How do you prepare for a major storm?Hurricanes, winter storms, or other natural disasters are scary, even more so when you are also contending with COPD and rely on your power for things like oxygen concentrators. Do...Reactions0reactionsComments18 repliesTips & Advice
Oxygen usage Do any of you who are on oxygen, change your settings up and down depending on what you are attempting to do? If so I would love to hear about...Reactions0reactionsComments5 repliesBreathingTips & Advice
Seeking AdviceAfter two years of perpetual respiratory problems beginning with covid and then successive bouts of URI and pneumonia, I was diagnosed with Stage 2 COPD a year ago. As a...Reactions0reactionsComments3 repliesTips & Advice
Inhaled CorticosteroidsMy doc says I have COPD but the main manifestation is asthma/allergic asthma. I also had childhood asthma. The doc wants to put me on a corticosteroid, probably because I...Reactions0reactionsComments11 repliesBreathingFlares Tips & Advice
Quartz/Pelonis style heatersAre these safe in a room as long as they kept as far away from oxygen as possible? We have always used natural gas. This will be our first winter...Reactions0reactionsComments3 repliesTips & Advice
FREQUENT FLARE UPS WORSENINGDEALING WITH COPD, ASTHMA AND CHRONIC BRONCHITUS AND THE FACT OF THERE BEING MOLD IN MY TRAILER AND A SPOUSE THAT CONTINUES TO COME DIRECTLY IN THE HOUSE FROM SMOKING...Reactions0reactionsComments4 repliesCopingFlares Tips & Advice
Portable battery operated concentratorDoes anyone know of a repair shop for the battery operated concentrator? I'm in Joplin, Mo. Thanks...Reactions0reactionsComments4 repliesTips & Advice
Dental appointments Hi all, Like most here, living with Covid during the last few years has been scary and challenging. Now that things are calming down a bit - though we’re not...Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesCopingTips & Advice
Scattered Pulmonary Nodules & COPDHi. Just wanting to know if SPN & COPD the same? Are they linked? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you....Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesTips & Advice
Phlegm in ThroatHi, I started using home oxygen 24/7 in December 2021 and struggle with the phlegm build up in my throat. I can't seem to clear the phlegm. Does anyone else...Reactions0reactionsComments8 repliesCopingTips & Advice