me out shopping etc and be able to park in a...

With my Emphysema and scoliosis I find it difficult getting out and about. My da...

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•10 years ago

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sleeping & breathing problems?

hello... i have "mild" emphysema and im 45 and since the nearly 3 years i found out ive had non stop problems sleeping... up all night at times then other...

hello... i have "mild" emphysema and im 45 and since the nearly 3 years i found ...

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•10 years ago

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photo

Oops Hasn't worked. Will try harder. Lois

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•10 years ago

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photo

Been trying for ages to send a photo and I think I might have done it. If so this is my son and son in law dragging me around Bosherton Lily Ponds in...

Been trying for ages to send a photo and I think I might have done it. If so th...

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•10 years ago

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Big thank you for cheering me up yesterday

Thank you for all the lovely replies I had yesterday. It cheered me up no end. It made me realise that its not just me who is having a hard time. Been back to...

Thank you for all the lovely replies I had yesterday. It cheered me up no end. I...

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•10 years ago

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Is copd classed as a disability?

I have been diagnosed with copd and asthma which coupled with acid refux is causing me some problems as you can imagine

I have been diagnosed with copd and asthma which coupled with acid refux is caus...

munchbun12

•10 years ago

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Capita pip meeting

Has anyone recently had PIP assessment with Capita,due a home visit next week,I have IPF ,any useful tips please.thanks Sooki.

Has anyone recently had PIP assessment with Capita,due a home visit next week,I ...

Sooki

•10 years ago

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Virus is Winning.mattcass

Hi All, Sorry for not being on much this virus is taking it's toll on me, after several blood tests and still negative results it's like my body is shutting...

Hi All, Sorry for not being on much this virus is taking it's toll on me, after ...

mattcass

•10 years ago

32 Replies

I'm new to this blog and not to sure how to use it

Hi every one, I have had COPD for a long time now and I suffer from flair ups, I sleep upright which my consultant advised me to do but the sounds my chest...

Hi every one, I have had COPD for a long time now and I suffer from flair ups, I...

Cakes

•10 years ago

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Feeling .....

I woke up in the night feeling so fed up and down....well more than that really. That awfull feeling of another day here and another found of meds nebs 02....

I woke up in the night feeling so fed up and down....well more than that really....

sue48

•10 years ago

22 Replies

Not feeling very well today I think I'm heading for a flair up again feeling fed up.

C.o.p.d

Cakes

•10 years ago

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Have been an asthma sufferer since childhood, diagnosed with COPD 18 years ago have been told I should only use steroids three times a year

what am I supposed to do when I need them other times, told this by respiratory nurse who I have only seen once in 18 years I always have an emergency pack...

what am I supposed to do when I need them other times, told this by respiratory ...

dunmow1

•10 years ago

6 Replies

does any one have really painful ribs

, wondering if others have really painful ribs, mine feel as if they are being pushed out of my chest, especially when I have eaten, need to wear loose...

, wondering if others have really painful ribs, mine feel as if they are being ...

junespoon

•10 years ago

6 Replies

Hi all I had an x-ray a few weeks ago thankfully not Cancer but told chronic lung inflam! Stopped smoking yr ago! What's the outlook for me?

Thinking about going back to gym see if this helps. Am OK but anything strenuous soon be breathless.

Thinking about going back to gym see if this helps. Am OK but anything strenuous...

Lucylily54

•10 years ago

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oh no

just got rid of three chest infections antis and then steriods come down with another straight after then just as i felt little better walking into lounge...

just got rid of three chest infections antis and then steriods come down with an...

becraftygirl

•10 years ago

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Occupied disability parking spaces ..... a campaign to stop misuse

What an inspired campaign ...... A few days ago in a parking lot in Lisbon wheelchair users and volunteers occupied all the available Non Disabled spaces to...

What an inspired campaign ...... A few days ago in a parking lot in Lisbon wheel...

out-for-lunch

•10 years ago

39 Replies

lung function test at the brompton in london

hi everyone, has any one got any info about the part of this hospital -i believe its in fulham road, we need wheelchair access,letter was post dated as 27th...

hi everyone, has any one got any info about the part of this hospital -i believe...

tigerhouse

•10 years ago

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Any ideas, how to sort the DWP out?? I was diagnosed with Emphysema and Bronchiectasis last summer and still getting my head round it all.

I was on ESA, got taken off it and told I'm fit for work. Now I have had my JSA stopped and living on nothing. Any ideas?????

I was on ESA, got taken off it and told I'm fit for work. Now I have had my JSA ...

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•10 years ago

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I wonder if our members have any tips on how to build up ones immunity system.

i have "so called" end stage copd, and, in the past year i seem to have suffered infection after infection and many exacperations..and seem to have...

i have "so called" end stage copd, and, in the past year i seem to have suffere...

jimmyw123

•10 years ago

105 Replies

Sunshiny days !

Well what abeautifull day its been today in sttaffordshire ! At long last i mannaged to get in the garden and get some pansys in !!!Yaaaaaa ! Bought them 3...

Well what abeautifull day its been today in sttaffordshire ! At long last i man...

sue48

•10 years ago

13 Replies

Oximetry information

In order to assist in the compilation of information, I have been researching the subject and would like to share my findings on relevant sites :)...

In order to assist in the compilation of information, I have been researching th...

AnneGodolphin

•10 years ago

26 Replies

Bath time ?

Wife runs bath and says bath is ready go in bath room and no steam first step take two puffs of blue pump wait five min then get in get jug and pour hot as you...

Wife runs bath and says bath is ready go in bath room and no steam first step ta...

Hidden

•10 years ago

12 Replies

mis-diagnosis

some time ago, I came onto this incredible site for people with lung health issues. At the time, I was in a real state having just been diagnosed with COPD and...

some time ago, I came onto this incredible site for people with lung health issu...

mishawaka

•10 years ago

18 Replies

Weekend Wit - Enjoy

An elderly gentleman pays a visit to his Doctors. Doctor every morning at 8:00 am precisely,I have a bowel movement and it's embarrassing ? Well Mr Jones...

An elderly gentleman pays a visit to his Doctors. Doctor every morning at 8:00 a...

Plumbob

•10 years ago

4 Replies

Does anyone on this Forum have Bronchiectasis, if so how is it being treated and is the treatment successful?

I have also just been diagnosed with Aspergillosis. I am an Asthmatic.

dmb57

•10 years ago

21 Replies

Sad news

Hi all. I have just got brave enough to post on here. I thought I would tell you my sad news that my beloved Husband died on the 28th February. We knew his...

Hi all. I have just got brave enough to post on here. I thought I would tell you...

Mavary

•10 years ago

89 Replies

poorly again :(

Back to docs today.. been given antibiotics, steriods and antihistamines .. feeling really down with it all .I have lost my light at the end of the tunnel

Back to docs today.. been given antibiotics, steriods and antihistamines .. feel...

lilysausage

•10 years ago

18 Replies

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All posts for March 2014

Universal job match website - what a joke !!!!!!!!

recently diagnosed with COPD but no symptoms

Blue parking badge and my erroneous post.

How do I apply for a blue badge???

sleeping & breathing problems?

photo

photo

Big thank you for cheering me up yesterday

Is copd classed as a disability?

Capita pip meeting

Virus is Winning.mattcass

I'm new to this blog and not to sure how to use it

Feeling .....

Not feeling very well today I think I'm heading for a flair up again feeling fed up.

Have been an asthma sufferer since childhood, diagnosed with COPD 18 years ago have been told I should only use steroids three times a year

does any one have really painful ribs

Hi all I had an x-ray a few weeks ago thankfully not Cancer but told chronic lung inflam! Stopped smoking yr ago! What's the outlook for me?

oh no

Occupied disability parking spaces ..... a campaign to stop misuse

lung function test at the brompton in london

Any ideas, how to sort the DWP out?? I was diagnosed with Emphysema and Bronchiectasis last summer and still getting my head round it all.

I wonder if our members have any tips on how to build up ones immunity system.

Sunshiny days !

Oximetry information

Bath time ?

mis-diagnosis

Weekend Wit - Enjoy

Does anyone on this Forum have Bronchiectasis, if so how is it being treated and is the treatment successful?

Sad news

poorly again :(

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