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Breathing problems

Hello I'm Kevin and this is my first post. I was diagnosed with Emphesema and pulmonary fibrorosis in august 2013. I was put on long term oxygen therapy at 6...

Hello I'm Kevin and this is my first post. I was diagnosed with Emphesema and p...

ank92

•8 years ago

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Coronation Street icon Liz Dawn joins Emmerdale at Christmas

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-11-11/coronation-street-icon-liz-dawn-joins-emmerdale-at-christmas She is doing well.

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-11-11/coronation-street-icon-liz-dawn-joins-...

ferries5

•8 years ago

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Not My Fault I Can't Do Sums...I Have A Condition!

There I was this afternoon cutting out Disappearing Nine Patch blocks...so easy to do, but it's looks complicated when finished...but it involves cutting the...

There I was this afternoon cutting out Disappearing Nine Patch blocks...so easy ...

Hidden

•8 years ago

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A Bit Late...Something For The Weekend.

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Hidden

•8 years ago

7 Replies

Problems with phlegm some ideas

Hi. I'm new to this site and have been reading the posts with interest as I also get times when, if even a small bit of spittle or a food crumb touches the...

Hi. I'm new to this site and have been reading the posts with interest as I also...

babbo45

•8 years ago

16 Replies

Anyone Had DEALINGs with Nurse Practitioners in GP's Surgries

I phoned doc gp up today for Emergancy Appontment and was told by receptionist I could only see a Nurse Practitioner. I said I don't want to see a nurse I...

I phoned doc gp up today for Emergancy Appontment and was told by receptionist I...

Hidden

•8 years ago

29 Replies

Hello! I have been diagnosed and I am at stage 3. I am 60 years of age and I am not over weight. I have not smoked over 40 years now.

What causes my COPD to progress so fast to each stage in time. I am seeing a seeing a special heart doctor and I am going to the hospital for a echoing of the...

What causes my COPD to progress so fast to each stage in time. I am seeing a se...

Karelanne

•8 years ago

19 Replies

copd

I went for the spyrometry test today. I was told I had the lungs of a 99 year old when I found I had it in January and today it said 93. Can I get any younger...

I went for the spyrometry test today. I was told I had the lungs of a 99 year o...

Gillianl21

•8 years ago

23 Replies

Beetroot Juice

Evening I have heard it before, but my local hospital have opened a new wing to deal with respiratory illness and are trialling beetroot juice to help with...

Evening I have heard it before, but my local hospital have opened a new wing to ...

kimmy59

•8 years ago

45 Replies

Winter Woes...

Where are those bright crisp mornings when the sky is the palest blue...hedges and trees tinged with frost...the faint scent of turf smoke hanging in the air....

Where are those bright crisp mornings when the sky is the palest blue...hedges a...

Hidden

•8 years ago

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PSEUDOMONAS....I HAD IT TWICE

In reply to the person who asked if anybody had got rid of pseudomonas....I had it...twice. It nearly killed me or put me in a wheelchair after a spinal fusion...

In reply to the person who asked if anybody had got rid of pseudomonas....I had ...

jra-vincent

•8 years ago

11 Replies

Bronchiectasis

Hi everyone just as a follow up from my last post. It's really important to listen to yourself and recognise when you don't feel quite right. I have just been...

Hi everyone just as a follow up from my last post. It's really important to lis...

phoenix777

•8 years ago

29 Replies

Deteriorating

Hi everyone, I seem to be getting worse, terrible breathlessness even moving around in my kitchen to cook. I bought a pulse oximeter from medical supplies...

Hi everyone, I seem to be getting worse, terrible breathlessness even moving a...

Raptorabz

•8 years ago

18 Replies

Die, Afraggum!

Does anyone else think 'die-a-frag-um' when they need to write 'diaphragm'? Just came to mind haha

Does anyone else think 'die-a-frag-um' when they need to write 'diaphragm'? Jus...

servewithmintsauce

•8 years ago

16 Replies

Intro + Anyone Else?

Hi, all. If you're not interested in the intro, skip down to the triple-asterisk :P I'm Matt, I'm 17, and I have asthma. I'm on the following for this: -...

Hi, all. If you're not interested in the intro, skip down to the triple-asterisk...

servewithmintsauce

•8 years ago

6 Replies

Lung Function Test results

Good morning all I have just received my most recent set of PFT results which state that my lung function is stable. This is the bit that Doctors pay...

Good morning all I have just received my most recent set of PFT results which s...

Fennella02

•8 years ago

9 Replies

COPD STUDY

Morning everyone. Here I am again at the lung and heart foundation doing trials for a new inhaler very interesting and of course I get a full health check...

Morning everyone. Here I am again at the lung and heart foundation doing trials...

pepparuby1

•8 years ago

5 Replies

Took care of others, not myself.

Cared for two people today with COPD. Both still smoke. One guy is 44, diagnosed 5 years ago. Bad back and he has given up. Smoking away and very negative. Now...

Cared for two people today with COPD. Both still smoke. One guy is 44, diagnosed...

patrickd72

•8 years ago

44 Replies

I am confused.com

Hi All I would appreciate your thoughts please In October I had a Spirometry test and I was told I had COPD stage 2, I was put on inhalers and November...

Hi All I would appreciate your thoughts please In October I had a Spirometry t...

chrissie789

•8 years ago

12 Replies

TREADMILLS.

Hello everyone, I have just replied to PollyP in response to her question about the best treadmill to buy. It just struck me that I should share the advantages...

Hello everyone, I have just replied to PollyP in response to her question about ...

ericwood992

•8 years ago

3 Replies

Hi

I am new to the site and newly diagnosed with mild copd, i am trying Ipravent 4 times a day. I seem to feel more breathless and wheezy on this inhaler, is it...

I am new to the site and newly diagnosed with mild copd, i am trying Ipravent 4 ...

Hidden

•8 years ago

6 Replies

Hedgehogs Again

To the many kind people who have responded to my letter about hedgehogs, here are some links you may find helpful. Even if we are housebound we can still...

To the many kind people who have responded to my letter about hedgehogs, here ar...

Hidden

•8 years ago

13 Replies

care

hat is pallliative care my consultant asked my doctor to put me on.

artpats

•8 years ago

7 Replies

COPD sufferers

Has anyone heard about the Salt Caves? http://saltcave.co.uk/ I have been going for two and a half years. My COPD Nurse cannot believe what a difference it has...

Has anyone heard about the Salt Caves? http://saltcave.co.uk/ I have been going ...

caz1951

•8 years ago

18 Replies

Bitter Sweet meeting with my son?

Went to another hospital with my son and daughter in law to discuss the transplant plan for my son's AML. The Doctor was describing it all with utter...

Went to another hospital with my son and daughter in law to discuss the transpla...

Offcut

•8 years ago

38 Replies

Update

Hi everyone thank you all for your replys, I really appreciate it I went to the hospital yesterday and good news it is not a sinister diagnosis so it is...

Hi everyone thank you all for your replys, I really appreciate it I went to t...

mazinuk

•8 years ago

7 Replies

Lady Windermere syndrome

Hi everyone I wonder if you could help me. I have bronchiectasis and was diagnosed about 20 years ago. I have recently been feeling unwell and taken another...

Hi everyone I wonder if you could help me. I have bronchiectasis and was diagno...

phoenix777

•8 years ago

5 Replies

Pulled muscle

Well had to have ambulance Monday morning managed somehow to pull a muscle in my chest and having copd could not breathe. Now on strong pain killers and pain...

Well had to have ambulance Monday morning managed somehow to pull a muscle in my...

Jeanjt

•8 years ago

11 Replies

Bedtime Stories...

Long after they could read for themselves my children still enjoyed bedtime stories...Luke, the youngest, adored really old-fashioned Fairy Tales...the more...

Long after they could read for themselves my children still enjoyed bedtime stor...

Hidden

•8 years ago

16 Replies

Treadmill

Hellooooo everyone, can you help please, if you use a treadmill at home which is the best model to get....I am at home this winter and already deconditioning...

Hellooooo everyone, can you help please, if you use a treadmill at home which is...

PollyP

•8 years ago

11 Replies

Posts - Lung Conditions Community Forum | HealthUnlocked

Lung Conditions Community Forum

All posts for December 2015

Breathing problems

Coronation Street icon Liz Dawn joins Emmerdale at Christmas

Not My Fault I Can't Do Sums...I Have A Condition!

A Bit Late...Something For The Weekend.

Problems with phlegm some ideas

Anyone Had DEALINGs with Nurse Practitioners in GP's Surgries

Hello! I have been diagnosed and I am at stage 3. I am 60 years of age and I am not over weight. I have not smoked over 40 years now.

copd

Beetroot Juice

Winter Woes...

PSEUDOMONAS....I HAD IT TWICE

Bronchiectasis

Deteriorating

Die, Afraggum!

Intro + Anyone Else?

Lung Function Test results

COPD STUDY

Took care of others, not myself.

I am confused.com

TREADMILLS.

Hi

Hedgehogs Again

care

COPD sufferers

Bitter Sweet meeting with my son?

Update

Lady Windermere syndrome

Pulled muscle

Bedtime Stories...

Treadmill

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