Take a scavenger hunt journey through the Guides to Better Living . Read through the Advance Directives and Traveling with COPD guides and fill in the blanks. Post your answers below and join in the fun! 1. It’s important to know that shortness of …

How do you maintain at home if you have a history of retaining co2? This is a brand new thing for us, 3 hospital admissions in 5 weeks totally 18 days inpatient: intubation, bi-level machines, arterial blood gases, etc its been a nightmare. Was …

Anyone find out that after using a medication for a long time suddenly have an all

July has been an incredible month for bronchiectasis awareness and education. Through the Foundation’s efforts, we have made strides on a global scale to bring more recognition to this lung condition. We hope that World Bronchiectasis Day will inspire …

Hi again everyone! I hope you are all doing well, staying safe and enjoying the outdoors as much as you can this summer! My family and I recently moved to California temporarily to stay with family while we save up for a house. We figure it’s the only …

Desaturations with exercise is fairly common in COPD ( which is why many in the community wear oxygen when exercising). Do the numbers return to normal when you stop? What is happening to your pulse with this? If this is new for you ( that is, you …

Hello, First time posting but have been lurking for a year. Am stage two COPD and have been on Anoro for a year. Pulmonologist suggested Trelegy today; am new to Medicare and picked my prescription plan to cover Anoro, so Trelegy, of course is not …

I have been a basket case for the 2 months since I have been diagnosed with Stage 2 COPD. Nothing bur worry, Anxiety, inactivity. I'm scared to death i am making this worse. I have stopped smoking for 2 months but need to know I can overcome the worry …

I'm a 38 years male, have a nearly normal PFT (My PFT done today shows pre-BD FEV1 4.12L and FVC 5.8L, DLCO 99%, RV 100% and TLC 107%), I know the ratio is just a little bit above 0.7, but I'm suffering from frequent SOB and low SPO2 (88% ~ 96%, number …

i recently suffered from a serious copd exasperation. I am diagnosed with severe emphysema lung function of 14%, was managing well with regular exercise routine healthy diet following all medication procedures. Everything was honky dory. Last Wednesday …

Hello COPD community, I am quite concerned about my mother who has COPD and emphysema. Her current FEV1 predicted is 22% and is constantly having flare ups requiring hospitalisation. She is regularly out of breath and wheezes constantly whilst coughing …

I just got my results from the hospital imaging lab on Friday via email. My pulmonologist emailed me that I should have another CT done in a year...he never called to explain what this mean and when I called this morning to get an appointment he is out …

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My dad has 2/3 stage COPD and in his annual CT scan, the Dr said the nodules grew. We had a X-ray in 2015, CT, 2016 and now 2017 the nodules grew. So what happens now? we are suppose to see the pulmonologist next week but clinical people are calling to …

Despite a fairly brutal, daily exercise regime, good diet, regular habits and abstinent living, my emphasyma continues to rock on a pace. Quite frankly I'm becoming stuck for ideas on how best to proceed. I'm beginning to suspect there may be other …

just standing up from a sitting position would cause extreme shortness of breath with extremely high heart rate average was anywhere from 163 to 201 was the highest and this was lasting for longer than five hours,

Hello everyone I have not been on here for quite some time. My significant other boyfriend passed away about six months ago, I am still wrapping up his estate to the best of my ability. i had some shortness of breath this morning that was unlike the …

Hi I was diagnosed with mild emphazyma CT scan after gb attack. It's mild no one recommended any treatment.this was in October. Mild heart fluid was noted and I went to a cardiologist for ecocard. The office told me all was good .had gallbladder surgery …

I had been sitting in the waiting room for just a few minutes when I first heard the cough. It was the unmistakable sound of a strong, “juicy” toddler’s cough—the kind every parent and teacher know. Into the clinic waiting room walked a young mother with …

Quick Question- is there a relationship with Vitamin D and COPD. Was flagged @24 just slightly above bottom >20 for Viatmin D and yes I’m getting enough sun. Mar

I know this may sound strange. But I notice that when I'm on the golf course if I take very small steps I get less out of breath. I mean not as fast. Could this be true and if so, does anyone know why......thanks a lot........

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Hi, everyone! I get short of breath at times and i read on here once about pursed lip breathing but i can't find where i read it. Can you please tell me the proper way to do it? And when? thank you!

Has anyone or did anyone go through any what felt like heart trouble(s) before being told about OCPD? I have been complaining since I was 18 about my heart (Very little back then) Years later and it has gotten to a point where it felt like I was going to …

I am currently on maintenance doses of prednisone 5 mg daily. Will I still get a healthy immune response to covid vaccine booster? Should I go off from the prednisone for aa few weeks before booster?