I was reminded that I should post this as a question so it doesn't disappear in the activity feed. So here you go! If you didn't get a chance to order a COPD Awareness tshirt last fall here is your chance. We have choices in men's and women's sizes and …

I wanted to that this opportunity to tell you of a change we are making on the site since you will begin to see small advertisements on COPD360social. It is very expensive to run a site like this. We have to pay for the platform we use, and have to pay a …

This is a really tough question in that there are a lot of variables. First (at least in the case of home fill units) different manufacturers build them to be filled to different pressures which would make higher pressure cylinders last longer. The other …

I have been more challenged of recent. I have come to the decision I need to give up an art fair in the woods for 5 days in the summer that I have vended at for 41 years. It is dusty there and the walks are long. It's a ways just to get to the car. I am …

Does anyone find that caffeine affects their breathing?

I have problems with tachycardia and high blood pressure. My doctor put me on atenolol. I find that the drug makes me wheeze and it’s hard to breathe. For that reason I don’t take it like I should.As I tell my doctors when they ask why I’m not taking the …

I was told that I have COPD back in August. Dr put me on Spiriva, told to start Rehab. I was already put on albuterol a couple of years earlier. He also told me that I should think about quitting smoking. He didn't make it seem like it was really …

I have been going through much of what you said. I will be interested in hearing others chime in.

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 …

and fear of relieving or unknown out come

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 …