When I get breathless I experience a severe cramping of the upper colon. I am scheduled for a colonoscopy January 21st. This all started November, my breathlessness has become worse with this. Has anyone experienced this. I appreciate any feed back.

Thanks for your insights!! We will definitely make sure that the research teams are aware of your concerns.. With surveys in general sometimes the questions asked may seem like they don't quite fit with the person taking the survey, and that is in many …

When joining a research registry, what is the process like? What kind of commitment is there? What, if any, is the difference between joining a registry and participating in a study? Does one have to go to the doctor more frequently? Is there …

Bill66 made this as a comment a few days ago. I think it is a topic worthy of further discussion. Clearly as COPD'ers we experience SOB with little or no provocation. I know I can walk from the bedroom to the bath in the morning with O2 in the low 90's …

I am particularly interested in material that was referenced to be in Appendix B or C about Advance Directives. Thank you

FEV1 is indeed affected by time of day. It is lowest in the AM, highest in the afternoon. My next PFT is the afternoon instead of at 8 AM :)

Hi LFAOMGA & james57 ... My plan says I am to take my powerful antibiotic (that I have on hand) when something strikes. I was to go on Azithromycin for three months and then off for three - Having my powerful antibiotic on hand. I probably should have …

I am 58 with stage three COPD and have not been a smoker. I have many suspicions about what caused my COPD such as perhaps: Severe spring fall allergies and chronic asthma My dad was a heavy smoker, perhaps second hand smoke. I think it set off a …

Add smoking weed to a cause of COPD. Along with vaping now per the posted study. The following is about Willie Nelson, again. And many states want to legalize recreational marijuana? Really? "(Nelson) underwent cellular therapy to improve his lungs …

I am scheduled to see a pulmonologist in a week for additional testing. Has anyone been diagnosed with COPD and has never smoked? I have never experienced 2nd hand smoke either

Can you have normal lung sounds but still have COPD?

I went to a Pulmonologist a few weeks ago and was set up on oxygen last Friday, as my oxygen level when I went to him was 88l. I'm a 66 year old female and over many years have gained weight due to doctors refusing to do surgery on my knees so I could …

I flunked quiz----unless I cheat and look them up Some things never change

Having copd and emphysema has anyone travelled to Bahamas or anywhere hot - on or off oxygen - I am not on oxygen but on meds, ventolin, Incruse, symbicort Just wondering if there would be a problem flying or being in hit weather

Daliresp is a one-a-day pill. The results of a dozen clinical trials with thousands of patients with COPD due to cigarette smoking was summarized in 2016 by three famous pulmonary doctors (Wedzicha, Claverley, and Rabe) who were paid by Astra Zeneca to …

These diseases sleep apnea, GERD, Asthma, High BP, directly the cause from having COPD? And if so by how much?

I recently got to the point where My Inogen G3 was just no longer getting the job done even on setting 5. Even walking in the house I went from 95 to 87 in 2.5 minutes. I have determined it takes 4 liters of continuous o2 to walk for a full 6 minutes or …

I was busting my mother in the hospital today I have a POC and it is set at 3L with activity. I walked back from cafeteria and I checked my oxygen level it was 95 but my heart rate was 150. After I sat for a while it did go down to 110. Is this normal? …

Hello! My father went to see a pulmonologist and he is scheduled for a biopsy next Thursday. He had an X-Ray and CT scan with contrast done. The report said he has a 7 cm mass on his upper left lung. Is this always cancer or can it be something else? He …

Hello everyone, I am here on behalf of my mum who has sever COPD. She has constant chest infections and is back and forth to hospital almost on a monthly basis. We have never really received much help. Drs seem to just fill her with antibiotics and send …

February 12, 2020

Clipping the O2 tube to your shirt stops the annoying twisting. The poor man's O2 clip. See photo below. I cut 2 pieces of Velcro, wrapped the "hook" piece on the tube; "adhered" the "loop" piece to my shirt. As I'm not a seamstress, I just used the …

Can anyone explain what the following numbers from my spirometry mean for a 57 year old male, 5'10", 148 lbs? FEV1 [3.45]L [93]% Predicted [62] FEV1/FVC

I am newly diagnosed with COPD and the pulmonologist put me at stage 3. I started my regiment of drugs and have been doing them daily. This week I had a exacerbation and they put me on breathing treatments three times a day and want me to continue …

3 weeks ago ideas rushed to hospital because the co2 in my body was 98%. I didn't even know at the time in was in so much trouble. Just having shortness of breath. Well here I am in rehab and going home in 2 days. Still have problems breathing , that has …