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Copd diagnosis-some advice please Return to previous page 10/17/2019 559 Views 5 Answers Last Activity: 5 months ago, Grandma05 Tags: COPD diagnosis Question: 0 Merlin 5 months ago I Care Report Comment Unlike I Care Report Comment Add an Answer Answers: Edit Remove Accept Unaccept Unlike I Care Report Comment Add an Answer Save Cancel Copd diagnosis-some advice please Merlin 5 months ago Add an Answer Answers Answer View More Save Cancel Tags: Subscribe: Subscribe: Your question has been submitted and is awaiting moderation. It is low-quality It is spam It does not belong here Other (enter below) Thank you for reporting this content, moderators have been notified of your submission. Close Anonymous Unfriend Friend Requested Friend Load More Close Destination Page Area Group Destination Content Title Title Article Type Copy comments Hi, some advice please. I started to experience feelings of suffocation around 6 months ago. I have had mild ashma from the age of 40. I am now 64. I thought it was from my pet macaw who i have had for 20 years but recently moved into my living room. I had a spirometer and after around 8 tries as they could not get two readings the same. Apparently i had copd and didnt think too much about it, stupid me. A week ago i picked up a cold and could not breath, contstantly coughing , i was in a panic Went to the doctors he told me my spirometer result months ago of 63 percent and had the lungs of an 83 year old. I thought if was a death sentence and have been in a panic ever since. He put me on steroid tablets and antibiotics, after 5 days and nothing improving he changed the antibiotics and doubled them up. Its been a week still mad coughing fits and feelings of cant breath cant shift mucus. Feel very weak a new experience for me. I have a reliever inhailor which i use. Feeling sorry for myself and trying to think posative. One of my big problems is anxiety which i have had for the past few years. I am trying to see some hope of getting back to normal. I am hoping someone can make me pull myself together. Thank you.
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