Getting more calories due to chronic weight loss...I try to eat healthy but fruits n veggies dont add that much. Salmon when I can, and pasta when I have energy to pre prep....Reactions0reactionsComments3 repliesCaregivingDiet & NutritionTips & Advice
Doctor Vacations...It is the only doctor appointment or test I have for a whole month to 6 weeks and it very much reinvigorates me....Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesCopingMental Health
It's Always Something...It could have been so much worse. She will be major sore tomorrow....Reactions0reactionsComments19 repliesFriends & Family
COPD and Exercise must go hand in hand....I try to walk as much as I can no more going to shops just up the street were i live in the car....Reactions0reactionsComments16 replies
Insurance lost, now concentrators will be taken away. ...Since my last 3.4% increase to my SSDisability, I was told I make $35.00 to much to have the state funded health insurance....Reactions0reactionsComments9 repliesDepressionInsurance & DisabilityBreathing
Dental appointments ...Thanks so much, Bruce...Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesCopingTips & Advice
Learning the new *normal* and how to tell if I am going downhill...The route to me having a CT scan was at least three years of heavy chest , not so much sob (unl we exertion) but this heavy feeling/light burning...Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesDiagnosisEmphysemaChronic Bronchitis
Inhalers Price Drop ...It seems like we always didn't make enough to afford a lot of things our whole married lives (44 yrs. and still counting) yet made too much to qualify...Reactions0reactionsComments3 repliesCost
You need you oxygen...I am at stage 3 and require a minimum of 6 lpm while at rest and as much as I can get walking. The yellow band tanks will last...Reactions0reactionsComments3 repliesBreathingCoping
Oxygen portable tanks...Actually using home unit and not being able to control my Flo rate causes more problems from to much and to little oxygen....Reactions0reactionsComments3 repliesAwareness
Prednisone...Pretty much moot at this point. Just curious if anyone else has not really enjoyed their Prednisone....Reactions0reactionsComments13 repliesSide EffectsTreatment
What has hurt me the most with COPD...The realization that you just cant do things anymore and having to much pride to except it. Having to much pride hurts the most !...Reactions0reactionsComments29 replies
The Worst Part of COPD for Me...Not so much anymore. This is where I am having some problem adapting to a different way of living....Reactions0reactionsComments14 repliesCoping
Update on Dan & Vicki...After a couple of hours I could not believe the difference in him, his overall look , mood everything about him was so much improved!...Reactions0reactionsComments4 repliesCaregivingAwarenessDiagnosis
So confused !...I get much better and then after the steroid course wears off the symptoms come back and I wind up back where I was....Reactions0reactionsComments8 repliesFlares
I’m very confused about COPD - it’s an umbrella term?...He said I’ll be fine and should live to my 80s or 90s because we’ve caught it so early and treatments are so much better than when my mom...Reactions0reactionsComments5 replies
Unsure of my diagnosis....In the 80s not much was available for babies like me. I had to be put on a ventilator for a short time then moved to oxygen till about...Reactions0reactionsComments2 replies
Can't afford health insurance....I can't work as much as I'd like because my health is bad in other areas as well....Reactions0reactionsComments2 replies
DX 2 weeks ago...I knew pretty much I have this but the confirmation sent me into the depths of my mortality....Reactions0reactionsComments1 replies
Help caring for someone with COPD...last year her level was severe but not sure if it has progressed to end stage or not.....feel a bit like we are winging it and don't really get told...Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesCopingCaregivingTips & Advice
