A Letter To My Family About COPD...They suggested that I talk to a therapist about my anxiety, plus I feel depressed some of the time....reactions20comments
The Year Was 1987: My 30 Years with COPD...Expected forced expiratory volume is the volume of air you are expected to expel from your lungs in a given time....reactions5comments
Beyond Exhaustion: How Life Changes with Fatigue...While community members have tried a wide range of prescription and over-the-counter medications, alternative therapies, and lifestyle changes to improve...reactions2comments
7 kids and a budgie...In the last year I have had two respiratory arrests I spent time in the ICU in a coma for few...reactions2comments
Not Always a Placebo! Types of Clinical Trials...Other prevention trials may use new drugs or therapies to try and prevent disease. For example, a vaccine trial to prevent...reactionscomments
Misdiagnosed Often...are fine (will be 87,88) but my body is working so hard to compensate that usually I end up crashing within a...reactions5comments
World Hospice & Palliative Care Day 2020: Voices from the Community...Many community members mentioned palliative care as a holistic treatment where the doctors also serve, in some ways, like therapists –...reactionscomments
Tips for Quitting Smoking...There are even alternative therapies like hypnotism or acupuncture that some former smokers have found to be helpful....reactions3comments
Bronchodilators...Examples of LAMAs include:Combination therapies for COPD contain 2 or more drugs in a single inhaled dose....
A Letter to Our Caregivers...The website for the Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago (RHAMC), lists possible comorbidities as heart disease, osteoporosis, diabetes...reactionscomments
Advantage Of Small Town Hospitals...There’s only 1 or 2 of us therapists. So, we tend to get to know our patients. On the flip side...reactions4comments
New to COPD...Acute respiratory failure with hypoxia 2. COPD exacerbation. They kept me for 5 days. I have been home one week....reactions14comments
More than COPD...pid=383 3/31/2015 Respiratory Failure Sats 79% 4/06/2015 Open Lung Biopsy 4/09/2015 Recovery (Complications Re-incubated). 4/16/2015 Released from...reactions2comments
Never Give Up...I have had respiratory failure five years ago. Spent 4 days on the ventilator....reactions1comment
Not Only My Lungs Part II...There are medications and oxygen therapies that can help. So these are the top five comorbidities that I have, having COPD....reactionscomments
Stem Cell Therapy for COPD: What You Need to Know...When you have a chronic, incurable disease, it's natural to be interested in research and new therapies that might offer hope...reactions7comments
Are there currently any clinical trials for new therapies or stem cell advancements?...Are there currently any clinical trials for new therapies or stem cell advancements?...reactions1reply
Is It Smoking or Silica Dust?...My Respiratory Care Doctor examined my MRI scans & said I had scarring of the lungs, and that it would be...reactions3comments
physical therapists...Would a physical therapist who comes to the home be a good idea for my husband who will not exercise?...reactions5repliesCopingExerciseEnd Stage
Stage 4 and Life Is Good!...I went into respiratory failure, I was put into an induced coma, life support and the waiting began, unknown for weeks...reactions12comments
