prognosis??...I am not sure she has been offered oxygen but most likely she would refuse if she did. She has got inhalers but I have never seen use one....Reactions0reactionsComments3 replies
Tip to avoid panic about valves damage...I do run the tank out of oxygen by not thinking about the level left and find myself out and there next by is a replacement tank....Reactions0reactionsComments2 replies
Kind of funny in a way...She said it was causing the problem with my ankles because my heart is working harder to get oxygen to my organs and they aren't getting enough to work...Reactions0reactionsComments2 replies
Seeking correct diagnosis...I am so much better and oxygen levels are better + less thick mucus to spit all day....Reactions0reactionsComments1 replies
My Beginning-of-Year (2022) First Medical Report...The items of focus are my blood pressure and heart rate, my oxygen and C02 levels, and the sleep study, for which the results came back....Reactions0reactionsComments8 repliesTreatment
What next?...I now find myself on oxygen 3 lpm....Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesFlares SymptomsEmphysema
What next?...I now find myself on oxygen 3 lpm....Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesEmphysemaBreathingFlares
Another New COPD & Medication Troubles...Each time my oxygen levels are tested, I have scored 97%!...Reactions0reactionsComments4 replies
Diagnosed at 35 with Emphysema and COPD...Will I need to use oxygen in a future as a certainty even if I stop smoking, keep healthy, exercise and keep the disease under control?...Reactions0reactionsComments2 replies
Help me understand...wednesday morning, he was struggling to breath, I wasn't there, mom called an ambulance, the doctors came, heart was fine, it was the lungs, they put an oxygen...Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesProgressionCopingDiagnosis
Problem with Inogen...weeks, as I also got a charger that works in a vehicle as well as one that plugs into an electrical outlet, so I have no fear that I'd ever...Reactions0reactionsComments23 repliesBreathing
Living with End Stage Emphysema...They treat me with IV antibiotics and steroids, and high levels of oxygen until my breathing normalizes and then send me home with oral steroids and antibiotics...Reactions0reactionsComments48 repliesEnd StageEmphysema
Tools you have that help.... -- JC Updike, Valparaiso IN (COPD patient for more than 20 years and still not on oxygen)...Reactions0reactionsComments3 replies
exercise...But exercise has many payoffs, such as helping your body use oxygen better....Reactions0reactionsComments4 replies
exercise...But exercise has many payoffs, such as helping your body use oxygen better....Reactions0reactionsComments4 replies
COPD questions and request advice and help...be accurate. in my At that time of my life, I had 2 episodes of Bronchitis and was told by my then doctor if I did not quit smoking I...Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesCoping
my dad is in the hospital with COPD...Although when he wears the cannula they say his oxygen levels are still normal. So they're pretty sure that part of that is due to anxiety....Reactions0reactionsComments7 repliesEmphysemaEnd StageTips & Advice
Help, please: Did my dad have COPD?...Apparently dad was having trouble breathing, mom called an ambulance, the doctors came, the heart was fine, it was the lungs, they put him on an oxygen...Reactions0reactionsComments4 repliesProgressionSmokingSymptoms