COPD, anxiety and vanity ...I have a Phillips home concentrator and an Activox portable (1-3 liters pulse, I don’t like using it because I focus on the light going on and off while...Reactions0reactionsComments4 repliesCoping
What causes a quick drop in O2 levels?...Just sitting in his lounger, not doing anything and O2 drops from his average of 88-90 down to 70 and then panic attacks hit....Reactions0reactionsComments3 replies
What has hurt me the most with COPD...He said sir I live across the way and my grandmother and I noticed you are having trouble mowing your lawn....Reactions0reactionsComments29 replies
Getting more calories due to chronic weight loss...Hoping that with my continued intermittent small meals and snacks will help add weight. I try to eat healthy but fruits n veggies dont add that much....Reactions0reactionsComments3 repliesCaregivingDiet & NutritionTips & Advice
I Got My New NIV Machine!...I had a feeling it was going to be an odd experience. Anyway, I will report back when I know more....Reactions0reactionsComments5 repliesBreathing
Frequency of desaturating ...Are we all moving around and desaturating? I tried walking very slow like a cat trying to sneak up on its prey and I still go below 85. I’m...Reactions0reactionsComments5 repliesAwarenessBreathing
New to forums need a question answered if you can...Getting tired putting on shoes,walking my dog and going up stares. I went to the E.R yesterday so for a bout of SoB I never experienced this before....Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesSymptomsDiagnosis
Exhaustion...But I feel like I’m going down. Getting worst every day. I used to have 2-3 good days a week and now I am lucky if I get one...Reactions0reactionsComments7 repliesBreathingCopingMental Health
Am I just being unrealistic?...Which is something that is not going to happen. He used to go to Alaska and Africa and hunt big game....Reactions0reactionsComments12 repliesCaregivingEnd StageAwareness
zephyr valves...have " lateral Ventilation " which means that my bronchia's leak and zephyr valves would not close off the air to my bad lobes so there is no sense in...Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesDiagnosis
Emphysema patient...My dr. only paid attention to me having walked for the 6 minutes but not how I had to keep stopping to catch my breath and kept feeling like I...Reactions0reactionsComments8 repliesBreathingEmphysemaPulmonary Rehabilitation
What does your daily routine look like?...I wonder if I’m alone in feeling like I’m not doing the best for my daily self care....Reactions0reactionsComments4 replies
Spinal Wedge Fracture!...Doing well, trying to rest and care for myself so I can once again be ready to care for her needs. 💓🙏...Reactions0reactionsComments3 replies
My story...Not doing anything for COPD and wonder what to do? What about the “numbers”, what is that?...Reactions0reactionsComments1 replies
Navigational Bronchoscopy...Pulmonologist said he thinks in r going to be fine and that it went well....Reactions0reactionsComments7 repliesCopingSurgery
Repeated flare ups...Quite often (like at the time I’m typing) there are loud popping and rattling wheezes, most prominently when laying on my back....Reactions0reactionsComments8 repliesBreathingChronic BronchitisCoping
COPD and exercise...But it's hard for me to imagine exercise when I'm out of breath just going from one room to the next. My daughter even gives me a shower now....Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesBreathingCopingExercise
Hospitalized again, then again into ICU, out of icu and now in Hospice...Beginning to think if it is selfish for wanting to hang in to c grandchild and putting my family thru all the stress I can see they are going....Reactions0reactionsComments28 replies
Mobility...When trying to travel some, after loading all this stuff in my SUV, I'm exhausted and then don't feel up to going....Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesTravelCoping
Diagnosed at 37...I smoked since I was 18, and switched to vaping 5 years ago....Reactions0reactionsComments9 replies
