The Foggy Brain Dead Zone...Have you ever seen an old Sherlock Holmes movie? All the old films ends with Holmes and Watson chasing the nefarious villain through a maze of London alleyways covered in...Reactions0reactionsComments12 comments
Whole-Body Vibration Training...https://journal.copdfoundation.org/jcopdf/id/1161/The-COPD-Pipeline-XXXV Has anyone looked into this, the machines, etc....Reactions0reactionsComments1 replies
Is this pain in the muscles around my lungs from COPD?...My pain seems stop be in the muscles around my lungs. It is not a constant pain but if I reach for something, it kills me. Is this from COPD?...Reactions0reactionsComments3 replies
Why do doctors not understand rib cramps?...My regular Doctor and my Pulm. neither one will acknowledge that rib cramps are a part of COPD. WHY?...Reactions0reactionsComments7 replies
Why does wine cause headaches?...My only real pain is an occasional top-of-the-head headache. It happens sometimes when I have on my portable oxygen tank for an extended period, have been exerting for several hours...Reactions0reactionsComments5 replies
Does anyone have a flat diaphragm?...I recently had a chest x-ray because I've been really SOB during our vacation. The humidity has been extra bad since we're near a lake. The Urgent Care physician gave...Reactions0reactionsComments3 replies
Moderate (stage 2) COPD Follow...Hi, I'm sure this may have been asked before in many different ways. I am a 45 male former smoker. I've had a spirometry test and the lab test results...Reactions0reactionsComments6 replies
Dying...Today and yesterday I was extremely fatigued and today I'm very short of breath. I know it's not going to improve so I wish I was dead already. I'm finding...Reactions0reactionsComments4 replies
COPD and AFIB...My husband was diagnosed with afib about 2 years ago. It has been unable control . He was diagnosed with COPD about 6 years ago. emphazema. Well in June 2017...Reactions0reactionsComments9 replies
SnowofWinter17's COPD...I am a 66 year old woman. I smoked for years now, doctor tells me I have COPD. Still trying to get used to this. I cry a lot -...Reactions0reactionsComments10 comments
What happens when you are exposed to cigarette smoke on a daily basis?...What happens when you have emphysema and are exposed to cigarette smoke on a daily basis for about a month? Quit smoking 17 years ago and have done pretty good...Reactions0reactionsComments1 replies
COPD and Pain? It Does Exist!...Do you ever get pain that you think could be related to COPD? For example, you may get pain from chest tightness, rib cramps, skin tears, or something else? Do...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
Inhalants...I find it's cheaper to use generic albuterol in a nebulizer, both covered by my insurance than to use "puffers" or "inhalers" such as those advertised. Seems inhalers of all...Reactions0reactionsComments1 replies
Pain and COPD: Your Thoughts?...Do you ever get pain that you think could be related to COPD? For example, you may get pain from chest tightness, rib cramps, skin tears, or something else? Do...Reactions0reactionsComments4 replies
GLD's Story...Having COPD, I'm on four on my oxygen concentrator and two at night. Have tried many different inhalers ending up in the donut hole. Now my doctor has me on...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Untreated dental infection and postural drainage...I'm Vlado, 53 years old living in Croatia. I have never smoked, my Alpha trypsin 1 is ok, I lived in a small town without smog and 500m faraway from...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
The Emotional Pain of COPD...Many with COPD suffer physical pain, other than the breathlessness that almost all of us with a respiratory condition suffer. I am lucky as a part from cramps I have...Reactions0reactionsComments10 comments
Good Self Care for a Bad Day...“You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don't help.” Calvin, “Calvin and Hobbes” by Bill Waterson “Ugh,” I rolled over and grabbed my comforter closer. “I...Reactions0reactionsComments11 comments
The long journey...My problem began from my adolescence. Cold, and coughing. I thought it was rhinitis but never had a sure cure until almost 40 years after when I was told the...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
