Awaiting tests & diagnosis, oxygen saturation question, very distressed...Also what I'm reading suggests a constant nasal drip is one of the more serious side effects even after diagnosis - chronic bronchitis?...Reactions 0 reactions Comments3 replies
FeaturedCOPD equiptment issues...The regulator on the small tank went bad … BUT when I got home I had to park in driveway, taking several minutes to remove tubing from nose, walk...Reactions 0 reactions Comments34 repliesTravelTips & Advice
new-drugs-aim-disarm-immune-system-s-atomic-bomb-cells...Researchers have been cautious about targeting neutrophils, fearing that doing so would leave patients at the mercy of pathogens....Reactions 0 reactions Comments2 replies
Chapter Two: My Continuing Oxygen Life...Also, today I will begin taking Magnesium Oxide 400mg x2 for muscle cramps and tremors....Reactions 0 reactions Comments15 replies
Tools you have that help...And wear good garden gloves, which has something to do with all this since being a COPD patient should not include having scraped knuckles or punctured...Reactions 0 reactions Comments3 replies
Feeling scared and guilty....The doctors told us that, as far as they could read from the data on the NIV, my mom has almost completely stopped breathing in her sleep, making the...Reactions 0 reactions Comments18 replies
COPD and Me (As a Novel Concept)...Waking up in the ED and being told I had severe pneumonia on top of as yet untreated COPD and that I needed to fight to survive at all...Reactions 0 reactions Comments6 repliesCoping
Just Diagnosed...He did not tell me what was wrong, was just shocked, kept saying, Good thing you came it and it's not at all what your doctor expected....Reactions 0 reactions Comments5 replies
Diagnosed at 35 with Emphysema and COPD...7) I have red that during COPD A Gold 1 there are no symptoms but I am clearly having symptoms....Reactions 0 reactions Comments2 replies