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What’s Your Trick For Enjoying Holiday Treats And Staying On Track? 🎃

By A MyCOPDTeam Member 25 answers

What's On Your Holiday Wish List That Could Improve Your Life With COPD?

By A MyCOPDTeam Member 55 answers

Measuring Steps

By A MyCOPDTeam Member 54 answers

Okay, How Many Minutes Does Your Nebulizer Run When Using A Standard 3ml Plastic Vial Of Whatever Liquid Is Prescribed For You?

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How Many People In The Lynchburg Area Are Walking In The Mall Weekly? I’d Like To Join Please.

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Amherst, VA

LUNG CAPACITY AND FUNCTION

A MyCOPDTeam Member asked a question 💭
Calhoun Falls, SC

i have lost some of my lung capacity and function maybe from health declining {copd } or due to the fact that i stop walking and doing breathing exercising . if i start back exercising and walking is it possible to gain that lung capacity and fuction back or is it gone for good

A MyCOPDTeam Member

You may not be able to improve your PFT results, but you can definitely improve your ability to function with exercise. Even if the numbers don't improve, if you can do more and be more comfortable… read more

December 20, 2023

How Been Seeing A Lot Of Advertisement About Cbd Gummies Helping With Copd . Has Any Person On Here Ever Tried Them And Got Positive Result

A MyCOPDTeam Member asked a question 💭
Calhoun Falls, SC
A MyCOPDTeam Member

It’s a fraud !

January 2

Oxygen

A MyCOPDTeam Member asked a question 💭
Lincoln, CA

I'm doing the COPD rehab thing and just finding out that the portable oxygen concentrators you buy from indogen and other places aren't adequate. The number on the machine are just settings not a flow meter. So what does everyone use? Sorry this is so long.

A MyCOPDTeam Member

I think you misunderstood something or need to check your information sources, @A MyCOPDTeam Member.

While the oxygen flow rate varies per equipment specifications, there is a huge difference between… read more

December 19, 2023

Escessive Perspiration

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Florida cc
A MyCOPDTeam Member

It was the same with me! Never had hot flashes. Now I guess it's pay back for our original ease with aging as I am now at the end of my 70's.

December 18, 2023

Wondering What Is The Correlation Between Copd And Insomnia

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Cowan MB
A MyCOPDTeam Member

Some people with COPD do have trouble sleeping. If you do, it's a good idea to discuss this with your PCP or your pulmonologist or both to see what treatments could be helpful. It's important that… read more

December 17, 2023

Is Anyone On Hospice Or Palliative Care?

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Warthen, GA
A MyCOPDTeam Member

first I was on pallative care and now I am on hospice care-they brought all my equipment to me and do all my meds-shower lady twice a week and nurse visits 2 times a week they are very kind and are… read more

January 25

When You Use An Oximeter Do You Get Different Readings On Different Hands Using The Middle Finger Or The Ring Finger?

A MyCOPDTeam Member asked a question 💭
Benton City, WA

My hands are usually cold but I do warm them up. I often get very different readings between my right and left hands😐. At times I have to use my ring finger on my left hand to get a reading.

A MyCOPDTeam Member

I think it might make me paranoid, as Erik said 😟 Although I sometimes forget I am supposed to be on 02, and yesterday I started feeling kind of anxious, so I sat on the couch and checked and my sat… read more

December 24, 2023

How Would Sea Level Help With Sever COPD As Apposed To Being At 5,000 Ft.

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Coquille, OR
A MyCOPDTeam Member

HiImalayan salt inhaler may help with breathing

December 17, 2023

Does High Humidity Affect Your Breathing? The Humidity Is Very High In Chicago. I'm Having A Hard Time Breathing. Lately, That's Nothing

A MyCOPDTeam Member asked a question 💭
Chicago, IL

new but today is even worse.

A MyCOPDTeam Member

I also have a difficult time with humidity. I have a small electric fan that helps.

January 6
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