I am on oxygen 24/7. I have been called for Jury Duty. The Sequel unit for my home use is also the only unit I have for travel use and I plug it into a charge in the car while out and about. When not on charge, it lasts about .45 minutes on it's own …

In my understanding, ProAir is supposed to be used as a "rescue" inhaler - I carry it with me at all times, and so in a situation when I am very short of breath and pursed lip breathing isn't helping, I would use my ProAir. A nebulizer isn't normally …

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Hello Everyone! I apologize if this is lengthy, but I just need to get this out. My mom who is 71 recently had a COPD exacerbation and was hospitalized for a week. She has a history of CHF, Chronic Kidney Failure, and has had a tracheostomy for over 15 …

I have a concentrator but need the portable tanks for travel and other activities. I am told the portable concentrators are very fragile and my best bet is to use the small refillable tanks. Does anyone else have any experience with this and what do I …

36 lifetime sessions? really? I know if the condition worsens, and you get a new script, you can get more sessions. But really, folks, 36 sessions? Why is it so limited? Are other rehabs for other things as limited to a small number of sessions for …

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I'm so sorry this will be wordy but I've tried to get help from my doctors for over a year now with no luck. I have severe COPD, moderately high blood pressure, AFIB with RVR, high cholesterol, diabetes and a subclavian artery blockage. According to a …

Hello all new to this hope all is well with everyone! So i have a question maybe you can help my dr and a second opinion Dr said iI have time to get on the right bus if I Quick smoking this is my test and not sure how to read the ruslults sorry I'm very …

lately I have been experiencing light dizziness. I was diagnosed with Vertigo,some few years back. And I was given motion sickness pills,as needed (prn). I am to sit on the side of the bed before getting up,i am not to go out alone,and I am not to do …

Does anyone else get ear aches? And, if so, is it because of the COPD?

I am trying to figure out how to cope with COPD and how I can physically adjust my home to my needs. I am considering a shower stool and some sort of kitchen stool. Does anyone have any other suggestions? Thanks!

Tell me your experience (good or bad). I need to hear it straight. My mom is in the hospital right now - day 8 - for a major COPD flair. It's like she was fine and then on deaths door within hours. When I visited her yesterday she didn't have the …

Hello Everyone.. I have a project going on. INSIGHT COPD. I wear a FITBIT to monitor my steps daily and record them to my smartphone. I am learning to count calories,watch my fat intake., exercise at home daily.( keeping diabetes under control. …

a friend sent this to me Is it recommended? anyone try it? supposed to be good for COPD -- thanks http://www.breathesaltrooms.com/ Salt room therapy for breathing. >> Dry Salt Therapy is a natural and holistic treatment for adults and children …

I've read that it isn't unusual for COPD to lead to congestive heart failure, as it did for Barbara Bush. Is this the "usual" progression for most COPD people?

One of the difficulties I have with severe COPD is becoming very short of breath when taking a shower and toweling off due to both the humid air and the activity of drying off with a towel. I went on-line and ordered a heavy terrycloth long robe with a …

I am pleased to announce that we have added several inhaler training device tutorials to our You Tube Channel. After we complete a website upgrade, these videos will be added to our Educational Video Series located here. Be sure to visit this page for a …

I think my post was confusing. I don’t want to mislead anyone on the sequence of their inhalers so allow me to explain. I only use my Ventolin 4-5 times a week when I exercise. On those days I will use my Symbicort when I first wake up. I have my coffee, …

I have noticed some signs in the last month that give me encouragement that my treatments are working. In this case I think that it is the oxygen therapy in particular because I have been doing the others for a few years. Hair growth is one of the things …

The unit should have come with a tube. You attach the tube to the device and plug the other end into the outlet on your concentrator. Turn on the concentrator and give it a 10 or more m minutes to build up to maximum purity. When the reading remains …

I quit smoking march 11, 2018. Diagnosed with moderate COPD and lung cancer. Getting a third of my lung removed tomorrow (if lymph nodes are non cancerous.) I felt great after I quit smoking. A month later I had a COPD attack (or whatever it’s called). …

One year ago today I took myself to the hospital because my pulmonologist called and said that the results of the xray were a pneumothorax. In layman's terms I had a collapsed lung. Fourteen days later I was released from the hospital with a drainage …

Hi Mama Gee, Pleased to meet you. I'm a 74 year old ZZ Alpha living in Southern California (by way of Michigan). I was diagnosed about 22 years ago and get weekly infusions. You are never alone when you are part of the Alpha-1/COPD family.

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