Hey friends, I have been in the ER twice this week with severe exacerbation due to my office building being painted. :-( They are relocating my office to a different building now (Yey!) but I have a question. In the ER on Thursday, I had a Chest X-Ray, …

Recently asked a question about use of POC when travellingand passing through TSA security within airports in the United States. Manyusers who travel extensively with a POC in U.S. responded and the information wasso valuable. FAA certifying POCs for air …

Has anyone had numerous tests before they knew it was COPD? I finally saw my Pulmonalist. Had the breathing test and he asked me 100 questions, after he said "these are not numbers of COPD" I said cancer? He said not cancer. He said you have a chronic …

The morning of my PFT Testing, should I do my inhaler or not? I would like a true number to match, I did my first PFT without any inhalers at all.

I asked about getting palliative care from my local primary and instead have been recomended for Home Based Primary Care . It sounds good but it makes me wonder why instead of palliative care I would be sent to this program. I am just curious if anyone …

It would be useful to get some very current information about how it works passing through TSA security at airports with a POC. As things are constantly changing we should get current experiences. There are 2 scenarios for which current and new feedback …

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A PRAXIS colleague turned my attention to several articles on COPD & nutrition and I wanted to share these with you. Has anyone come across information on the relationship between cured meat intake and COPD symptoms and exacerbations? This was new to me: …

Hi there! Newbie here.I was recently diagnosed with copd after a bout of pneumonia that knocked me down pretty good. I suspect have had it many years and didn’t know. I was put on symbicort and nebs at first. Seemed to work well. I went to a …

I was a captive audience in a waiting room yesterday, and there was a show about car racing on the giant tv. The sound was down, and I could only watch the video. There was video of these amazing, dangerously fast cars careening around a track and then …

Hi everyone I am new and newly diagnosed I have not had the breathing test yet but did have it 4 or 5 years ago I don't know the score but they put me on inhalers at that time..I have always thought it was chronic bronchitis as I use to get a cough every …

Will weight loss improve my copd if i am obese

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF COPD PATIENTS EVENTUALLY GET LUNG TRANSPLANTS?

I have copd/emphysema and have been on oxygen therapy since 2015 and I still don’t have a clear understanding of it all. When I was first put on the oxygen therapy they told me 2lt 24/7. My job was extremely physical and a lot of heavy lifting, so I was …

I have severe emphysema, I'm little scared about this but my lung Doc. said people do quite well and I could do it . Any info would help.

hi all, I want to talk with my docs about my ventilation. I saw this picture on the philips website, and I want to know how the tube is called the lady has. https://www.usa.philips.com/healthcare/resources/landing/philips-trilogy It is a tube for a …

Referring to inadequate levels of care and research funding in every country, Vanessa Smith reports that one speaker at the COPD Global Summit stated "this is a matter of discrimination - not just stigma - and we need to get past that". Do you agree …

Greetings all... I am new to this site and need some help. I would like to write an introduction and also put up a couple of topics for thoughts/comments. This relates to being an active person who still wants a life, despite having COPD. I also have a …

At night, I run the canula over the top of my ears and let it run down my back. To keep the slide up I put it where it is supposed to be leaving just a little slack, I put tape behind the slide (you could also glue it). Since I can't sleep on my stomach …

Wondering how many people find that their doctors don't really talk to them -- I've had a few -- only one ever told me what was going on -- the rest say "take these pills" or "you have a cough" and come back in a month. I don't know what to ask, I don't …

I am new to this site and have called the information lineseveral times to speak with other people with COPD. Have read many of the postson different subjects. Having been diagnosed with COPD in 2013.I have quitsmoking recently and scheduled to meet with …

Quiz: 1) Does every brand name drug have a generic version? 2) Do you need to take more of a generic drug than a brand-name drug? 3) Are generic drugs lower quality than brand names?

my mother has copd and she has a massive hiatial hernia. She is in constant pain and has gotten to the point where she doesn't want to live with it anymore. No surgeon will help her because of her copd, I'm desperate and don't know what to do. Does …

This is not a question but sad news for this community. With the permission of his family and with a very heavy heart I am writing about the very sudden passing of someone many of us came to know on this web site. On February 3, 2018 Hack turned in his …

It has been suggested that I give up the albuterol and go to this Performamist. My understanding is that whereas I can take my albuterol up to 4 times a day, I can only use this 2 times a day. Does Medicare cover this fully like they do albuterol? I'm …