Being across the pond !...Secondly, having just read one article concerning Insurance Companies that you have to contend with to acquire your medications, I am glad I do live in...Reactions 0 reactions Comments2 repliesTreatment
Another New COPD & Medication Troubles...(I am in front of people teaching, usually 7-8 hours a day, so this has been especially troublesome) 6) So, now, the new pulmonary specialist (truth is...Reactions 0 reactions Comments4 replies
Can I apply for both Medical Disability and Early Social Security?...I understand I cannot collect both but everything I have read say Disability can take up to two years to get and I thought perhaps my early retirement...Reactions 0 reactions Comments6 replies
Combating extreme depression...Now I have very little muscle but I am Mobil and there is.no real reason I should be completely bedridden. The depression is keeping me here....Reactions 0 reactions Comments2 replies
Awaiting tests & diagnosis, oxygen saturation question, very distressed...Walked out the door, googled fibrosis of lungs... that one is fast and terminal.... but a doc on a Stop Smoking forum has since told me i can't have Reactions 0 reactions Comments3 replies
Showering and COPD...When I first found this site, I read articles about showering and found plenty of good advice....Reactions 0 reactions Comments6 repliesTips & Advice
Oxygen how much?...Can someone tell me if the amount of oxygen was the wrong amount as she was chatting just before it was given,from what ive read it is the wrong...Reactions 0 reactions Comments1 repliesCopingDiagnosisEnd Stage
I was surprised at my new diagnosis. What are your thoughts?...Then saw pulmonary doc who seemed to panic after the breathing into tube test. The oximeter was 97, so good....Reactions 0 reactions Comments5 replies
new-drugs-aim-disarm-immune-system-s-atomic-bomb-cells...In some conditions, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), they seem to lose their sense of direction: Instead of homing in on bacteria,...Reactions 0 reactions Comments2 replies
My BF has stage 3 COPD.. I am totally lost....fast real soon....Reactions 0 reactions Comments14 repliesIntimacy & RelationshipsSmokingCoping
Nano-silica exposures...I have read about people drinking alcohol and having the alcohol blamed for the damage, by physicians, when it was probably caused by the coating spray...Reactions 0 reactions Comments7 repliesWork & Employment
DX 2 weeks ago...So naturally I assumed my problems were asthma for the longest until I read up on COPD....Reactions 0 reactions Comments1 replies
Family talk coping...I have printed out several of the great articles found here to let them read. Has anyone else dealt with this? What helped?...Reactions 0 reactions Comments8 repliesFriends & FamilyEnd StageCoping
Blood Oxygen Levels...When I was diagnosed with Stage 3 COPD 4 years ago, they put me on 3 liters of oxygen and told me my blood oxygen should read between 88...Reactions 0 reactions Comments3 repliesBreathing
Living with End Stage Emphysema...During my last hospital visit in May, one of the pulmonary doctors told me I had end-stage emphysema....Reactions 0 reactions Comments34 repliesEnd StageEmphysema
Back in the Hospital for Me...My doctor read the CT scan and x-ray and saw nothing of concern....Reactions 0 reactions Comments23 repliesAwarenessHealthcare Team
Palliative Care Appointment...A few days later I read over the appointment summary notes online and was very surprised that I had given up driving!...Reactions 0 reactions Comments1 replies
Young and scared...I read an article that led me to the doctors for some worrisome symptoms....Reactions 0 reactions Comments2 replies
My Wall of Denial..., spending a week in the hospital and three weeks in rehab. Obviously, after that my denial phase was over....Reactions 0 reactions Comments3 repliesAwareness
My Exciting Oxygen Day...Once the new machine was here and I could relax, I checked the POC....Reactions 0 reactions Comments30 repliesBreathing