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help with bullous disease please

hi all, new to this site, diagnosed with emphesyma 18 months ago and stopped smoking right away! however i have now been told i have bullous disease any info...

hi all, new to this site, diagnosed with emphesyma 18 months ago and stopped smo...

tasha21

•12 years ago

5 Replies

feeling rough

Hi there everyone, I have`nt blogged for a while, I have felt really well for the past 12 weeks. I have however, been keeping a keen eye on what has been...

Hi there everyone, I have`nt blogged for a while, I have felt really well for th...

oakhouse2

•12 years ago

10 Replies

Toenails!! (seriously)

Help! A very good friend of mine, a fellow COPDer is having trouble cutting their toenails. I know this seems funny, but it is serious. Has anyone got any...

Help! A very good friend of mine, a fellow COPDer is having trouble cutting thei...

terri-rose

•12 years ago

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Blue Badge

Found this link it may be useful for some http://www.bluebadge.org.uk/index.html

potznpans

•12 years ago

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How much is the Winter Fuel allowance for the over 60`s and when is it usually paid ?

Hopefull

•12 years ago

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Borg Scale During Exercise

http://journal.publications.chestnet.org/article.aspx?articleid=1068712 [quote] "In conclusion, during incremental exercise Borg ratings of dyspnea are not...

http://journal.publications.chestnet.org/article.aspx?articleid=1068712 [quot...

chang

•12 years ago

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Steroids and shingles

I've been on steroids a long time and immunosuppressants. My dad has today been diagnosed with shingles. My side effects leaflet has always warned about coming...

I've been on steroids a long time and immunosuppressants. My dad has today been ...

Hidden

•12 years ago

5 Replies

Cleaning products

Hello all,i was diagnosed with emphysema a few weeks ago and am just waiting for my results of a ct scan i had last week,so this might seem a silly question,i...

Hello all,i was diagnosed with emphysema a few weeks ago and am just waiting for...

CarolTayz

•12 years ago

16 Replies

No DLA

what a suprise been turned down for DLA award twice now is it worth appealing again the stress of the last appeal made me ill, i suffer from uncontroled asthma...

what a suprise been turned down for DLA award twice now is it worth appealing ag...

Bridgend

•12 years ago

7 Replies

investigation into Atos

Saturday 3 November 2012 We at Disability Cornwall were horrified to hear that Atos used our name on their tendering documents. We were never asked We at...

Saturday 3 November 2012 We at Disability Cornwall were horrified to hear that...

Walrus

•12 years ago

7 Replies

Cough,cough,cough,cough.

Hi, Can anyone tell me if its the norm to get cough after cough. I have had 2 exacerbations since August.am now suffering with sore throat,headache,cough.and...

Hi, Can anyone tell me if its the norm to get cough after cough. I have had 2 ...

Fantasy3

•12 years ago

5 Replies

Confidence cringe

Hi everyone, so sorry if I sound like I'm wasting your time but I'm getting concerned now because I've never had an confidence. It's getting really...

Hi everyone, so sorry if I sound like I'm wasting your time but I'm getting conc...

Lizzie563

•12 years ago

9 Replies

calor gas

hi i am having trouble heating my flat so i have bought a calor gas heater .. is this bad for my COPD does anybody know ?

hi i am having trouble heating my flat so i have bought a calor gas heater .. is...

jedi

•12 years ago

9 Replies

Age and stage at diagnose

Good morning all, hear is a bit more about me. I was diagnosed almost three years ago at age 51 with moderate copd. My dr tells me I have a large asthma...

Good morning all, hear is a bit more about me. I was diagnosed almost three yea...

copdber

•12 years ago

9 Replies

My family and my friends don't seem to believe I have asthma, COPD and depression. When I mention them they are contemptuous...

I don't go on about my illnesses and try to ignore them as much as possible but when I do have to mention them I am obviously not believed. For example last...

I don't go on about my illnesses and try to ignore them as much as possible but ...

Hidden

•12 years ago

52 Replies

Swollen legs

When the resparitory nurse comes she usually asks any swelling in ankles,I`ve always said no because they never have been,they often swell if I`ve been...

When the resparitory nurse comes she usually asks any swelling in ankles,I`ve al...

Hopefull

•12 years ago

5 Replies

I am looking to buy a pulse oximeter, can anyone recommend a good one please?

PollyP

•12 years ago

9 Replies

Grandma and her computer

Hi HealthUnlockders The computer swallowed Grandma. Yes,honestly it's true! She pressed 'control' and 'enter' And disappeared from view, It devoured her...

Hi HealthUnlockders The computer swallowed Grandma. Yes,honestly it's true! ...

KingoftheCocktails

•12 years ago

18 Replies

Sunny day

Beautiful sunny day here in Shropshire, now all of a sudden at only 3-30 pm it's gone really dark. Fish & Chips tonight (Saturday treat!!) Soon be half way...

Beautiful sunny day here in Shropshire, now all of a sudden at only 3-30 pm it's...

libbygood

•12 years ago

7 Replies

Coffee Get Togethers

After attending Pulmonary Rehab which I must say is great,it certainly did me alot of good,aswell as helping healthwise I made new friends some of us decided...

After attending Pulmonary Rehab which I must say is great,it certainly did me al...

Hopefull

•12 years ago

5 Replies

I have just been for my check up at the hospital for Sarcoidosis which I am pleased to say has improved,

but they have now diagnosed "Sleep Apnea" anybody else suffer from it ?

coughcake

•12 years ago

6 Replies

I've done it!

Today (fanfare please) I have joined the Local Authority gym. I was a member until about 5 years ago and gave it up when we got the allotment. As I now work...

Today (fanfare please) I have joined the Local Authority gym. I was a member ...

Lynne1955

•12 years ago

7 Replies

I have asthma causing several severe episodes of sputum plugging. Anyone have any advice on how to deal with this frightening experience >

laura1207

•12 years ago

4 Replies

Dust Trapping

Had the drapes steam cleaned when some of them will get more use throwing the dust they've collected around and where most things can be kept as hard surface...

Had the drapes steam cleaned when some of them will get more use throwing the du...

Aril

•12 years ago

1 Reply

Hello everyone

Hi everyone, I would like very much to join to you on this board. I live in Ireland and we don't have an online community like this. It's brilliant that you...

Hi everyone, I would like very much to join to you on this board. I live in Ire...

copdber

•12 years ago

24 Replies

Newly diagnosed..!

After spending the last twenty years following building work all over the country, I have never had a regular doctor I always used the walk in centres wherever...

After spending the last twenty years following building work all over the countr...

Noob

•12 years ago

9 Replies

Warming recipe

Eating a lot of tins of soup because of the cold snap with frost and a little snow fall. Has anyone got any tips for making warming food that does not need a...

Eating a lot of tins of soup because of the cold snap with frost and a little sn...

bewildered

•12 years ago

23 Replies

Footwear

Finding comfortable warm footwear that keeps you from slipping on ice and snow (not looking as if you have been fired from a construction site) is always on...

Finding comfortable warm footwear that keeps you from slipping on ice and snow (...

lemondrop

•12 years ago

6 Replies

feeling a lot better.

Just thought i let you know how i'v inproved.since last posting on here,i have been seen by a consultant at our local hospital who changed my inhalers..seen a...

Just thought i let you know how i'v inproved.since last posting on here,i have b...

evo1510

•12 years ago

6 Replies

Flu Jab

Take up of the flu jab has dropped which is a worry when more people can get the flu and spread it about not realizing how dangerous infections are for people...

Take up of the flu jab has dropped which is a worry when more people can get the...

amster

•12 years ago

9 Replies

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All posts for November 2012

help with bullous disease please

feeling rough

Toenails!! (seriously)

Blue Badge

How much is the Winter Fuel allowance for the over 60`s and when is it usually paid ?

Borg Scale During Exercise

Steroids and shingles

Cleaning products

No DLA

investigation into Atos

Cough,cough,cough,cough.

Confidence cringe

calor gas

Age and stage at diagnose

My family and my friends don't seem to believe I have asthma, COPD and depression. When I mention them they are contemptuous...

Swollen legs

I am looking to buy a pulse oximeter, can anyone recommend a good one please?

Grandma and her computer

Sunny day

Coffee Get Togethers

I have just been for my check up at the hospital for Sarcoidosis which I am pleased to say has improved,

I've done it!

I have asthma causing several severe episodes of sputum plugging. Anyone have any advice on how to deal with this frightening experience >

Dust Trapping

Hello everyone

Newly diagnosed..!

Warming recipe

Footwear

feeling a lot better.

Flu Jab

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