Winter & Cost Of Living...I am so worried I only just got through last year ... The Flue or Chest Infections Are Not COPD Sufferers Best Freinds...Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesFlares
Determined...I never missed work even through sickness. Now I couldn't work . It devastated me emotionally.... By 6 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments1 comments
How do I get my children to understand what I'm going through?...I am in the severe stage, my daughter sprays on perfume or burns candles when i have asked her not to, how it makes me feel. She lives with me...Reactions0reactionsComments11 replies
If I'm on oxygen 24/7 and levels are above 90 but air in lungs isn’t moving. What do you do?...I have had COPD for quite a few years, been through pulmonary rehab....Reactions0reactionsComments3 replies
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....Reactions0reactionsComments10 replies
Severe Depression ...I can barely make it through the day. I struggle to take care of my family. I don't know how to be sick. To accept that I am disabled...Reactions0reactionsComments10 repliesMental HealthCoping
Hopeless...I go through hopeful periods and then I am slammed with an exacerbation. Nothing can be done except to take my meds. I guess I have given up on...Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesCopingMental Health
Positional...Going they what I went thru earlier this year: trouble exhaling deeply when I arise from sleep, and when I change seating/standing thru the day....Reactions0reactionsComments3 replies
I have more of a question...I guess what I need to know is if anyone else went through a denial stage....Reactions0reactionsComments3 repliesEmphysemaCopingAwareness
Diagnosis ...Hi I’m Andrew 🙏🏼, I’ve been Diagnosed with stage 2 COPD ‘ I’m asking if anyone has the same stage as me but you feel as though your maybe...Reactions0reactionsComments7 repliesAwarenessDiagnosis
To Jackie English...Though, you've forgotten to take the fishing poles and tackle. Seriously, it sounds like you have gotten all this down to a manageable (?) system....Reactions0reactionsComments3 repliesCoping
Active 4 days agoCOPD / Packing Part 2...Yes, I have COPD - the packing has begun even though I don't have another place to go to yet. The place I live in currently has been sold....Reactions0reactionsComments6 repliesCopingBreathingMental Health
Cold oxygen into warm nostrils ...I have been experiencing running problems while using oxygen thru a cannula. Very annoying!!!! That is running nose as opposed to running. Help...Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesBreathingPulmonary RehabilitationTips & Advice
Your oxygen tubing ...I go through it every morning checking and straightening the lines, as every so often one of the bows stops the flow....Reactions0reactionsComments5 repliesTips & AdviceBreathing
Should I be alarmed about droplets in the tubing through oxygen cylinder?...Reactions0reactionsComments3 replies
Flutter valve ...Also, my nose is so chronically stuffed, the inside of my nasal passages are swollen I can’t breathe through my nose....Reactions0reactionsComments7 repliesBreathing
Coping...Thanks to your newsletter and FB I have learned from others that what I am going through with COPD is not unusual....Reactions0reactionsComments1 replies
My Wall of Denial...So, though I knew I had it as far back as about 2015, I maintained a nice comfy wall of denial, though the doctor who gave me my...Reactions0reactionsComments3 repliesAwareness
Private message ...Someone tried to guide me through it, but I still couldn't get it. Thanks for trying to help. Thank you. From Buddyfoxy....Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesTips & Advice
Just a thought about inexpensive percussion therapy...The steady vibrations seem, in theory, as though they would be great at loosening mucus....Reactions0reactionsComments3 repliesTreatmentTips & AdvicePulmonary Rehabilitation
