Me again, Just wondering if Dave might be able to tell me what the difference between a cyst and a bullae is? Would there be obvious differences between the two on CT scans? I am trying to avoid googling but I am just curious about this because I do have …

Here at the Wednesday Check in, you can talk with friends with COPD who have some of the same feelings and experiences you do. But what about the people in your life who don’t have COPD? Last month we talked about ways to communicate with family and …

9 - High Grade Performance?? Grade High Performance?? (A+ = a High Grade) 11 - Split Integral? I have to admit, for #11 I had to look it up to see if that was actually a phrase.

Can anyone tell me what this means. Please and thank you. 30 year old former smoker. Quit 16 days ago, smoked for around 11 years. I have high anxiety, and I have for 20 years. I’m very scared. LUNG VOLUMES (BODY PLETHYSMOGRAPHY): LUNG VOLUMES: All lung …

Hi there Good People! I had a terrible respiratory illness at age 33 and bam- I developed what doctors thought was asthma. But after getting tons of PFT’s they determined i didn't have any airflow reversibility or it’s too limited to be asthma. This …

I'll let someone else wade in on the figures but they seem pretty close to normal. I wanted to address something you said about your relationship with your son. I have dealt with mild something or other caused by smoking (see my most recent post) for …

Thank you so, so much dear friends. I am reading and re-reading your posts and finding each one of them, greatly heartening. You just couldnt make this up though, honestly. I attempted to a reply to you yesterday but I've obviously lost it somehow. Two …

I'm with the others---The meds take time to work!! Good luck!!!

Okay... we still have 4 left. A few hints... 4. When it gets colder, some people say there's been one of these... 9. Some might live their lives this way... 12. These can be very helpful on a shelf... 15. When the weather deteriorates, it may be said …

Can someone explain what is the difference between CT Chest Unenhanced and a CT CT to screen for lung cancer? My doctor wants me to have the cancer screening next April. I get CT scans all the time for my COPD.

Why is it that a person’s life expectancy with bronchiectasis is unchanged, when a person with copd’s life expectancy is cut shorter? They both have lung scarring, mucus, coughing and shortness of breath (sometimes in bronchiectasis). Thanks! Just very …

Hi again Everyone, I had posted a while back regarding a CT scan I had that showed what they believed to be incidentally discovered congenital lobar emphysema. I am a 33 year old female in good health otherwise. I have no symptoms with my breathing at …

Hi all, Hoping Dave might have a scan over these, troubled by constant inability to get a deep breath, throat clearing with a slight morning cough. Tolerance for excercise is good but tidal breathing is constantly off with a sense of breathlessness at …

I have been having trouble with constant runny nose. Its been very bad. Was worse seems when I was eating tomatoes, zucchini and cucumbers. I wonder if the cross pollination with these to ragweed. Anyway I seen a ENT Friday and he said I am doing all I …

I have recently started pulmonary rehab where they are teaching me pursed lips breathing. All of my medications are taken through nebs. My question is should I be breathing in nebs through my nose instead of my mouth?

I Live in Ohio where when it is humid like 100 % can lasts days to months or fluctuate all day up and down i get my walk in early before 8 am so am good if i have to stay in til evening for another walk almost bought the thing that measures how much you …

Having been someone who was on Symbicort for years and had a yearly chest infection but none since I stopped. I have a question! If there's issues with ICS in COPD why are Symbicort / Advair first line meds for a lot of primary care doc's. Have the GOLD …

As you know, we both suffer from the same annoying phlegm issue. I was lucky to connect with a renowned Atlanta pulmonologist and he diagnosed me with asthma right out of the gate. I challenged his diagnosis because of the persistent phlegm and after …

This is some my advocacy items. The badge I wear when do a copd event is of our famous Mt. Rushmore here in SD. . The yellow and the orange blue bracelets are from emphysema "Copd takes our breath away". The all orange is from the from the copd360social …

I was in the hospital 150 days, 21 chest tubes total and told I probably wouldnt leave the hospital alive, didnt guilify for a lung transplant either....fastfoward 2 and a half yrs im still here. Ive been on hospice the whole time since the hospital …

Thanks everyone!! Ed would have been thrilled at the large number of new puzzlers!! . . We're almost there!! We still need... A4 - Hint: What you might have as your dessert after a Thanksgiving meal D1 - Hint: Uninhabited and desolate area; also a 1987 …

Hello guys, I’m writing this post today to understand more about my potential diagnosis of COPD. I am an asthmatic that is otherwise healthy. I have a good body weight and am active. In December i had first started noticing shortness of breath. This came …

Me again, bit of a duplication of a post I made yesterday regarding an isolated decline in the 25-75 which I have now deleted. I had a full panel of tests the key values of which I'm posting here. I've have what I see as a sizeable decline in small …

3rd visit to Pulmonologist Today 44 year old male at 170cm. Quit smoking January 6, 2021- Hurray. Peak Flow 450. The chart says I have 75 year old lungs at 5’7”. My pulmonologist today says he doesn’t look at the chart everyone is different- then why is …

I had lung function test back in March because of a ct scan showing emphasemous bsck ground. All the numbers were over 100 amd the ratio was 96 i think. Any way I still wake up in the and while just laying there, I will get short of breath and break out …