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Does anyone have tips for someone going through their first flare?

Hi, I am in my first flare and must admit I have found it frightening. Any tips?... Thank you....

I Got My New NIV Machine!

So, my RT Jason showed up with it on Wednesday 02/16/22. It is a ResMed Astral 150. It is a whizbang fancy computerized thingamajig that supposedly does everything but clean...

Adjuster on cannula that slides down.

Does anyone have a problem with the slider that is suppose to hold it tight under the chin. I'm finding that most of the cannulas have the tightener that just...

Optimum Breathing

It has been suggested to breathe in a count of 4 and out a count of 6. That is easy to do on the concentrator, but not on the portable...

Do you think the higher CO2 levels in our atmosphere due to climate change affects your COPD?

Does it affect our lungs to balance our O2 and CO2 levels.....

What do you think caused your COPD?

Smoking, your career, the alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency... what do you think contributed to your diagnosis?...

Question about mask, cannulas

It is a question to remember to ask my pulmonary doctor again. We think she told us that a face mask with less than 6 liters of O2 made you...

Appetite with copd

I have no appetite anymore...

Beta blockers - anyone else on them?

When had covid got off most blood pressure meds, cause bp was low and made me real tired. Then just walking to bathroom, heart rate went up to 100, so...

Cost

I just got on Medicare and Metigap I retired last timber my doctor has me on fluticasone to take twice a day for maintenance the first time I ordered it...

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