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Here's a link to the Oxygen information section of this website - scroll down the page to get to the Medicare Rules: https://www.copdfoundation.org/What-is-COPD/Living...

Hi, I'm a caregiver. My mom was recently moved from using tanks to a portable concentrator that is pulse activated. How can she get the most out of her new device? Her levels are great, 92-95 when sitting still but go way down when she starts moving …

I have emphysema and was recently hospitalized for 4 days with a bad cough. While I was there the doctors assigned a home ox concentrator for me. This is my first experience with one at home. The one I have is ancient--the bottom machine is about 3 ft …

Hope this helps some of you out there: Before I got this I used to be big and strong and do a lot...but not any more, I'm weak and feel small and somehow I forgot...I used to go places and drive my car...now I'm mostly at home and don't drive very far.. …

I take prevacid which is in the same family of drugs. I produce too much acid and cannot even drink water if I do not take it. You might not be able to do well without taking this medication. There is a link between GERD and COPD. Some experts believe …

I started yesterday kinda SOB. About mid day I used my combinvent that had been open 80 day. Shortly after my breathing wasn't where it should be. After only 2 hrs I opened a new canister... much better. Today, I tried that old one...no effect. So I …

Hi Again. About a month ago, I Let you all know about some issues I have been having. Diagnosed with URI in May, 2 rounds of antibiotics and an over night stay in the hospital, I was still very SOB. Had chest xray done, that came back clear but my PCP …

I'm thinking of converting from oil to gas? Has anyone here converted? Any info would be appreciated. Looking forward to better breathing!

Here is some current clinical trials with xolair http://www.druglib.com/druginfo/xolair/trials/ Xolair is for allergic asthmatics. I been on xolair since 2003 as far as I can remember. My asthma overlapped to copd with the emphysema. I am still …

I've been logging my Short of breath episodes and noticed 90% of them are in the morning. Nothing bad like other days, but every morning about 15 or 20 minutes after I wake up the wheezing is present and slight congestion that I can't cough up, just …

i feel silly for asking but what is this CO1 AND CO2 i keep seeing everyone talk about?

How does cpap machine effects copd (emphysema)?? I'm 16 years old copd patient so I want to ask how does it effects copd during the copd acute and during the day??

Wanted to check and see how we are doing with The Friend Button? if we can hit it before the new user exits we can make a huge impact on someone's life. Love You Guys Bill66

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First time I had Exacerbation landed in hospital for a week. My stamina is very low how do I start to get my strength back. I have a double whammy with asbestosis which limits my inhaling and copd limits exhaling.

EDITED TO ADD REMAINDER OF MY POST WHICH DISAPPEARED INTO SOME BLACK HOLE SOMEPLACE........ I haven't been (I live in Florida), but looking at their website, I noticed that Dr. Gerard Turino is a faculty member. He was Chairman of the COPD Foundation …

I hate to do this, but I see two problems here. First, your having a life-threatening disease might scare the hell out of a prospective employer. From an employer's point of view, this might be a liability. Second, the Americans With Disabilities Act …

I get it now - this is part of the COPD Foundation's survey to see which meds we are on, and then we could check them if we wanted to find members who are on the same meds as we are. Good idea to use it as a guide to checking which are covered by your …

I've noticed when I slightly push myself lifting, only certain machines, I become short of breath and have odd palpatations, I get the exact same feeling pushing snow, not so much shoveling snow but when I push the snow. Not sure if different exercises …

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this is my second week on oxygen after release from hospital. I have portable tanks, but mostly home, doing PT etc. getting deliveries, learning about regulators -- and how they break! the ins and outs of using the tank. Kinks in the line. Toggles/no …

I do most of my meal prep for the week on the weekend - mostly because of time constraints during the week. But my favorite easy trick at the moment is that I make a crustless 'quiche' in a 8x8 glass dish, and when cool, cut into strips. I take this …

I saw an article and intended to save it to read later, but I missed doing that somehow.  It had something to do with the benefits of Eucalyptus Oil in the treatment of COPD.

Just planning ahead and wondered if anyone gets both pneumonia vaccine's and is it every year? I have a health planner and it states every 5 years, and either one or the other.