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Alcohol and Bronchiectasis

Hi How do you good people get on if drinking Alcohol, should it be avoided altogether ? I read somewhere that a couple of glasses of white wine is ok for your...

Hi How do you good people get on if drinking Alcohol, should it be avoided altog...

TG58

•4 years ago

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Rusty Shield

My shield is definitely getting a bit rusty. I'm still being sensible but I'm not fanatical about it. It seems to me that being able to shield at all is...

My shield is definitely getting a bit rusty. I'm still being sensible but I'm no...

Angelagone

•4 years ago

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Sunday poem from Iris aka Lyd12

"Wonkavite..." "If you are old and have the shakes, If all your bones are full of aches, If you can hardly walk at all, If living drives you up the...

"Wonkavite..." "If you are old and have the shakes, If all your bones are fu...

Hidden

•4 years ago

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Morning folks. I don’t often write on this site but I do read all your posts. I get chest infections most months unless they give me 6-8 weeks worth of...

Morning folks. I don’t often write on this site but I do read all your posts. I ...

Sallyb29

•4 years ago

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Thousands of care home and NHS staff could be forced to stay home due to the Government's test-and-trace programme, health bosses warn.

I posted about this scenario a few days ago. Like minds think alike, or is our forum being monitored?...

I posted about this scenario a few days ago. Like minds think alike, or is our f...

2greys

•4 years ago

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Thanks to my wonderful neighbours

A nice warm day, so back garden door open, I fall asleep on my sofa, and my neighbour decides to light a bonfire. I wake up and all I can smell and taste in...

A nice warm day, so back garden door open, I fall asleep on my sofa, and my neig...

bevanboy

•4 years ago

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Liquid diet for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.

I am in the latter stages of IPF and have almost totally lost my appetite. Has anyone any knowledge of liquid meal replacements, such as Fortisip, and would...

I am in the latter stages of IPF and have almost totally lost my appetite. Has a...

HuwieHex

•4 years ago

7 Replies

Aerobika

Morning all, I started using the aerobika twice a day in the last few months and thought I would let you know my experience. I use it for twenty minutes and it...

Morning all, I started using the aerobika twice a day in the last few months and...

Fionafish

•4 years ago

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Excited but Bemused Response

Thank you all for responding. I am so glad there are people of like mind - I also believe there are more political and economic reasons behind the ease of...

Thank you all for responding. I am so glad there are people of like mind - I al...

anng18

•4 years ago

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Relvar and Sleeping Disoder

Does Relvar give you a sleeping issue? Does it help if you use the inhaler in the morning. My MD put me on Respimat and Relvar ( one puff each before bedtime).

Does Relvar give you a sleeping issue? Does it help if you use the inhaler in th...

syobelee

•4 years ago

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Aerosure

Why is the aerosure not offered as an alternative to inhalers by the nhs and gps

Why is the aerosure not offered as an alternative to inhalers by the nhs and gps...

ysaehtaerB

•4 years ago

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How the coronavirus could be prevented from invading a host cell.

How might the novel coronavirus be prevented from entering a host cell in an effort to thwart infection? A team of biomedical scientists has made a discovery...

How might the novel coronavirus be prevented from entering a host cell in an eff...

2greys

•4 years ago

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House Move

Couple of questions really ,we are looking to move house in the not to distant future ,Am I allowed to move house ,we are doing a mutual exchange with a couple...

Couple of questions really ,we are looking to move house in the not to distant f...

JasperDylan

•4 years ago

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Vaccination against Covid-19. An Enhancement technology?

We seem to be in general agreement that vaccinating ourselves is a necessary safeguard against corona virus infection. Effectively, we are arguing for a form...

We seem to be in general agreement that vaccinating ourselves is a necessary saf...

Cateran

•4 years ago

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Pleural Plaques and Coronavirus

I am a 71 year old male diagnosed via chest x-ray in 2014 with pleural plaques on my lungs due to exposure to asbestos some 40 years ago. From time to time I...

I am a 71 year old male diagnosed via chest x-ray in 2014 with pleural plaques o...

pepeandmoolie

•4 years ago

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How To Know When You are Getting Old.

I was given a tea towel as a gift which featured the following............ I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did. Actually many things are very true...

I was given a tea towel as a gift which featured the following............ I ho...

RoadRunner44

•4 years ago

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'Science' article re transmission

This article from a very reputable journal has a lot of info about 'aerosol transmission' suggesting that aerolised droplets travel much further and hang about...

This article from a very reputable journal has a lot of info about 'aerosol tran...

O2Trees

•4 years ago

9 Replies

Please advise

I’m high risk Covid19 but doing ok My gardener has been last 2 wks - distance when paying. I’m hoping that I can ask my handyman to start on some jobs outside...

I’m high risk Covid19 but doing ok My gardener has been last 2 wks - distance wh...

Sunfloweronline

•4 years ago

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Going nowhere.

Well looks like us sheilding are going to be staying put Dr on telly this morning recken s at end of June we are going to be told to stay put a while longer so...

Well looks like us sheilding are going to be staying put Dr on telly this mornin...

Pokermon

•4 years ago

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Reporting COVID-19 violations

It's a pity that some of the responses to Bkin's post on this subject became so unhelpful that replies had to be turned off, because this is an important issue...

It's a pity that some of the responses to Bkin's post on this subject became so ...

Superzob

•4 years ago

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Ethical guidelines for COVID-19 tracing apps.

Technologies to rapidly alert people when they have been in contact with someone carrying the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 are part of a strategy to bring the...

Technologies to rapidly alert people when they have been in contact with someone...

2greys

•4 years ago

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Matt Hancock tells Peston: Test and trace could result in repeated self-isolation.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has admitted people could end up repeatedly in self-isolation even if they have had coronavirus when test and trace is launch on...

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has admitted people could end up repeatedly in sel...

2greys

•4 years ago

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First study of COVID-19 patients with diabetes shows that 10% die within seven days of hospital admission.

The first study of COVID-19 to specifically analyse the effect of the disease in hospitalised patients with diabetes has found that one in ten patients dies...

The first study of COVID-19 to specifically analyse the effect of the disease in...

2greys

•4 years ago

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Cancer, coronavirus are a dangerous mix, new studies find.

New research shows how dangerous the coronavirus is for current and former cancer patients. Those who developed COVID-19 were much more likely to die within a...

New research shows how dangerous the coronavirus is for current and former cance...

2greys

•4 years ago

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Ministers pressed for clarity on length of lockdown for most vulnerable.

Growing group of 2.5 million people told they are likely to have to stay in ‘beyond June’. Ministers are facing calls to end the limbo of “indefinite”...

Growing group of 2.5 million people told they are likely to have to stay in ‘bey...

2greys

•4 years ago

25 Replies

Concerned

As well as COPD I have a thyroid condition, which means I need 3 monthly blood tests. The next is due just after my shielding 12 weeks ends. I dont drive & am...

As well as COPD I have a thyroid condition, which means I need 3 monthly blood t...

Hidden

•4 years ago

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Smoking cessation - feels like a bad choice.

Hi all. I gave up smoking 52 days ago. I smiled about 15 a day for 13 years. Since I’ve given up smoking I’ve never felt worse in my life. I’ve spat blood....

Hi all. I gave up smoking 52 days ago. I smiled about 15 a day for 13 years. S...

Asherleymoco

•4 years ago

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Roses

Dont expect this to work moreipad provlems

Lyd12

•4 years ago

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Hardest goodbye

Hi all, it is with a heavy heart that I write to let you know that Paul sadly lost his battle with interstitial lung disease on 15th May 2020 (my daughters...

Hi all, it is with a heavy heart that I write to let you know that Paul sadly l...

Rachelmcc80

•4 years ago

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All not prehaps true

Ok I am not a medical doc psychiatrist . But lived & worked Africa. . With ngo S but there during aids Ebola . Worked out these countries. So you lean on job...

Ok I am not a medical doc psychiatrist . But lived & worked Africa. . With ngo S...

Balloo

•4 years ago

11 Replies

Posts - Lung Conditions Community Forum | HealthUnlocked

Lung Conditions Community Forum

All posts for May 2020

Alcohol and Bronchiectasis

Rusty Shield

Sunday poem from Iris aka Lyd12

Lungs

Thousands of care home and NHS staff could be forced to stay home due to the Government's test-and-trace programme, health bosses warn.

Thanks to my wonderful neighbours

Liquid diet for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.

Aerobika

Excited but Bemused Response

Relvar and Sleeping Disoder

Aerosure

How the coronavirus could be prevented from invading a host cell.

House Move

Vaccination against Covid-19. An Enhancement technology?

Pleural Plaques and Coronavirus

How To Know When You are Getting Old.

'Science' article re transmission

Please advise

Going nowhere.

Reporting COVID-19 violations

Ethical guidelines for COVID-19 tracing apps.

Matt Hancock tells Peston: Test and trace could result in repeated self-isolation.

First study of COVID-19 patients with diabetes shows that 10% die within seven days of hospital admission.

Cancer, coronavirus are a dangerous mix, new studies find.

Ministers pressed for clarity on length of lockdown for most vulnerable.

Concerned

Smoking cessation - feels like a bad choice.

Roses

Hardest goodbye

All not prehaps true

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