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Hi guys its me again, just wanted to ask some questions about my COPD.

Sometimes my eyes gets heavy and I lose some weight. Can someone tell what that means? Thanks in advance for the replies. PS: I'm only 27 female and I think...Sometimes my eyes gets heavy and I lose some weight. Can someone tell what that ...

jinsummer•4 years ago

Cramp

A little tip for any of you lovely people on this site who may be suffering with cramp... Try drinking a glass of tonic water each day. I tend to keep it in...A little tip for any of you lovely people on this site who may be suffering with...

AmethystAngel•4 years ago

Pulmonary. Rehab

Started PR today...not too bad. Hoping to get some benefit from it. Dr is also having me get the Alpha 1 test done. Unlikely I have it, but he believes I've...Started PR today...not too bad. Hoping to get some benefit from it. Dr is also...

beeperoni•4 years ago

Feeling Determined

Hi everyone I am a newbie. I am half way through my Pulmonary Rehab and now started running!! A month ago I couldn't run 50 yards now I am running/with short...Hi everyone I am a newbie. I am half way through my Pulmonary Rehab and now star...

Hungryhorse63•4 years ago

Stats 98 chest still tight

Being going to the doctors now 3 times in three weeks I have tight chest just only the right side of chest, sometimes it's painful to talk and sometimes I need...Being going to the doctors now 3 times in three weeks I have tight chest just on...

ritus76•4 years ago

I'm used to the Hills around Malvern but this was something else. :)

Hi all, I'm back and just about recovered now from a week in Polperro, Cornwall. Its a place where you shouldn't go if your on oxygen and struggle on hills but...Hi all, I'm back and just about recovered now from a week in Polperro, Cornwall....

dall05•4 years ago

Been To See The Doctor Today...

A little bit further forward...Doctor thinks these violent headaches I wake up with are a symptom of the CO2 retention rather than me painting and...A little bit further forward...Doctor thinks these violent headaches I wake up w...

Hidden•4 years ago

Travel I surance

Help! Can anyone recommend travel insurance that doesn't cost a bomb please ?Help! Can anyone recommend travel insurance that doesn't cost a bomb please ?

Bryju124•4 years ago

Go Rafa

Well I've done hour at the gym under the watchful eye of the trainer and In the back ground I caught a glimpse of the pulmary rehab nurse,, ,,( she was...Well I've done hour at the gym under the watchful eye of the trainer and In the ...

Nanny1086•4 years ago

What tips please

What to do in this heatwave? All coping methods will be greatly appreciated.especially what is the norm humidity level...forecast States overnight its to peak...What to do in this heatwave? All coping methods will be greatly appreciated.espe...

nellie15•4 years ago

Lung Pnemothorax

Dear Doctors , My Wife was suffering from Pnemothorax she is 29 year old non smoker , Were last year she has undergone VATS surgery she has got Multiple...Dear Doctors , My Wife was suffering from Pnemothorax she is 29 year old non s...

AshishThorat•4 years ago

Hello Sunshine

Hello to you all, I hope you are enjoying the nice weather we are having at the moment. It lifts my mood when I see the sun shining. I may be preaching to the...Hello to you all, I hope you are enjoying the nice weather we are having at the ...

velvet55•4 years ago

just a hello. from jimmy

just to say hello to all my friends on h.u. unfortunately i haven't been at my best since that pneumonia hospitalisation, having had other infections since....just to say hello to all my friends on h.u. unfortunately i haven't been at my...

jimmyw123•4 years ago

Like Music?.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU7hZ3smj0g I came across this while looking for something else.It may not be your type of music but try and watch all of...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU7hZ3smj0g I came across this while looking for...

FarmerD•4 years ago

I'm A Bit Poorly...

What happens when I gloat? Payback comes trotting along on its little feet determined to show me the error of my ways...pokes me sharply in the ribs and...What happens when I gloat? Payback comes trotting along on its little feet deter...

Hidden•4 years ago

Post op

Hello to you all and thanks for all your replays to previous posts .The op went well and everything was all ok so no cancer! Nodules still being tested but not...Hello to you all and thanks for all your replays to previous posts .The op went ...

Anneeileen1•4 years ago

It's hard going today

The weather in South Devon was sunny, hot and heavy at first light. It got really heavy as the morning went on, even with a breeze to temper things down....The weather in South Devon was sunny, hot and heavy at first light. It got reall...

Polly4acre•4 years ago

E cigs

What do people think of e cigs I have been going mad for a smoke but do not wish to go there it starts when I am driving or just sitting in the garden or...What do people think of e cigs I have been going mad for a smoke but do not wis...

Edtongue1•4 years ago

Once more into the Surgery dear friends, Once more!

KING HENRY V: Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead. In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As...KING HENRY V: Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the w...

Offcut•4 years ago

Hello friends

i had the most terrifing thing happen a week last friday,as i said i think before i live in my bedroom,it is or was the only place i feel safe,late morning...i had the most terrifing thing happen a week last friday,as i said i think befor...

jc100•4 years ago

George wants a biscuit!

I took this photo yesterday. As I was find the walk a bit much, (hay fever and tight chest), I stopped to sit on a bench. George insisted on staying with me....I took this photo yesterday. As I was find the walk a bit much, (hay fever and t...

Azure_Sky•4 years ago

COPD and Solpadol

Hi I have borderline moderate/severe copd 52%. Over the past 8 weeks I have caught a cold that turned into bronchitis. This took 4 courses of antibiotics plus...Hi I have borderline moderate/severe copd 52%. Over the past 8 weeks I have caug...

roger1952•4 years ago

Holiday's here I come.

Well its that time again, all the packing is done and were all hyped up, Santaponsa here come...Well its that time again, all the packing is done and were all hyped up, Santapo...

1968•4 years ago

Decline in FEV1 or Not

Here's a report I posted on another forum. It relates to the decline in FEV1 over time. It might answer some questions for some of you regarding the...Here's a report I posted on another forum. It relates to the decline in FEV1 ove...

ck101•4 years ago

Chest infection for 3 months, might be bronchiecstatis and I'm terrified!

Hi there I'm looking for reassurance as I'm not getting it from my GP and I tried BLF helpline who offered to send a leaflet but no nurses were working and...Hi there I'm looking for reassurance as I'm not getting it from my GP and I trie...

Rosegaia82•4 years ago

Feckin' Snails...

Well...I'm sorry to go on about it but I've just ventured outside to pull some carrots for supper and I swear my teeth are chattering...feet are a bit blue...Well...I'm sorry to go on about it but I've just ventured outside to pull some c...

Hidden•4 years ago

Oxygen supply

When I started getting oxygen delivered I was told by the rep nurse (and in the booklet) that if I was taking a holiday in the UK, all I had to do was ring up...When I started getting oxygen delivered I was told by the rep nurse (and in the...

romfty•4 years ago

Hello everyone, I have finally had an assessment for a Pulmonary Rehabilitation in my local area, after a year on the waiting list.

As I am a joint hypermobility syndrome (Ehlers-Danlos III) sufferer, I am anxious about the repetitive type exercises that I will be doing on this course,...As I am a joint hypermobility syndrome (Ehlers-Danlos III) sufferer, I am anxiou...

stillmovin•4 years ago

Found A Highwayman...And Some Smugglers...

Honestly, the weather is feckin' horrible...it's still cold enough for Himself to be lighting the range every evening...we'd be getting frostbite...Honestly, the weather is feckin' horrible...it's still cold enough for Himself t...

Hidden•4 years ago

Copi

I havnt posted on here before i was diagnosed with serevere copd nearly 3 years ago and i wont give up on myself. I am 62 and have been a widow now for 17...I havnt posted on here before i was diagnosed with serevere copd nearly 3 years ...

52maggie•4 years ago

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