I have an ARTICLE from: COPD NEWS TODAY, About how CPAP | BiPAP | VPAP, Helps COPD with EXACERBATIONS and OSA...This ARTICLE is dated: JANUARY 30, 2023: Here’s the LINK: https://copdnewstoday.com/news/cpap-use-night-lowers-copd-exacerbation-risk-sleep-apnea/...Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesAwarenessDiagnosisCoping
Long Term ...My COPD has just been updated to stage 3. So Many Questions and No Answers.??...Reactions0reactionsComments7 replies
Smoking marijuana?...Is smoking marijuana just as bad as smoking cigarettes when you have COPD and emphysema?...Reactions0reactionsComments8 repliesBreathingMedical Marijuana
New kid on the block....I am a wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother ....relatively healthy family but I have COPD. It's a burden....Reactions0reactionsComments5 replies
Does anyone have chest pain but can still breathe okay?...Just recently diagnosed with COPD. Does anyone have pain in the chest but still breathe ok?...Reactions0reactionsComments1 replies
What is the best portable nebulizer?...I am almost at Stage 4 COPD, but believe it or not, still active despite gasping just walking to the mailbox....Reactions0reactionsComments3 repliesTreatmentEmphysemaTravel
Humid or Dry - I'm Confused ...I'm confused as to where it is better for COPD to live/be in a humid or arid environment....Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesBreathingEmphysemaCoping
Cost...I am a COPD/Emphysema patient and I was using Breo ellipta and it was working and at $50 a refill that was expensive enough....Reactions0reactionsComments3 replies
Why do I keep getting sick?...I have Stage 2 COPD. Why do I keep getting sick? Every month I’m in the hospital for a week. I do what the doctor said. I take all...Reactions0reactionsComments2 replies
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...Reactions0reactionsComments9 repliesCostTreatment
ANXIETY...I WAS TOLD IN DEC OF 2011 THAT I HAD COPD. I STARTED MY MED AND DID THEM FAITHFULLY. THEN THIS PAST NOV THEY WANTED ME TO DO...Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesMental HealthDepressionTips & Advice
too many complications...But, there are complications, I already have a pacemaker fitted and my COPD gives me breathing problems and I also have severe Peripheral Nephropathy in...Reactions0reactionsComments1 replies
Mobility...I'm 74 years old, with stage four COPD, on oxygen 24/7....Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesTravelCoping
Different Doctors...I moved and when I changed my doctors they retested me and now claim that I don't have COPD....Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesHealthcare TeamCopingTips & Advice
Vaccine and oxygen...I take prednisone and azithromycin daily, stage 4 copd. After my second vaccine, I had to increase to 4 lpm from just 2 lpm....Reactions0reactionsComments4 replies
Has anyone tried regenerative therapy?...I have just been diagnosed with stage 2 COPD. Needless to say, I'm very interested in stemming or stopping the progress of the disease....Reactions0reactionsComments2 replies
Frustrated and frightened...In the early 2000 time frame, I was told by a pulmonary specialist that I had COPD....Reactions0reactionsComments16 replies
New member...COPD 2 years now. Up's and downs. Not nice living like this....Reactions0reactionsComments2 replies
I was diagnosed with COPD and my Dr did not even tell me what it is, how bad is it, nothing. I was prescribed an inhaler. Some one pls......What is COPD and what does it do to my body? Can it get worse? Will I die from this?...Reactions0reactionsComments41 replies
