Update on Dan & Vicki...So this brings me to the reason for this post. Am I the part of Dan’s problem? I hate to think that I am....Reactions 0 reactions Comments4 repliesDiagnosisCaregivingAwareness
General questions due to copd and sleep apnea ...Or if there any other reasons as to why her breathing stopped before anything else, she was able to get up out of bed and reach her phone....Reactions 0 reactions Comments8 repliesTips & AdviceSleepAwareness
Killer co pays...pay alone ,I use a home vent called trilogy which is a vent for trachea use but also has multi uses for sleep apnea and carbon retention which is the...Reactions 0 reactions Comments1 replies
Fatigue and Cramp...I cannot sleep a full night caused sometimes for no reason and sometimes as a result of coughing which wakes me if I’ve managed to go to sleep....Reactions 0 reactions Comments4 replies
Confused and a little scared...really sure what to make of the unspecified part but he really didn't say much and left me kind of confused as to what is really going on and for...Reactions 0 reactions Comments3 replies
What questions should I ask at my doctor's appointment?...I have been short of breath since my early 50s for no reason....Reactions 0 reactions Comments3 repliesBreathingHealthcare TeamNewly Diagnosed
My treatment of choice!...I am trained as a research psychologist individual organism designs and see no reason to medicate when lifestyle changes that improve my function are working...Reactions 0 reactions Comments6 replies
Medicare Shared Savings Program - ACO,LCC...I can see the reason, but I thought they were going to leave Medicare alone. We've had seven people shot during the marches here last night....Reactions 0 reactions Comments0 replies
How can I improve my test results?...Pulmonary function test report Date of testing: May 25, 2018 Reason for testing: A patient with emphysema....Reactions 0 reactions Comments1 replies
Poor PFT results and young. Scared of COPD....Doctors here thought it was asthma from my symptoms as it mostly came with breathing early morning cold air and seasonal. I thought so too....Reactions 0 reactions Comments6 replies
Help, please: Did my dad have COPD?...The reason why dad minimized it is because he had an accident when he was 19 years old, and it caused a diagragmatic paralysis on his right side; when...Reactions 0 reactions Comments4 repliesSmokingSymptomsProgression
New member, kind of a mess I am...In the past I have had experience with my Father and Mother In Law that had COPD because of other reason, but in the end we are all in...Reactions 0 reactions Comments2 replies
Feeling scared and guilty....A very short backstory to these strong feelings of guilt might be, that for multiple unknown reasons, i got to know my mom at age 10, moved out at...Reactions 0 reactions Comments18 replies
Side Effects of Antibiotics...For whatever reasons, for me, they seem to have become a cure that's worse than the illness. I feel like a rag doll lying in a bar ditch, ruined....Reactions 0 reactions Comments23 repliesSide Effects
FeaturedI Need Your Perspectives...However, I just ran down the street for some unimportant reason, and my lungs felt like garbage so I'm really panicking right now....Reactions 0 reactions Comments5 repliesProgressionTips & AdviceCoping
Urgent advice is needed for our elderly mum with COPD placed on end of life meds...My understanding from UK Column and other such independant media that there is something awry in the NHS regarding elderly persons....Reactions 0 reactions Comments2 repliesCaregivingEnd StageHospice & Palliative Care
