Out w Bang In w Bang for 2023 & 2024 Update...How long with this last, no one knows but I will take every minute of every day I get....Reactions 0 reactions Comments38 repliesBreathingDiagnosisCoping
How can I improve my test results?...When diagnosed with severe, I started cardio (walking at a mile a day) now doing three miles at a very brisk pace every day....Reactions 0 reactions Comments1 replies
I Got My New NIV Machine!...It feels good, and it is totally amazing how it literally anticipated every inhale so that it is exactly synchronizing with me....Reactions 0 reactions Comments5 repliesBreathing
What next?...Just this last week I experienced a setback that I cannot explain -- I had been doing at least 15 minutes on my treadmill every day with my O2...Reactions 0 reactions Comments1 repliesFlares SymptomsEmphysema
Help me understand...This year the cough was constant, and very, very loud and abrupt, every day, morning, evening, night, etc....Reactions 0 reactions Comments1 repliesProgressionDiagnosisCoping
new-drugs-aim-disarm-immune-system-s-atomic-bomb-cells...Neutrophils make up some 70% of the white cells in blood, with billions spawned every day by stem cells nestled in the bone marrow....Reactions 0 reactions Comments2 replies
My Medication Is Too Expensive. Advice?...My problem is that every medication that my doctor has prescribed to manage my symptoms is not covered by Medicare or my prescription drug plan, so I am...Reactions 0 reactions Comments12 repliesInsurance & Disability
Taken with grain of salt, or how not to strangle your friends...Most times it's a constant weight on me every second of the day BUT I have mostly mild symptoms....Reactions 0 reactions Comments2 replies
What next?...Just this last week I experienced a setback that I cannot explain -- I had been doing at least 15 minutes on my treadmill every day with my O2...Reactions 0 reactions Comments1 repliesEmphysemaBreathingFlares
Seeking correct diagnosis...Alergy blood test came back no sign of allergies, but maybe in April it would have been different. Went to the alergist and he did a spirometry test....Reactions 0 reactions Comments1 replies
Cellulitis again?...I felt every tiny bump in the road....Reactions 0 reactions Comments26 repliesFlares
Urgent advice is needed for our elderly mum with COPD placed on end of life meds...My sister explained that now she understands every time they told her she was dying she realised our mum had simply been heavly sedated....Reactions 0 reactions Comments2 repliesCaregivingEnd StageHospice & Palliative Care
just new ...yes I am talking about doctors, anyway this is not about the doctors I am just happy I found out what's been wrong with me the last 10-15 years since...Reactions 0 reactions Comments11 replies
27 year old male. I suspect COPD and/or Emphysema. Very scared....Every time I would take a high temperature hit from the bong I had been using religiously, I would immediately erupt with fluids draining from my sinuses...Reactions 0 reactions Comments3 replies
exercise...So every bit of exercise you do is an investment in your ability to do things you enjoy....Reactions 0 reactions Comments4 replies
exercise...So every bit of exercise you do is an investment in your ability to do things you enjoy....Reactions 0 reactions Comments4 replies