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Liquid oxygen

Hi everyone, Hope you're all well, can anyone give me some information about liquid oxygen and how you cope with the fact the portable canisters only last...

Hi everyone, Hope you're all well, can anyone give me some information about ...

limbobimbo

•11 years ago

19 Replies

I have a new inhaler....

I have been given a Seebri Breezhaler after having problems with Spiriva. Has anyone used it or do you have any information about it? I looked it up...

I have been given a Seebri Breezhaler after having problems with Spiriva. Has an...

Hidden

•11 years ago

15 Replies

Why is losing weight bad/dangerous for copd sufferers?

HeatherS-UK

•11 years ago

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One for us

a reminder that whilst the mind is willing the flesh is weak :D

jandan

•11 years ago

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sometimes feel has there is nothing wrong with me

amazing how good i feel today and yesterday i play guitar and sing and with this COPD i cant get though a verse without have to take a breath but today the...

amazing how good i feel today and yesterday i play guitar and sing and with this...

music

•11 years ago

7 Replies

Why do people say stupid things

Moring everyone. I went to my friend across the road tuesday evening for a chat and my next door neighbour came as well, I wouldn't say we're friends but...

Moring everyone. I went to my friend across the road tuesday evening for a chat...

kimmy59

•11 years ago

19 Replies

SLOPPY

Over the last few days several things have cropped up on here that made me wonder about taking my inhalers. Was I getting sloppy after eleven years? Answer?...

Over the last few days several things have cropped up on here that made me wonde...

phillips1

•11 years ago

9 Replies

Do others with bronchiectasis go for months with sweats, shivers and hardly enuf energy to brush teeth after infection yet other times fit?J

Katie007

•11 years ago

9 Replies

Exercise

Hi I'm new here I'm 37 and been diagnosed with moderate emphysema , copd , asthma I've had loads of test which found the defiency alpha1 antitrypsin my fev1...

Hi I'm new here I'm 37 and been diagnosed with moderate emphysema , copd , asthm...

Nik37

•11 years ago

10 Replies

seretide 500

cant understand why my belly looks like i have a football up my shirt since i have been on seretide 500 for 6 months i wonder if seretide is doing it to me or...

cant understand why my belly looks like i have a football up my shirt since i ha...

music

•11 years ago

7 Replies

I'm not a morning person

But today I had to take our dog to the vet to have an infected tag removed. The vet's surgery is about 500-600 metres away - downhill all the way - which was...

But today I had to take our dog to the vet to have an infected tag removed. The ...

martin1945

•11 years ago

11 Replies

Onbrez

Who uses Onbrez? Martin

martin1945

•11 years ago

4 Replies

Now I Know

Hello to all, I was diagnosed with COPD on Saturday 13/04/13 after struggling to breath on the previous Friday, I was taken to Russels Hall Hospital Dudley...

Hello to all, I was diagnosed with COPD on Saturday 13/04/13 after struggling to...

Hidden

•11 years ago

16 Replies

I pass out blood whenever brushing my teeth especially the tongue, i pass out blood.

And i have aserious chestpain in the position of the heart plus difficulty breathing. Help me friends!

And i have aserious chestpain in the position of the heart plus difficulty breat...

Kuchanga

•11 years ago

6 Replies

Chest inf /virus,

I'm getting over a nasty chest inf /virus,I'm now taking echinacea and omega 3fish oils and a multivitamin,is ther any thing else I can take to help me recover

I'm getting over a nasty chest inf /virus,I'm now taking echinacea and omega 3fi...

Hidden

•11 years ago

6 Replies

Drug database, .

Not a question or a blog really...Just info. This site : http://www.nhs.uk/medicine-guides/pages/browsebymedicine.aspx?Index=A Lists pretty much all drugs...

Not a question or a blog really...Just info. This site : http://www.nhs.uk/me...

Hidden

•11 years ago

6 Replies

Quick update on yesterday's hassles

Hi all, Thanks for all the kind words,it's good to know we have shoulders to lean on. Anyway,back from GPs who to be honest to him was livid about...

Hi all, Thanks for all the kind words,it's good to know we have shoulders to le...

Hidden

•11 years ago

4 Replies

What exercise do you do? Does anyone use a Wii?

I'm diagnosed with moderate COPD with FEV1 at 62% and FVC at 63%. At the moment I manage on just Spiriva and I have a Ventolin (salbutamol) inhaler but I'm...

I'm diagnosed with moderate COPD with FEV1 at 62% and FVC at 63%. At the moment ...

SeasideSusie

•11 years ago

20 Replies

How should I inhale my Salbutamol? Does how I inhale it make a difference?

I visited my surgery last week and saw one of the nurses - the appointment was to have a spirometry test. Because of a course of antibiotics I had had I was...

I visited my surgery last week and saw one of the nurses - the appointment was t...

Pepsicoley

•11 years ago

21 Replies

Salt Pipes

Hi Salt Pipes do they help with COPD

joebloggs52

•11 years ago

5 Replies

Salbutamol How Long

Hi i use my inhaler a lot sometimes only lasts a week is that normal or i panic when i can`t breath peeling potatoes out of breath.

Hi i use my inhaler a lot sometimes only lasts a week is that normal or i pani...

joebloggs52

•11 years ago

14 Replies

Constant backache

Does anyone else get this problem? I have constant pain in my upper back between my shoulder blades co codomol not helping hot water bottle eases it for a...

Does anyone else get this problem? I have constant pain in my upper back between...

kujude

•11 years ago

6 Replies

Hi, I would like some professional advise if possible. I am 26 years of age and have an active job, I am not overweight and do not smoke.

I have had trouble with my chest for a long time now (many years). I have been to doctors several times in the past about it. All they have offered me every...

I have had trouble with my chest for a long time now (many years). I have been t...

Tattytaz

•11 years ago

6 Replies

where to now

I suffered a really bad chest infection last September, and another in November, had a chest xray which came back 'clear'. Over the past few years I have had a...

I suffered a really bad chest infection last September, and another in November,...

Kad21

•11 years ago

14 Replies

Massive Thanks!!!!

I would like to thank everyone for the brilliant comments about my last two blogs describing the journey to getting on the transplant list and learning to live...

I would like to thank everyone for the brilliant comments about my last two blog...

dall05

•11 years ago

8 Replies

I'm worried!!.... I had part of my left lung taken away due to growths in the upper lobe restricting the lower lobe air flow and collapsing

I was told that the prognosis was non malignant growths and the collapse lead to Brochiectasis... Now my Consultant has heard 'crackling' in the right lung,...

I was told that the prognosis was non malignant growths and the collapse lead to...

Darryl63

•11 years ago

7 Replies

Severe brittle asthma

Does any one suffer with severe brittle asthma

sue62

•11 years ago

6 Replies

So what's a good pulse rate?

Got an added burden to COPD with something called Giant Cell Arteritus. Doc tells me it's inoperable but is cured by three years treatment of steroids....

Got an added burden to COPD with something called Giant Cell Arteritus. Doc tel...

JayKew

•11 years ago

6 Replies

A new life on the transplant list

I started the day like any other but its not quite the same, somethings changed. Life is going to carry on the same but a phone will have to be everpresent...

I started the day like any other but its not quite the same, somethings changed....

dall05

•11 years ago

12 Replies

Sat levels should I be using oxygen?

I had bad pneumonia and was in hospital for over 5 weeks during Dec/Jan. My sat levels where averaging 88 and after much debate I was sent home with oxygen....

I had bad pneumonia and was in hospital for over 5 weeks during Dec/Jan. My sat...

SusieQs

•11 years ago

9 Replies

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All posts for April 2013

Liquid oxygen

I have a new inhaler....

Why is losing weight bad/dangerous for copd sufferers?

One for us

sometimes feel has there is nothing wrong with me

Why do people say stupid things

SLOPPY

Do others with bronchiectasis go for months with sweats, shivers and hardly enuf energy to brush teeth after infection yet other times fit?J

Exercise

seretide 500

I'm not a morning person

Onbrez

Now I Know

I pass out blood whenever brushing my teeth especially the tongue, i pass out blood.

Chest inf /virus,

Drug database, .

Quick update on yesterday's hassles

What exercise do you do? Does anyone use a Wii?

How should I inhale my Salbutamol? Does how I inhale it make a difference?

Salt Pipes

Salbutamol How Long

Constant backache

Hi, I would like some professional advise if possible. I am 26 years of age and have an active job, I am not overweight and do not smoke.

where to now

Massive Thanks!!!!

I'm worried!!.... I had part of my left lung taken away due to growths in the upper lobe restricting the lower lobe air flow and collapsing

Severe brittle asthma

So what's a good pulse rate?

A new life on the transplant list

Sat levels should I be using oxygen?

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