I recently found out my mother had COPD. She didn't tell me for a long time and I only found out about it because she was hospitalized this past Christmas and a family friend told me. She then lead me to believe that she was doing a lot better and was …

i have been diagnosed with emphysima and asthma fev1 79. Scared for my future at moment. I have gone into a deep depression. How do i manage this how long have i got before i have no quality of life

I didn’t well last night, so depressed, anxious and worried. I’m already at 4 on oxygen and don’t know if I can even carry this tank and 1 tank is only good for maybe an hour. Then what? What’s next for me? With a back issue a bigger tank. It it possible …

First of al hi everyone hope you all are good can some one tell me how bad this numbers are i would apreciate it

Debbie posted this last week as a comment. I'm re-posting it as a question, to make it easier to find again. It is both very technical and informative. While meant for clinicians, us patients can gleam vital facts from it that can improve our state. It …

Does anyone know someone near the Northeast, I'm in Ct that has a portable oxygen concentrator for sale.Im not on oxygen all the the time only at night,but would like one for travel picnics etc...

Yes you can do PR at any time, you do NOT need to be hospitalized for it. I only mentioned that to highlight how helpful it can be. PR is outpatient, you do not stay there. It is usually a one hour session. I went three times a week, some people go …

is your primary dr enough? Should you also see pulmonary dr regularly or yearly? I have been to a pulmanary, all is good with that, my primary has left and now seeing a nurse practioner. Should i seek out an MD as a primary. I want to make sure i am …

I'm on Oxygen at home and during Hurricane season I make sure all my Portable Tanks are filled my Oxygen company also has a Large tank here with me at all times. So if you are new to in home Oxygen and don't have a emergency reserve tank you may want to …

Is a dry sauna good for your lungs?

Again please forgive me if I don’t respond right away or at all. This is new to me and I’m now quite sure how to communicate properly on here yet. I do have a question. I am on 2 liters of oxygen via nasal cannula. I have Alpha-1 so I’m in a pretty bad …

Seems to be a disproportionate of former drinkers in this crowd. Heavy drinker = heavy smoker? I sobered up in '87 but continued to smoke for 30 more years. That hindsight makes me cringe!

So it's been a ride. Doctor diagnosed me with COPD and asthma, gave me inhalers, and told me to come back in four months for the lung function test. I pushed that up because I was uncomfortable with a diagnosis (and medication) before the test that was …

went to Hospital on July 4 and they did a Blood gas test my numbers are as followed Ph Arterial 7.46 pC02 43.4 mmhg P02 30.5. , Base excess. 5.9 mmdl 02 sat Art 95.1 Fl02 21% I need help they sent me home and still feeling weird . No explained to me …

My O2 flow rate was recently bumped up to a horrible 8 and i'm wondering what i'll do now for O2 when i'm out trying to deal with whatever needs dealing with. The E- tanks was using are pretty much useless to me now. What's left for safe travel when i …

What are they for and how do i use them?

I don`t know any other details like lung function etc.? What do I need to ask or do? And what do I need to ask the oxygen supply company? This is all so new to me and I feel like I've been thrown out of a plane with a parachute and no instructions on how …

does anyone use one of these. And if so which brand! There are so many, hard to decide. I like this for trips because I can walk much further, and longer. But if I get really SOB hubby can push me a bit

i felt chest tightning pains yesterday i was washing my suv while i was scrubing the soap it was hot but didnt think it was that bad then i went outside at night to see the light show i was carrying my grand daughter and i had another chest pain feels …

Well good grief, Jean053! I am mixing up my E tank with my POC. The POC goes to 3, the E tank takes me to the 4 + liters per minute. Sorry for the confusion. I use both, but the POC is preferred. So, trying to get the POC battery situation to be …

Heart rate increase. 60 at rest 130 walking.

Hi LizG, I am a stage 4 for a long time. In Nov of 2013 I was put in the hospital for 18 days, with an exacerbation. By the time they let me go home, I was advised to take things slowly. I know that it took me fully 6 months to regain my normal life. …

I have an exerpeutic stationary bike. They also make a recumbent bike. The seat and comfort not so much, but noise is almost nothing. Mine is marketed as folding, but I am not sure what team of horses they think you have in order to fold it. I do not try …

does anyone have this and does it make my copd worse than it is

wondering is anyone is using the trilogy machine and if they are finding it helpful