My 02 level (Blood oxygen) level is always around 87-88 when they test it using that finger thing. If I take deep breaths before I can get it to around 90. I was just put on 2 different inhalers. One long acting and one rescue. I'm going to the Dr. for …

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A brief inquiry - can anyone please predict the future? It would be so useful to know how things are going to work out. The internet is awash with apocryphal tales of COPD doom, inexplicable redemption, even religious inspired salvations. So many …

Thankyou very much to each of you for your observations and advice. I thoroughly appreciate your time and consideration. I know I’m making a terrible hash of things at the moment and sound full of doom and gloom. I’ve been floundering on a sea of …

As promised, here are the answers to the COPD Action Plan Quiz! 1. How often should the My COPD Action Plan be updated by you and your doctor? Answer: b – Every six months. The My COPD Action Plan should be routinely updated every six months, but …

I'll clean your car with the great pleasure Das23 (and your helicopter and your jet). Cleaning a car, from engine bay to ash tray, is one of the few things that has always made sense to me - at every level. Thankyou very much Jean053 and Alph too. I do …

Here we are on the last day of March! Spring is just around the corner! Throughout this month, we have taken a closer look at a few of the non-medication things that affect COPD: exercise, nutrition, pulmonary rehabilitation, and airway clearance. …

Lol, i watch 'normal' people sit around and this doesnt happen to them and im like 'wth?'. Jean, I never thought of that. I also need to learn to breathe when playing guitar. Never use to. Injury? Better rest, except breathing gets worse sitting around. …

Thank you very much indeed for your kindness and insight. I'm not normally so pessimistic and irrespective of my feelings, I do stick doggedly to a daily routine (more like regime) of exercise and healthy living, setting out each morning at 5.30am for a …

My lungs feel like they're on fire a great deal.  I'm not sure if it's the Costochondritis or the COPD itself.  

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... with mild COPD and quite freaked out about it. Had a chronic cough this past winter and apparently didn't do so well on the PFT. No other symptoms, but lately I feel a heaviness in my chest, is this all part of COPD and should I be going to a lung …

I have had an cough the last more than three to four months. .My nose seems to run all the time.. could this be that my COPD is worsening. How do you I know if the cough is from COPD? My doctor prescribed me antibiotics and predisone couple of months ago …

Hi All my name is Donna. I am 57 yrs old and was diagnosed with COPD 2 months ago. I was not aware I had COPD but I started to swell big time in my feet and legs. Went to the doctor who sent me to the hospital. Turned out I was having heart failure due …