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Oh to be in Spain now the COPD is here....

One of the best things about this site is sharing ideas and hearing others' experiences. Well a few weeks back I wrote enthusiastically about how a change in...

One of the best things about this site is sharing ideas and hearing others' expe...

Timberman

•7 years ago

9 Replies

How do I beat depression

Since I was diagnosed with copd 2004 my depression keeps coming and going I think I'm getting better then it's back I'm lucky I'm still working and won't give...

Since I was diagnosed with copd 2004 my depression keeps coming and going I thin...

darren1970

•7 years ago

9 Replies

IV antibiotics

Hi.,imactuallyndont post very often.,I have bronciectasis, copd and asthma. I have had this for 10 plus years.,at the moment I am in hospital on IV antibios...

Hi.,imactuallyndont post very often.,I have bronciectasis, copd and asthma. I ha...

ol-ly11

•7 years ago

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FostairNexthaler

Hi everyone, Happy New Year After my recent bad time with my cough, the doctor changed me from Seretide to Fostair Nexthaler. Has any one had really bad aching...

Hi everyone, Happy New Year After my recent bad time with my cough, the doctor c...

watergazer

•7 years ago

4 Replies

Oxygen abroad

Hi I've been looking for a way of going to Europe with oxygen in the summer. A company called Pure O2 quoted me £300 or £380 pw for concentrators delivering...

Hi I've been looking for a way of going to Europe with oxygen in the summer. A c...

Terrymc

•7 years ago

33 Replies

Lost Sense Of Smell...When will it come back?

Had a respiratory/cold 3 weeks ago. Got over it but my sense of smell hasn't come back. Had anyone had the same problem and did it come back and how long did...

Had a respiratory/cold 3 weeks ago. Got over it but my sense of smell hasn't com...

sagittar

•7 years ago

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You Know THINGs Are BAD When Hospital PULL OUT Old School BP Machine.

Anyone KNOW why ... Well modern ones just read error when you suffer dangerously low BP that why the wheel out old school gauge one's. Is nice to see due...

Anyone KNOW why ... Well modern ones just read error when you suffer dangerously...

Hidden

•7 years ago

15 Replies

Very low

Well I have just checked mums oxygen level it was 42 I said mum it's dangerously low you must have your oxygen on if only for a bit at first she refused but...

Well I have just checked mums oxygen level it was 42 I said mum it's dangerously...

Chezzyy66

•7 years ago

16 Replies

I'm new here but pneumonia finished me!

I have emphysema and bronchiectasis. Between January and April 2016 we had an extension on our bungalow and the constant dust resulted in my contracting...

I have emphysema and bronchiectasis. Between January and April 2016 we had an ex...

agammyt

•7 years ago

1 Reply

Stew and dumplings today

Back down to earth and back to normal ,,,,so it's stew in the slow cooker today ,I'll pop the dumplings in for the 20 minutes or so ,,,,comfort food ,,,,,can't...

Back down to earth and back to normal ,,,,so it's stew in the slow cooker today ...

Nanny1086

•7 years ago

41 Replies

Emphysema???

Hiya, I have been on this site for a while although this is my first time posting, I am also on a sister site (IBS). I had been diagnosed with copd over a year...

Hiya, I have been on this site for a while although this is my first time postin...

Doggie123-UK

•7 years ago

5 Replies

London Airs.....

(...Happening now: Greenpeace volunteers (plus Mary Poppins!) are at Parliament telling govt to tackle toxic air pollution...) I'm in the States and have been...

(...Happening now: Greenpeace volunteers (plus Mary Poppins!) are at Parliament ...

Dmactds

•7 years ago

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well i have finished Anti-biotics

I have been ill since Christmas and have had another cause of antibiotics. Went back to GP yesterday to get the all clear. This is so i can go ad see my...

I have been ill since Christmas and have had another cause of antibiotics. Went ...

fastball

•7 years ago

3 Replies

Aero sure inhaler

Hi has anyone used the aerosure inhaler that I've seen advertised in the press and if so does it work? It seems quite expensive so I don't want to waste my...

Hi has anyone used the aerosure inhaler that I've seen advertised in the press a...

imp1949

•7 years ago

6 Replies

Newly diagnosed Stage 1 Type A Adenocarinoma

This being said , l am trying to find out the treatment they have decided for me as l am inoperable so they say , well it is my right upper lobe wall , l have...

This being said , l am trying to find out the treatment they have decided for me...

jennicare

•7 years ago

3 Replies

Iron tablets

Hi,I have now been on iron tablets for three weeks now,due to fatigue & being out of breath on moving around.Have a slight improvement but am getting a lot of...

Hi,I have now been on iron tablets for three weeks now,due to fatigue & being ou...

Bootyasddict

•7 years ago

18 Replies

copd and esa assessments Maximus dont take into account how poorly people really are

Hiya i have had copd for 11years i was only 33 i have managed it with the use of inhalers i had a esa assement in november 2016 which was done by Maximus i...

Hiya i have had copd for 11years i was only 33 i have managed it with the use of...

Shez72

•7 years ago

27 Replies

Coping with COPD

My wife has just been diagnosed with COPD, she has had Asthma since the age of three. From the 3rd to 18th August 2016 she was admitted to hospital. She...

My wife has just been diagnosed with COPD, she has had Asthma since the age of t...

jimthefish

•7 years ago

16 Replies

Nasal v lungs ??

Hi it's me again the gross mucus one, I am still struggling with copious amounts of the damn stuff. Today is a terrible day as I have picked up a dreadful col...

Hi it's me again the gross mucus one, I am still struggling with copious amounts...

carolg1

•7 years ago

11 Replies

Confused

Hi all , as off posting last week that my spiro tests wasn't in keeping with COPD, I was back to hospital today to be told that after 11years of haveing COPD...

Hi all , as off posting last week that my spiro tests wasn't in keeping with COP...

Beethoven

•7 years ago

8 Replies

Being mobile with a concentrator

My husband has been diagnosed with emphysema even though he has never smoked. We have a concentrator at home which he has to use for 16 hours a day but have...

My husband has been diagnosed with emphysema even though he has never smoked. W...

Con70Don

•7 years ago

5 Replies

Different day

Today has been so different from yesterday mums been very sleepy again today mum refused her oxygen last night I was worried sick all night hardly had any...

Today has been so different from yesterday mums been very sleepy again today mum...

Chezzyy66

•7 years ago

13 Replies

Worried

My mum has been diagnosed with severe emphysema she's had a lung infection for 8 weeks doctors keep giving her steroids and antibiotics which fail to do...

My mum has been diagnosed with severe emphysema she's had a lung infection for 8...

Foxylisa

•7 years ago

5 Replies

emergency inhalers

Hi everyone Hope you dont mind but may i ask has for a reason how much of the blue top ventolin or other has and when inhaler will last you. I mean just the...

Hi everyone Hope you dont mind but may i ask has for a reason how much of the b...

music

•7 years ago

7 Replies

Pneumonia Vaccine

Hi everyone, not gd start to new year for me. 2nd week with pneumonia - never had it before. Have flu jab every year due to oxygen dependent scoliosis...

Hi everyone, not gd start to new year for me. 2nd week with pneumonia - never ha...

mich11020

•7 years ago

8 Replies

C.O.P.D

I suffer from copd from smoking from an early age I used to be nicknamed Lightning because I was so quick on my feet now I can hardly walk to the door without...

I suffer from copd from smoking from an early age I used to be nicknamed Lightni...

WeeJIMMY66

•7 years ago

6 Replies

Help

Hi I'm Julia I'm 50 and work two part time jobs. I suffer with arthritis, Fybromyalgia and have recently been diagnosed with COPD. I am on my second final...

Hi I'm Julia I'm 50 and work two part time jobs. I suffer with arthritis, Fybrom...

Joobie666

•7 years ago

13 Replies

Discombobulated

Example of one of words found having to use to describe my dads poor dementia care while in hospital trying to recover from hip dislocation and brake poor care...

Example of one of words found having to use to describe my dads poor dementia ca...

Hidden

•7 years ago

9 Replies

Chronic dry cough

I have had a persistent dry cough since June 2016 after a cold which lasted about a month. It is worse when out in the cold air and when I try to speak will...

I have had a persistent dry cough since June 2016 after a cold which lasted abou...

Tim100

•7 years ago

11 Replies

Such a lovely day

We had such a lovely day today I really thought things were goin well but mums oxygen has gone low again down to 61 she's very sleepy again and refuses to wear...

We had such a lovely day today I really thought things were goin well but mums o...

Chezzyy66

•7 years ago

10 Replies

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All posts for January 2017

Oh to be in Spain now the COPD is here....

How do I beat depression

IV antibiotics

FostairNexthaler

Oxygen abroad

Lost Sense Of Smell...When will it come back?

You Know THINGs Are BAD When Hospital PULL OUT Old School BP Machine.

Very low

I'm new here but pneumonia finished me!

Stew and dumplings today

Emphysema???

London Airs.....

well i have finished Anti-biotics

Aero sure inhaler

Newly diagnosed Stage 1 Type A Adenocarinoma

Iron tablets

copd and esa assessments Maximus dont take into account how poorly people really are

Coping with COPD

Nasal v lungs ??

Confused

Being mobile with a concentrator

Different day

Worried

emergency inhalers

Pneumonia Vaccine

C.O.P.D

Help

Discombobulated

Chronic dry cough

Such a lovely day

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