Another visit from the ambulance...I knew last Thursday I was going to be in trouble, with the bank holiday weekend coming up I knew. My doctor was going to be closed. I managed to...reactions8comments
Caregiver Help and Support...I am a caregiver to my husband who has moderate to severe COPD. I have been his caregiver for many years and I am now finding myself struggling with the...reactions6repliesCaregiving
COPD.net Giveaway Terms and Conditions...These Official Rules apply to any giveaway (or "Promotion") published on COPD.NET, a Health Union ("Health Union" or "We") owned and operated website. For conflicts between the Promotional giveaway article...reactions1comment
Struggling ...Hi I'm realy struggling to deal with this copd , I was fit and health a year ago , now I'm tired breathless and don't sleep to good it all...reactions4repliesDiagnosisCopingSymptomsTips & Advice
Living with chronic headaches...I'm been having migraines for more than 3 months NON-STOP now. I don't even know if im gona see another day. I've been having these headaches every day in the...reactions5repliesCopingSymptoms
To Jackie English...Jackie, I had to laugh reading your story. I don't laugh when I have to do that, but reading about someone else.... ? Though, you've forgotten to take the fishing...reactions3repliesCoping
Intimacy With Alpha-1 (Genetic COPD)...Okay, it’s something we don’t like to talk about, but we really should. How is the intimacy in your home? Over the past eleven years since being diagnosed with Alpha-1...reactions2comments
Difference in palliative and hospice care...Hello Friends, I’m sorry I have not been on in a while, I have been in and out of hospital a few times, just now getting back to normal. But...reactions5repliesCaregivingEnd StageHospice & Palliative Care
The Future Is Now...Editor's Note: This article was originally written by Jeff Collings, a COPD.net Community Health Leader. How good would it be if the doctor came to your house instead? Well, the...reactions5comments
smart vest...anybody tried or had good results with the smart vest?...reactions9repliesBreathingEmphysemaPulmonary Rehabilitation
My oxygen and me...I was embarrassed to wear oxygen to church. I managed to do it and over time I was pretty comfortable. Then the senior pastor told me I didn't need that...reactions20repliesBreathingCoping
Certain foods that cause breathing attacks?...Hello.I have COPD emphysema and am wondering if there's any link between foods and breathing problems.I can't eat chocolate because it chokes me and causes horrible coughing attacks.I was wondering...reactions2repliesBreathingDiet & NutritionFlares
Losses and Gains With COPD...I have battled being underweight or overweight all my life, shuffling between too small or too big. I intensely focus on input and output, or what I should eat and...reactions15comments
Easter break ...Just like to say have a lovely weekend what ever your doing and keep safe and well...reactions4repliesFriends & Family
Still work?...Do any of you still work? I work pt but when i have a flare up,of course i miss work which isnt good....reactions5repliesWork & Employment
Advair or Spirivia Muscle Cramps...Has anyone else experienced muscle cramps with either of these inhalers. I stopped the Spirivia and still having them so, I think it's the advair causing them....reactions24repliesBreathingSide Effects
Feeling low...I’m on permanently antibiotics and I suffer with a chest infection at least once a month not sleeping at all my husband and kids don’t know what to do with...reactions6repliesCoping
Had copd for 8 years feeling really low all the time ...As anyone suffered from extreme sweating all night Feeling low Really bad anxiety every time I try to speak to a doctor they just say I don’t know his cause...reactions5repliesChronic BronchitisCoping
Just noticed ...Just noticed I already joined this group last year , what a mupet I am , so I thourt I would just say hi It's taken me mounts to get...reactions6repliesTips & Advice
Stop smoking...Well I got tested for COPD in 2016. À few years later I got sick for 3 month and was in the hospital for a couple of times. Eventually I...reactions6repliesDiagnosisCopingSmoking
