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Antibiotics - Needing them, Insurance Problems

This week I needed antibiotics to hopefully hold off pneumonia. There was changes in my breathing and mucus color. My doctor responded immediately and ordered steroid and antibiotic prescription. My...

Swollen feet and ankles.

Hi everybody, is anyone suffering with swollen ankles and feet, and is it connected to Copd , emphysema.My feet has caused me bother over time with Raynauds , Scleroderma but...

Copd stages

I definitely don't understand why some doctors do stage of copd and some doctors don't is there a reason for this and in the copd community we learn there are...

Cooking with gas

I’m curious. I have heard some people on oxygen still cook on gas stoves. I have been afraid to do that so I’d like to hear the opinions of others...

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What causes a PESKY DRY COUGHING SPELL, TICKLISH RECEPTORS in Your THROAT?!? 9:56 AM, EST Sat Jan 2023 | By: HITE1955 With: ‘ Doug ‘ INOGEN ONE G5 | IO-...

What causes a PESKY DRY COUGHING SPELL, TICKLISH RECEPTORS in Your LUNGS?!? How CAN You TURN This COUGH, into a NICE “ GRAMPA SHOCK “ WET PRODUCTIVE COUGH, with Over...

42 year old please help me understand

Please help me understand my results. I had a CT scan for unrelated lung function reasons and the scan came back saying I have emphysema. I am 42 years old...

Oxygen Precautions

Hi, I am newly on oxygen after hospital release. I have been told not to run the hair dryer while it is on and not to smoke around it. Those...

Major Power Outage and another hospital follow up

I have stage 4 copd, emphysema, on 02 24/7. Hospitalized jan 11-14, then hospitalized again Jan 24-26. Put on 2 week course of Prednisone plus antibiotics. Still on those meds...

What do you do in the mornings

The mornings are so hard for me. I have trouble getting out of bed now for the past two days I have been vomiting a lot of mucus. Does this...

Lung valves

Has anyone gotten the Lung Valves? If so have they helped you?...

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