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Interesting TV tonight !!

just a reminder that there are 2 undercover reports about the hoops we have to jump through to get financial help on tonight - the first is dispatches at 8.00...

just a reminder that there are 2 undercover reports about the hoops we have to j...

Hidden

•12 years ago

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Sorry, I am new here, my husband has copd.

Would like to know what other copd suffers have of medication, my husband is on Symbicorte turbo, and 1 spiriva, he is not getting any releif , he is still...

Would like to know what other copd suffers have of medication, my husband is on ...

dane

•12 years ago

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countryide

copd does it get worse, if you are srrounded by fields

dane

•12 years ago

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Another Newbe

Hi I am new to this site, was diagnosed moderate COPD May 2011 Thank you for all the most helpful information you have all posted, still wading through it. I...

Hi I am new to this site, was diagnosed moderate COPD May 2011 Thank you for all...

Stella1

•12 years ago

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can you be prescribed long term oral steriods for c.o.p.d?

my dad was diagnosed a few years ago and has has several attacks leading to hospitalisation. When he has been prescribed a months course of oral steriods he...

my dad was diagnosed a few years ago and has has several attacks leading to hosp...

abbyjervis

•12 years ago

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Hi everyoneI am new to the website and have already got some very useful information from the members.

I am trying to get travel insurance so I can to Europe, but it seems my conditions Emphysema and cardiac failure as well as my age (67) is against me getting...

I am trying to get travel insurance so I can to Europe, but it seems my condit...

chrimar

•12 years ago

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i HAVE BRONCHIECTASIS , EMPHYSEMA AND ASTHMA , IWAS PUT ON O2 OVER NIGHT 9YRS AGO AND USED TO WAKE UP FEELING AS IF I HAD DREAMT I WAS BEING

STRANGLED , MY HEART RACING AND GASPING FOR BREATH , MY GP SUGGESTED IT MIGHT BE SLEEP APNOEA ( AS I WAS VERY TIRED DURING THE DAY AND WOKE UP FEELING I HADN'T...

STRANGLED , MY HEART RACING AND GASPING FOR BREATH , MY GP SUGGESTED IT MIGHT BE...

dinnyrayner

•12 years ago

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COPD and diet? any info on this anyone?

emmo

•12 years ago

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Oxygen concentrators

Hi, my mum has just got an oygen concentrator for night time use. We've got it in the spare room with the door shut as it is quite noisy. We're leaving the...

Hi, my mum has just got an oygen concentrator for night time use. We've got it i...

Choccie

•12 years ago

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speakers for breathe easy group (east midlands)

hi does anyone have any information for ideas on speakers for our breathe easy group in east midlands (ilkeston) need some new ideas.

hi does anyone have any information for ideas on speakers for our breathe easy g...

kazza1963

•12 years ago

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sarcoidosis

primrose71

•12 years ago

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Oxygen Update.

This is almost a copy of my Face Book status. I've kept it simple without too much technical stuff. >> I'm getting better by degrees as my Gran used to...

This is almost a copy of my Face Book status. I've kept it simple without too mu...

robevanz

•12 years ago

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Irritating cough

Hi have had some really good days with this beautiful weather, then this morning for some reason woke up with an irritating cough, its allready driving me mad...

Hi have had some really good days with this beautiful weather, then this morning...

Hidden

•12 years ago

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Pack Years Calculator

work out the lifetime exposure for tobacco and smoking: http://smokingpackyears.com/calculate

work out the lifetime exposure for tobacco and smoking: http://smokingpackyears....

chang

•12 years ago

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Exercise Birmingham GP can refer you to a Council Gym for A free 12week exercise coures,It is called Bactive+, has anyone heard of this

Birmingham City Council also do a scheme called bactive see website birmingham.gov.uk if you pay council tax to BCC ,or live in a house that pays council tax...

Birmingham City Council also do a scheme called bactive see website birmingham.g...

aintgotaclue

•12 years ago

4 Replies

Information about Oxygen

Found the following information on the Breathing Better Living Well website and thought it might be of interest, given some of the misconceptions mentioned on...

Found the following information on the Breathing Better Living Well website and ...

Blodwyn

•12 years ago

3 Replies

Sarcoidosis

I have just been diagnised with Sarcoidosis, does anybody else out there have it I feel a bit isolated at the moment, if I mention it to anybody they say whats...

I have just been diagnised with Sarcoidosis, does anybody else out there have it...

coughcake

•12 years ago

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OLYMPIC GAMES

OPENING CEREMONY TOOK ONES BREATH AWAY ! AS IF WE COPD SUFFERERS DONT HAVE ENOUGH ON OUR PLATES TRYING TO GET A BREATH.BEST WISHES EVERYONE

OPENING CEREMONY TOOK ONES BREATH AWAY ! AS IF WE COPD SUFFERERS DONT HAVE ENOUG...

pedantic

•12 years ago

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info on antibiotics for reducing exacerbations

see http://copdnewsoftheday.com/?p=6936&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CopdNewsOfTheDay+%28COPD+News+Of+The+Day%29

see http://copdnewsoftheday.com/?p=6936&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=emai...

Hidden

•12 years ago

6 Replies

Home visits ?

I read on here that quite a lot of you have COPD nurse home visits and some also have physio visits. Is this to do with the severity of the COPD or just common...

I read on here that quite a lot of you have COPD nurse home visits and some also...

Puffthemagicdragon

•12 years ago

19 Replies

Purple Periwinkle

http://www.squidoo.com/periwinkle Purple Periwinkles Battle Inflammatory Diseases From University of Rochester Medical Center A widely and safely used...

http://www.squidoo.com/periwinkle Purple Periwinkles Battle Inflammatory Dise...

chang

•12 years ago

3 Replies

asthma or copd

Hi, I was recently taken into hospital because I was having trouble breathing, I had a chest xray done, and when the chest doctor came to see me the next day I...

Hi, I was recently taken into hospital because I was having trouble breathing, I...

darceynjo

•12 years ago

13 Replies

Hi I have just been diagnosed with copd

i came home from hospital today having been admitted with flair up of copd, a chest x-ray has shown I have hyperexpanded lung fields with small nodule in upper...

i came home from hospital today having been admitted with flair up of copd, a ch...

maggiemay42

•12 years ago

7 Replies

o2 suppliers.....its laughable!

I received a redirected letter this morning from a Premier Inn in Kent, it was a letter from Dolby Vivisol and it was a form for me to complete for an...

I received a redirected letter this morning from a Premier Inn in Kent, it was a...

maureenv

•12 years ago

3 Replies

Sporting Achievements

With the Olympics nearly upon us, I was asked to write a blog for another charity about what I consider my sporting achievements. Since the question of...

With the Olympics nearly upon us, I was asked to write a blog for another charit...

Daxiemad

•12 years ago

3 Replies

On a mission of discovery!

Feeling great, don't happen often enough so thought it was time to go on another mission of discovery. Have I booked a holiday in some exotic location? Nope!...

Feeling great, don't happen often enough so thought it was time to go on another...

Daxiemad

•12 years ago

4 Replies

Living well with COPD online surgery recording

Hi Everyone If you were unable to attend our members online surgery on living well with COPD then here is the full recording. The surgery was hosted by...

Hi Everyone If you were unable to attend our members online surgery on li...

Athar

•12 years ago

3 Replies

whats the difference betweenSeretide and spiriva? is Seretide better because it also has steroids

hamcob

•12 years ago

10 Replies

Acupuncture

take a look then make up your own mind there is no sales pitch only sharing with fellow sufferers. hell it might work for you then again it wont free world...

take a look then make up your own mind there is no sales pitch only sharing with...

oarsome

•12 years ago

13 Replies

Infections with emphysema?

Am I right to assume it is just lung infections that one gets with emphysema? I have had two bouts of bowel infection in about a month of each other, I know...

Am I right to assume it is just lung infections that one gets with emphysema? I ...

denominator

•12 years ago

9 Replies

Posts - Lung Conditions Community Forum | HealthUnlocked

Lung Conditions Community Forum

All posts for July 2012

Interesting TV tonight !!

Sorry, I am new here, my husband has copd.

countryide

Another Newbe

can you be prescribed long term oral steriods for c.o.p.d?

Hi everyoneI am new to the website and have already got some very useful information from the members.

i HAVE BRONCHIECTASIS , EMPHYSEMA AND ASTHMA , IWAS PUT ON O2 OVER NIGHT 9YRS AGO AND USED TO WAKE UP FEELING AS IF I HAD DREAMT I WAS BEING

COPD and diet? any info on this anyone?

Oxygen concentrators

speakers for breathe easy group (east midlands)

sarcoidosis

Oxygen Update.

Irritating cough

Pack Years Calculator

Exercise Birmingham GP can refer you to a Council Gym for A free 12week exercise coures,It is called Bactive+, has anyone heard of this

Information about Oxygen

Sarcoidosis

OLYMPIC GAMES

info on antibiotics for reducing exacerbations

Home visits ?

Purple Periwinkle

asthma or copd

Hi I have just been diagnosed with copd

o2 suppliers.....its laughable!

Sporting Achievements

On a mission of discovery!

Living well with COPD online surgery recording

whats the difference betweenSeretide and spiriva? is Seretide better because it also has steroids

Acupuncture

Infections with emphysema?

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