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Very Helpful Info. Question: When You Inhale The Medication, Would It Help To Hold It In For A Second Or 2 Before Exhaling?

By A MyCOPDTeam Member 16 answers

What COPD Symptoms Keep You Up At Night?

By A MyCOPDTeam Member 84 answers

What Are Your Top Tips For Dealing With COPD In The Heat?

By A MyCOPDTeam Member 110 answers

Why Did The Type On This Site Get So Much Smaller? Is It Just My Computer Or Did Everyone Get Shrunk Down?

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Has Anyone Used CBD Gummies For COPD? THe One Advertised On Shark Tank(NuFarm) Sounds Too Good To Be True, So Probably Is.

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Santa Fe, NM

I thought I would check in with all of you to see if you have had results. I sleep with the oxygen concentrater, take Trelegy & Albuterol & use the oxygen tanks when I exercise. Would love to know if they work. Tried CBD oil a few years back but did neither good nor bad after 4 months!
I know I will get honest answers her.
Thanks so much in advance for any help .
Hope you all had a nice Christmas & wishing everyone a healthier New Year.

A MyCOPDTeam Member

It’s a TRICK!!! Igot it and wz signed up automatically for ongoing orders I signed for 1 bottle at $35. Got 6 bottles plus face cream and oil for $495. Omg don’t do it .
No refund NO RETURNS

January 2

Thanks Everyone For The Hugs. I Really Needed Them Today.

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Chicago, IL
A MyCOPDTeam Member

Thank you. I've been pretty crabby with them when I get sob. But they know I love them all.

December 29, 2023

I Have A Battery Pack For A Caire Portable Oxygen Unit. I Am Willing To Take Any Offer To Get Rid Of It. I No Longer Have That Unit.

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Sugar Grove, PA
A MyCOPDTeam Member

I donated my battery pack to a local pharmacy so they might find someone who really needs it. I have the Inogen now, and I find that it's battery life seems to run low quicker than the Cair unit.

March 14

Lately I've Been Getting Sick To My Stomach And The Smell Of Food Makes Me Want To Vomit Does Anyone Else Have This Condition,?

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Waltham, MA
A MyCOPDTeam Member

Stress and depression are my worst enemies. I sleep a lot as an escape and food just isn’t interesting. Talk to your pulmonologist about it. He gave me lorazepam. I take 1/2 of a 5mg pill. It helps.

December 27, 2023

Does Anybody Else Get Body Tremors. I'm Wondering If It's My Inhalers Causing This?

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Roodepoort, ZA
A MyCOPDTeam Member

My original lung doctor couldn't use a particular inhaler (he had asthma) because it made him shaky

December 25, 2023

COPD Stages And Life Expectancy

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Goderich, ON
A MyCOPDTeam Member

Life expectancy has way more to do with what you do than with anything else. Exercise, good diet and eating habits, hydration, a positive attitude and an active social life will do more to keep you… read more

December 22, 2023

Anybody Else Dealing With Severe Copd?

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Rayville, LA
A MyCOPDTeam Member

Ask your doc about morphine; it helps with the "air hunger" some people experience.

December 21, 2023

I Am Starting On Antibiotics 3 Times A Week Idefinite. Does This Help Shortness Of Breath Or Just Infection?

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Bowling Green, KY
A MyCOPDTeam Member

Thank you Jean. It is azithromycin 500 MG

December 21, 2023

Stages Of COPD, I Don’t Know Of One Person Who Has Been Diagnosed With COPD To Be Told What Stage They At

A MyCOPDTeam Member asked a question 💭
Essex, UK

1. Is lung function the same as spirometry lung %
2. Does the stage correlate to Bronchitis or Emphysema
3. As spirometry has been withdrawn in our area for monitoring purposes, also in some areas isn’t available at all, how do we know
4. Do we gauge our health and wellness on
A) health
B) wellness
C) ability.
5. How many have access to respiratory nurses?
6. Does your (annual) COPD review have more than a question and answer session.
I have mild COPD apparently with a lung capacity of 33%… read more

A MyCOPDTeam Member

Neither do I , I know in the UK we don’t use the term staged
Take care
Eric x

December 21, 2023

I Have Copd CHF And Other Chronic Illnesses.

A MyCOPDTeam Member asked a question 💭
Amherst, VA
A MyCOPDTeam Member

I was diagnosed with COPD in 2008, then lung cancer 2019 and had the top lobe of my right lung removed. Yesterday I had my 4 year review with my surgeon after scans. All is well and he was very… read more

December 22, 2023
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