Tip to avoid panic about valves damage...I do run the tank out of oxygen by not thinking about the level left and find myself out and there next by is a replacement tank....Reactions 0 reactions Comments2 replies
prognosis??...I am not sure she has been offered oxygen but most likely she would refuse if she did. She has got inhalers but I have never seen use one....Reactions 0 reactions Comments3 replies
What next?...I now find myself on oxygen 3 lpm....Reactions 0 reactions Comments1 repliesFlares SymptomsEmphysema
What next?...I now find myself on oxygen 3 lpm....Reactions 0 reactions Comments1 repliesEmphysemaBreathingFlares
Another New COPD & Medication Troubles...Each time my oxygen levels are tested, I have scored 97%!...Reactions 0 reactions Comments4 replies
Diagnosed at 35 with Emphysema and COPD...Will I need to use oxygen in a future as a certainty even if I stop smoking, keep healthy, exercise and keep the disease under control?...Reactions 0 reactions Comments2 replies
Help me understand...wednesday morning, he was struggling to breath, I wasn't there, mom called an ambulance, the doctors came, heart was fine, it was the lungs, they put an oxygen...Reactions 0 reactions Comments1 repliesProgressionDiagnosisCoping
Tools you have that help.... -- JC Updike, Valparaiso IN (COPD patient for more than 20 years and still not on oxygen)...Reactions 0 reactions Comments3 replies
exercise...But exercise has many payoffs, such as helping your body use oxygen better....Reactions 0 reactions Comments4 replies
Living with End Stage Emphysema...They treat me with IV antibiotics and steroids, and high levels of oxygen until my breathing normalizes and then send me home with oral steroids and antibiotics...Reactions 0 reactions Comments34 repliesEnd StageEmphysema
exercise...But exercise has many payoffs, such as helping your body use oxygen better....Reactions 0 reactions Comments4 replies
COPD questions and request advice and help...be accurate. in my At that time of my life, I had 2 episodes of Bronchitis and was told by my then doctor if I did not quit smoking I...Reactions 0 reactions Comments2 repliesCoping
Help, please: Did my dad have COPD?...Apparently dad was having trouble breathing, mom called an ambulance, the doctors came, the heart was fine, it was the lungs, they put him on an oxygen...Reactions 0 reactions Comments4 repliesSymptomsProgressionSmoking
my dad is in the hospital with COPD...Although when he wears the cannula they say his oxygen levels are still normal. So they're pretty sure that part of that is due to anxiety....Reactions 0 reactions Comments7 repliesTips & AdviceEnd StageEmphysema
