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Where are you from ?

Good morning to all... I'm very curious about where everyone is from ? Also do you feel you are getting the proper care from your doctor ? I live in the United...

Good morning to all... I'm very curious about where everyone is from ? Also do y...

•7 years ago

Nucleic Acid Therapy

I have been getting more exacerbations lately, and had one last night after I went to bed. This rarely happens after I lie down. I lay there coughing and...

I have been getting more exacerbations lately, and had one last night after I we...

•7 years ago

A little curious

My oxygen level is in the 90s, but am feeling exhausted and have shortness of breath. Preliminary test at primary dr. Said I have abnormal lungs and I go for...

My oxygen level is in the 90s, but am feeling exhausted and have shortness of br...

•7 years ago

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Five Tibetan Rites - benefits to lungs

The Five Tibetan Rites are well known and practiced by many, including myself. I have been doing them on and off for many years now. I think they are one...

The Five Tibetan Rites are well known and practiced by many, including myself. ...

•7 years ago

Seeking advice 😊

I have mild to moderate copd. Just diagnosed yesterday. Ive had 5 jobs since April due to feeling poor. I have several health problems and am about to become...

I have mild to moderate copd. Just diagnosed yesterday. Ive had 5 jobs since Apr...

•7 years ago

New to xopd

just got diagnosed with copd yesterday. Ive already hired an attorney to help me get disability for asthma, a pending shoulder surgery, migraines,anxiety etc....

just got diagnosed with copd yesterday. Ive already hired an attorney to help me...

•7 years ago

Life

Plan like your going to live forever and live like your going to die tomorrow and remember ' life is a sexually transmitted terminal illness'

Plan like your going to live forever and live like your going to die tomorrow an...

•7 years ago

Stem cell research

Hi ! New to this site, very happy to be here. I was diagnosed 2012 with Emphysema, I'm 67 now. My question has anyone heard of stem cell therapy? I contacted...

Hi ! New to this site, very happy to be here. I was diagnosed 2012 with Emphysem...

•7 years ago

Have I done anything to upset people

Sorry if I am being annoying not heard from any of my posts today and was wondering if I've upset the community somehow if I have I apologise I know I'm very...

Sorry if I am being annoying not heard from any of my posts today and was wonder...

•7 years ago

Very stressed and tearful today

Sorry to bother everyone again having a very bad day today very sore and breathings bad and could really do with someone to talk to don't want to be a burden...

Sorry to bother everyone again having a very bad day today very sore and breathi...

•7 years ago

Can I have some advice please

My main fear at the moment is being 44 and stage 3 so I'm scared that there's not much room left for me before stage 4 I am planning to get more exercise daily...

My main fear at the moment is being 44 and stage 3 so I'm scared that there's no...

•7 years ago

Understanding PFT Results ????

Wondering if anyone can break down what all this means as this was my first test like this ever and I don't really understand it at all. And how the diagnose...

Wondering if anyone can break down what all this means as this was my first test...

•7 years ago

New to COPD

I have a few questions I'm hoping someone can help me with? 1) At what stage you were referred out to a pulmonoligist? 2) Does anyone else have a ulcer with...

I have a few questions I'm hoping someone can help me with? 1) At what stage you...

•7 years ago

Small Victory

I use a nebulizer and have always felt rushed with my delivery system because it was creating mist the entire time it was on and I rushed thru the treatment to...

I use a nebulizer and have always felt rushed with my delivery system because it...

•7 years ago

Insurance coverage on medications

Hello ! I just finished a article from GoodRX and I'm so angry right now !!! By the end of 2017 there will be over 500 medications dropped that our...

Hello ! I just finished a article from GoodRX and I'm so angry right now !!! ...

•7 years ago

Feeling nervous, anxious and a bit overwhelmed

Having lung testing tomorrow after test will see pulmonary doc afterwards not sure why I'm feeling like I am it's not normal for Me but I think I'm worried...

Having lung testing tomorrow after test will see pulmonary doc afterwards not su...

•7 years ago

Health insurance not covering medication.

Good Morning... I live in the US Illinois. I just switched health insurance. Upon a phone conversation with them about my medications I found out that 2 of my...

Good Morning... I live in the US Illinois. I just switched health insurance. Upo...

•7 years ago

Infections

Hi all, I started with the flu 3 weeks ago. Doctor gave me steroids in the second week as I was still coughing. last week she gave me antibiotics as she heard...

Hi all, I started with the flu 3 weeks ago. Doctor gave me steroids in the secon...

•7 years ago

I am new here, as my 92 year old fathers's caregiver

My father has COPD and he get was having a lot of mucus building up in his throat. After asking his VA doctor and getting nowhere, I was listening to President...

My father has COPD and he get was having a lot of mucus building up in his throa...

•7 years ago

Symptoms of COPD ?

I'm curious what your starting symptoms were as I was diagnosed last week and have so many symptoms it's ridiculous. *I had been short of breath only while...

I'm curious what your starting symptoms were as I was diagnosed last week and ha...

•7 years ago

Confused

Would being sick and having a sinus infection affect results if a pulmonary function test? I have suffered from asthma since childhood which has been poorly...

Would being sick and having a sinus infection affect results if a pulmonary func...

•7 years ago

Retired and as active as I can be with COPD

Hi , I am Mike aged 81 who has had an interesting and varied life.Lucky to work at something i wanted to do and got paid for it.I spent the first 18 years of...

Hi , I am Mike aged 81 who has had an interesting and varied life.Lucky to work ...

•7 years ago

Alternative to ventalon rescue inhaler

Hello, I'm new to this site. My 72 year old husband has been diagnosed with COPD for 12 years. As soon as he was diagnosed, he was given ventalon rescue...

Hello, I'm new to this site. My 72 year old husband has been diagnosed with COP...

•7 years ago

virus

Hi I have servere copd ,A few days before xmas I woke up really wheezy the nurse said it was in my upper airways and a virus so no antibiotics .After a week I...

Hi I have servere copd ,A few days before xmas I woke up really wheezy the nurse...

•7 years ago

Doesn't change

Nothing really different except I'm dying faster and i now believe dr.

Nothing really different except I'm dying faster and i now believe dr.

•7 years ago

New

My dad was just diagnosed with early stage copd and some problems with the right side of his heart.

My dad was just diagnosed with early stage copd and some problems with the right...

•7 years ago

Copd

Hi my name linda I'm 57yrs old got copd emphysema server an very worried

Hi my name linda I'm 57yrs old got copd emphysema server an very worried

•7 years ago

How to increase my spo2

I am new to this site. Thanks for your reading this. I have COPD from 50 years of smoking. I quit smoking 3 years ago and have stayed away from 2nd hand...

I am new to this site. Thanks for your reading this. I have COPD from 50 years...

•7 years ago

Surviving this 'virus' season

I've had COPD for about 20 years but cannot remember a winter flu/virus season like this one. It seems like everyone around has some respiratory problem. I...

I've had COPD for about 20 years but cannot remember a winter flu/virus season l...

•7 years ago

Breathing get worse

Hello Friends... I have had COPD and Sarcoidosis for about 15 years and I have seen the decline in my health. My walking has slowed way down due to be getting...

Hello Friends... I have had COPD and Sarcoidosis for about 15 years and I have s...

•7 years ago

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