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Good morning everyone, well it's morning uk time. Bit depressed as I got bought spare meter to check sp02 in case other one was not accurate. This one usually measures my sp02 1 to 2 points lower than all the previous readings I have given on here. …

Can someone give any advice? My dad who is 87 yrs old has been told that he has to have his big toe on the right foot amputated due to diabetes. The doctors are not sure if it will heal due to the reduced blood flow in his leg. And they have mentioned …

Not being techy I can't locate the thread where I learnt pulse oximeters cannot tell what oxygen content is in the sp02 rate, but I think I've found an oximeter that does! Then again I'm probably wrong - as usual. It's the masimo rad 57. Reading the …

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Here is the first post in our “Teaching with a Twist” series: At some point you have probably thought about buying or have already bought a pulse oximeter. I want to take a few minutes and talk about what a pulse oximeter is measuring, the device …

Mike Hess, shown here with me and our wives, Mary and Kelly, is an award-winning Respiratory Therapist/Consultant/Speaker, a COPD Advocate and. Healthcare Futurist. He works at the Western Michigan University Homer Stryker, M.D. School of Medicine …

The definitive diagnostic tool for COPD is a spirometry test or a full blown Pulmonary Function test. Sometimes a CT scan is also done to confirm and add specificity to the diagnosis. X-rays can indicate some signs of COPD, but they aren't definitive. …

Heres a pic taken out the front door last Tuesday at noon, the night after the wind kicked up and fanned the fires. I actually slept in because I woke up and it was still dark. I finally looked at the clock and holy crap! whats going on. Looked out the …

It's probably easiest to make washing your hair a separate operation from taking a shower. Also, choose a time of day when you're rested and have some energy. Showering requires exertion AND involves some humidity that many patients find uncomfortable. …

OK, let's put this in perspective. I have attended several COPD support meetings. In many ways they are a lot like COPD360social in that they are a community and all share having or being involved with COPD. In these meetings they discuss COPD BUT they …

My pulmonologist prescribed Pulmocort and told me if my productive cough went away on the med, it meant I had asthma not COPD. It didn’t. More recently my allergist (who also treats asthma) changed me to QVAR and said the same thing (this time directly …

I have gained nearly 8 lbs ovr the last 3 weeks or so with no diet or exercise change and have more SOB episodes when walking outside or up stairs. Is there a relationship with COPD or could it be something els? Am down to 7 mg of prednisone for the PMR …

Hi Norso check out the video by our own therapist .... JANE MARTIN ..... at this link for breathing exercises OK?.... Broncs https://www.copdfoundation.org/Learn-More/I-am-a-Person-with-COPD/Breathing-Exercises-for-COPD.aspx

Hi Jane....What makes me feel younger???? I'm 68---- Nothing anymore!!!!!---LOL--Just kidding!! For me I guess it's exercise. I believe it has literally saved my quality of life. Luckily for me I've always been active. Played sports until my mid 50's …

Sorry... Yet another question. Just read NAC is good as is ginseng for copd sufferers. Are they? And any other suggestions that might help

I am a bit scared to participate in love making but have a healthy partner and don't wish to deprive them. I do use Cialis and I have noticed this seems to reduce cough and mucus. It is available as adcirca. Just wondering if other people give up love …

I'm in stage 3 and have been in this stage for a year. I've had pneumonia 5 times and bronchitis twice. . I can't find even a ballpark answer to the life span questions. My doctor doesn't give me any real answers. I'm on spirva and rescue inhalers, but …