when you buy distilled water for you oxygen concentrator, where do you store the plastic bottle, and can you keep it in the plastic jug it came in(Humidifier bottle)

The New England Asters are in full bloom and helping to prepare the Monarch butterflies for their migration south to Mexico. How many can you find on this plant?

am a 50-year-old female (height 5'5") with a 25-year history of cigarette smoking. In January 2025, I experienced a severe episode of COVID-19 with associated bronchitis. In February 2025, while still smoking, I underwent pulmonary function testing (PFT) …

EVERY medication has risks and benefits. We are always trying to balance one against the other. Eye issues are related to the LAMA component (in the case of Trelegy- this is umeclidinium ). This is similar to Tiotropium ( Spiriva), glycopyrrolate, and …

The dew point comfort chart that is posted here has me confused. Current conditions here are: temp +1.1C, dewpoint -3.1C, humidity 74%, air pressure is dropping. According to the comfort scale, this is a very low dewpoint, is good. Would I feel better if …

As our winter turns to spring and then soon summer, i can feel the air holding more water in it. Well, my lungs can. Humidity is awful. So is cold but humidity is a special kind of hell for my breathing. All summer (i live in iowa) i have to refuse …

Does anyone have problems in 90% humidity?

Taken out my front door during the Oregon 2020 fires. Fires were 20-30 miles away. Air quality was in the 300-400 scale here and much worse in other areas. I just try to stay inside and mask up if I do have to go anywhere. I have mini splits that don't …

I am doing a survey for a young man who is interested in the way weather determines the kind of day that you will have. Please share your story. I will not divulge where I got the information, I will just relay the information. Thanks in advance.

Hello everyone. I am new here, great to find you. I'm waiting for CT scan to find scale of COPD, my question is, can anyone tell me more about the tickling sensation on my back. It feels like spiders on my ribcage! I suspect it's not good news.

I too was a smoker and I quit...over and over and over again. It's been over 30 years since the last time I quit. I tried everything I could think of and what finally worked for me was an overwhelming sense of being disgusted with myself. Everyone who …

There is a NEW FAA rule about flying with oxygen. Please check your battery and find out what the watt hour rating is. It has to fall below the 160 maximum allowed by FAA or your battery may be banned from the flight. The Inogen One G5 double (16 cell) …

It's like it's deep in my lungs. Definitely an innate immune response. Can't catch a break, just taking prednisone 6.25 mg daily. Have to see a speach pathologist before anyone will try any further medications. What a load of twaddle. Vocal chord …

Hello Friends, Well.... it seems as if I have unwillingly just joined a club that none of us wanted to belong too and I am scared to death. As a 30 year plus smoker, time and the Marlboro's have caught up with me and 16 days ago I found myself in what I …

I’m 35 and had asthma all my life and recently have been diagnosed with COPD no hospitalizations but I use my inhaler a lot and it always helps . I had a lung test and CT scan. Could this still be just asthma? I didn’t see anything on the CT about COPD ? …

The only reason I can possibly think of (and i'm not medically trained at all) is that it reduces inflammation which in turn slows the progression. The study below adds some useful insights, but again its very much lab work and not human studies. …

I missed the session on 7/9/25 Is there a transcript available for review?

Just curious, with the spirometer they give you in the hospital they say to use every hour, and the v pep. should you wait awhile after you eat to use them. Thank you G-Ann

Hello, thank you for letting me join. I live in the UK and was diagnosed with emphysema 6 months ago. Post chest infection This was after a chest x-ray that showed hyperinflated lungs with structural changes suspicious for underlying emphysema. I have …

Hello, Last October, i went to see a doctor for help/advise with smoking cessation. The doctor had a spirometry test done in the office. He said my airways where very tight. He prescribed nicotine patches and wellbutrin for the smoking cessation. When …

Does anyone know where to purchase Trelegy for less? I looked at alldaychemist and complete online pharmacy and they do not seem to carry it. There does not seem to be a generic for this medication. At about the 6 month point in a year, my cost …

What causes the feet to swell and what can I do. I up walking and doing Pt, is there anything else to do to help, and I elevate, G-Ann

Has anyone had Lasik cataract surgery who has stage 3 copd. How was your experience?

Very long first post. Sorry. I’m struggling and need to offload everything because I don’t understand how I ended up like this. Skip to the Symptoms section if you don’t want to read my backstory. I know no one here can diagnose me. But maybe someone can …

I was recently diagnosed with moderate to severe COPD at 28 years old. The past few nights, I’ve been waking up in the middle of the night and feeling pressure in my left breast. Feeling there, it’s as if my ribs have moved or at the very least, are not …