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Healthunlockeders! we all share something.

Love for each other :) I have read posts that have made me laugh and posts that bring me to tears with sadness but I'm so very glad I found this place where...

Love for each other :) I have read posts that have made me laugh and posts tha...

dall05

•10 years ago

23 Replies

Thank you everybody who sent me good wishes and advice.

I appreciate it greatly. Feeling a little better now. Gave myself a talking to and realise I've been very lucky to reach 72 and to have had at least 70 years...

I appreciate it greatly. Feeling a little better now. Gave myself a talking to a...

Suzy6

•10 years ago

11 Replies

Social security application.

Retired gentlemen went to apply for social security. After waiting in line for quite a long time, he arrives at the counter. The woman behind the counter asked...

Retired gentlemen went to apply for social security. After waiting in line for q...

eightyplus

•10 years ago

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I have c.o.p.d.i don't know if this is connected but shop bought things make my heart rate go mental mainly salted or sweet stuff.???

Last year i had pneumonia my heart rate was crazy and only had 19% oxygen in my body,im wondering if there's something wrong

Last year i had pneumonia my heart rate was crazy and only had 19% oxygen in my ...

mid8

•10 years ago

9 Replies

I have a heavy head cold at the minute, but have an outpatient appointment on Tuesday with a respiratory consultant.

I have had this cold for about a week or 10 days. It got better after the first four or five days then seemed to disappear. I was amazed as it usually rapidly...

I have had this cold for about a week or 10 days. It got better after the first ...

huggs

•10 years ago

26 Replies

It really happened!

Forms have to be filled for the Civil Service if you want to work for them. A form was given to an Irish applicant. At the back of the form, there's a series...

Forms have to be filled for the Civil Service if you want to work for them. A fo...

helingmic

•10 years ago

2 Replies

About three months ago I had a 'supposed' chest infection. Had swollen legs and ankles at the time and this has not gone away.

Bones in legs are also painful. Still attending GP for solution but nothing forthcoming, except blood test which was negative for whatever it was I was tested...

Bones in legs are also painful. Still attending GP for solution but nothing for...

juney_99_antique

•10 years ago

4 Replies

Top ten list of put downs to men.

1. Please don't talk to my breasts. You won't be meeting them. 2. If you want to control someone, sleep with your remote. 3. I always choose chocolate over...

1. Please don't talk to my breasts. You won't be meeting them. 2. If you want ...

eightyplus

•10 years ago

8 Replies

is anyone affected by other peoples odour of thier laundry products ie fragrance contamination on ones clothing after sitting in chairs in

restaurants surgerys etc

harrymac31

•10 years ago

15 Replies

Four idiot jokes! Two are allegedly true!

1. Advice for idiots from page 16 of the HP "Environmental, Healthy & Safety Handbook for employees: "Blink your eyelids periodically to lubricate your...

1. Advice for idiots from page 16 of the HP "Environmental, Healthy & Safety Ha...

huggs

•10 years ago

15 Replies

repeat prescripsions

just back from overnight stay at st james in leeds had stats 88 oxygen at rest been on steroids and antibiotics for 2 weeks, thought I was feeling better ,then...

just back from overnight stay at st james in leeds had stats 88 oxygen at rest b...

sachmo

•10 years ago

12 Replies

What are stages in c o p d

I didn't know there were stages in c o p d

Navydad1

•10 years ago

18 Replies

He is very tired and he naps a lot he is 88yrs old he has c o p d

Navydad1

•10 years ago

7 Replies

Sitting here trying not to be a cry baby.

Had a really awful day today so breathless all day. My stats at 95 96 oxygen PR 80 to 86 at rest but still feel I can't catch my breath. It is making me weepy...

Had a really awful day today so breathless all day. My stats at 95 96 oxygen PR ...

Suzy6

•10 years ago

37 Replies

Spirometers

Has anybody else managed to reverse there FEV/1 reading by 10 percent in 5 months ? Any answers appreciated .thanks,Alan

Has anybody else managed to reverse there FEV/1 reading by 10 percent in 5 month...

Alan55

•10 years ago

14 Replies

Does anyone else suffer with wieght loss?

I usually wieght eight and a half stones.I am 66 had copd for three years.Last year i got very ill and was put on to a life support machine for five weeks.I...

I usually wieght eight and a half stones.I am 66 had copd for three years.Last y...

irenec

•10 years ago

7 Replies

Life is ......

Life is a roller coaster and when you are young it ascends so slowly that the days seem endless waiting for the time when you will be old enough to do some...

Life is a roller coaster and when you are young it ascends so slowly that the da...

eightyplus

•10 years ago

9 Replies

Read

Warriors 2014 has left update on her husband ,sadly he died in her arms ,she has left message on her original post xx

Warriors 2014 has left update on her husband ,sadly he died in her arms ,she has...

newlands

•10 years ago

13 Replies

Weekend Wit -( Been out of action for a couple of weeks??) The Rebellious Sparrow

(To protect the easily offended I have changed the word S**t to Pooh , but think S**t sounds better?) A rebellious young sparrow refuses to fly South for the...

(To protect the easily offended I have changed the word S**t to Pooh , but think...

Plumbob

•10 years ago

8 Replies

DWP & PIP Petition

I now I might be a pain, but don't take the wind out of my sails or blow my house down!!! Please take the time to sign my petition at the link below and pass...

I now I might be a pain, but don't take the wind out of my sails or blow my hous...

Plumbob

•10 years ago

11 Replies

I'm off, I hope.

Well after another round of tests by my lovely doctor I think I'm doing just fine. This year he sent me for the dreaded tread mill test and heart scan, all...

Well after another round of tests by my lovely doctor I think I'm doing just fin...

1968

•10 years ago

14 Replies

does anyone know the cost of hiring a concentrator for hols abroad and hiring portables etc never been since being on oxygen on 16 hrs day

mt daughter is used to hols dont want to dissapoint as she is only 10

frankie-b

•10 years ago

10 Replies

15 mile per hour - really?

Just been watching a programme I recorded yesterday (Trauma Doctors). An elderly lady had been knocked off her mobility scooter by a car and sustained very...

Just been watching a programme I recorded yesterday (Trauma Doctors). An elderl...

Hidden

•10 years ago

17 Replies

Looks like my kids have adjusted to me being on home oxgeon. Just waiting now for the appointment for newcastle for the transplant.

Even my 10 year old has has injusted bless him. He just wants his mum well.

Michelle12120

•10 years ago

17 Replies

in a bit of quandary

hi all x been reading the leaflets from the lung transplant team and on back page it mentions benifits and coming to terms with needing a lung transplant well...

hi all x been reading the leaflets from the lung transplant team and on back pag...

chrissyk

•10 years ago

7 Replies

Can anyone with bronchiectasis tell me if this illness had any effect on you or the baby during pregnancy? Please help

Im worried that medication or treatment in hospital during episodes will harm the baby. the doctor said i should be fine but i would love to hear it from...

Im worried that medication or treatment in hospital during episodes will harm th...

Gibraltarpatient

•10 years ago

8 Replies

I am having difficulty sleeping through the night and wake up in the morning with bad breathing problems (I have COPD).

Can anyone recommend a good hard pillow so that I can get some height without sinking into the ones I usually buy which seem too soft, even if I use two or...

Can anyone recommend a good hard pillow so that I can get some height without si...

Evans1953

•10 years ago

8 Replies

Anyone else out there spent a bit of time in one of these C-pap helmets.

In ICU they called me Buzz Lightyear, I wonder why :) . I was wondering how many of you have had the pleasure of living in one of these contraptions. Its a...

In ICU they called me Buzz Lightyear, I wonder why :) . I was wondering how man...

dall05

•10 years ago

13 Replies

Any one had lung reduction surgery,?

Just got back from hospital, doctor recomends this procedure.feeling scared and anxious also deppresion is linked to lung disease anyone else feel this way x

Just got back from hospital, doctor recomends this procedure.feeling scared and...

katkat

•10 years ago

6 Replies

Hi everyone, I'm new to this, was just wondering if anyone else has been assessed for lung transplant if so could they give me some info.

I've had the big respiratory test and I've to meet with my consultant in june for results of this what's the procedure after this thanks in advance.

I've had the big respiratory test and I've to meet with my consultant in june fo...

caz1988

•10 years ago

4 Replies

Posts - Lung Conditions Community Forum | HealthUnlocked

Lung Conditions Community Forum

All posts for May 2014

Healthunlockeders! we all share something.

Thank you everybody who sent me good wishes and advice.

Social security application.

I have c.o.p.d.i don't know if this is connected but shop bought things make my heart rate go mental mainly salted or sweet stuff.???

I have a heavy head cold at the minute, but have an outpatient appointment on Tuesday with a respiratory consultant.

It really happened!

About three months ago I had a 'supposed' chest infection. Had swollen legs and ankles at the time and this has not gone away.

Top ten list of put downs to men.

is anyone affected by other peoples odour of thier laundry products ie fragrance contamination on ones clothing after sitting in chairs in

Four idiot jokes! Two are allegedly true!

repeat prescripsions

What are stages in c o p d

He is very tired and he naps a lot he is 88yrs old he has c o p d

Sitting here trying not to be a cry baby.

Spirometers

Does anyone else suffer with wieght loss?

Life is ......

Read

Weekend Wit -( Been out of action for a couple of weeks??) The Rebellious Sparrow

DWP & PIP Petition

I'm off, I hope.

does anyone know the cost of hiring a concentrator for hols abroad and hiring portables etc never been since being on oxygen on 16 hrs day

15 mile per hour - really?

Looks like my kids have adjusted to me being on home oxgeon. Just waiting now for the appointment for newcastle for the transplant.

in a bit of quandary

Can anyone with bronchiectasis tell me if this illness had any effect on you or the baby during pregnancy? Please help

I am having difficulty sleeping through the night and wake up in the morning with bad breathing problems (I have COPD).

Anyone else out there spent a bit of time in one of these C-pap helmets.

Any one had lung reduction surgery,?

Hi everyone, I'm new to this, was just wondering if anyone else has been assessed for lung transplant if so could they give me some info.

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