What medication/s have you used to cure a recurring “thrush” infection?...I’ve only been diagnosed with COPD/Chronic Bronchitis since last year. I’m using Advair 500/50 and a rescue inhaler....Reactions0reactionsComments9 replies
Copd...Hi everyone Having been diagnosed with cood since 2009 i have tried numerous inhalers but to no avail....Reactions0reactionsComments3 repliesBreathing
Fear of First Flare-up...Hello Everyone - I have been diagnosed with COPD about two years ago....Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesDiagnosisCopingAwareness
Diet...The results have been very noticeable as I can now walk around without oxygen and can take short walks....Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesDiet & Nutrition
Lung crackles for a year, postural, help please...The crackles have been same intensity for a year..... Also it is a fact that Nhs drs are overrun and overworked these days....Reactions0reactionsComments6 repliesDiagnosisAwareness
Grieving with COPD...Some changes are good and others not so much. I feel like the damn can been flipped hundred times or more until my head hurts....Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesChronic BronchitisEmphysema
Is this another side effect of COPD?...Hello to Everyone, I hope you all are having easy breathing days. I have a question I’ve been wondering if others with COPD have to deal with....Reactions0reactionsComments9 repliesSide EffectsExercise
Sometimes Being a Shut-In is a Necessity...The weather here in Central Texas has been crazy. Temperatures are up and down almost daily. 80's one day, 50's the next....Reactions0reactionsComments19 repliesBreathingFlares Triggers
Another New COPD & Medication Troubles...I would appreciate any guidance/suggestions/advice for the questions below: (sorry to be so long-winded, but this saga has been hell so far): 1) After...Reactions0reactionsComments4 replies
Stage 4 emphysema ...My O2 levels are usually ok yet I can barely breathe. Tried pulmonary therapy , have been on bronchodilators for a few years, etc....Reactions0reactionsComments5 repliesEmphysema
I don't want to get out of bed anymore....I have reached the point in my emphysema where I just don't want to get out of bed....Reactions0reactionsComments13 repliesCopingEmphysema
Major Power Outage and another hospital follow up...At 4 am I hear cracking and a crash outside my bed window. Tree branch down....Reactions0reactionsComments5 repliesAwarenessTips & AdviceBreathing
I’ve been on the sick now with my copd 20 weeks...Hi please can someone give me advice as I’ve never felt so alone I’ve been on the sick now 20 weeks my husband is the landlord and I landlady...Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesTips & Advice
What are your Hobbies?...I wanted to start a thread about everyone's hobbies. I know a lot of us spend a lot of time indoors and having something fun to do and keep one's...Reactions0reactionsComments73 repliesCopingMental Health
Symbicort...looking into symbicort and found out side effects are osteoporosis and vitamin deficiency my doctor says it can't be true so has anybody else been diagnosed...Reactions0reactionsComments5 replies
Hospitalized again, then again into ICU, out of icu and now in Hospice...Found opening at hospice facility and been here 24/7 for 8 days so far....Reactions0reactionsComments28 replies
Portable bi-pap...Hope you are well in your end of the woods. Ofa atu and Jah bless 💯💚💛❤️....Reactions0reactionsComments5 replies
Looking for pre-diagnosis insights....The Drs are interacting with me differently....Reactions0reactionsComments14 repliesDiagnosis
