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Gill @Gilljane (2897) • Sutton, England 6 Oct 23

Hello mylotters It is 21C and the time is 18:10PM We are due to have a hot weekend Here is another song, Amy Winehouse. Black to Black She died at such a young age Apparently she had developed COPD in her 29s Here is the...

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FUM

celticeagle @celticeagle (189792) • Boise, Idaho 20 May 23

I am always looking for something to help my daughter to quit smoking. She has tried to stop many times and has not as yet been successful. She has been a smoker since she was 11 and I worry about her getting COPD and/or...

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I Just Saw Leonard Nimoy's Wife's Commercial Against COPD

CommandaManda @Allyouneedislove (35) • Alachua, Florida 17 Jun 19

Wow, I'm floored. I'd never seen a picture of Leonard Nimoy (best known for his role as Spock in Star Trek) in a wheelchair, hooked up to oxygen. His wife made a commercial that said "Leonard was always worried about lung cancer....

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The good,The bad, and the Humid

bonnie @bunnybon7 (50970) • Holiday, Florida 4 Jun 19

So today was ghastly hot here. yes that wet heat that makes people like me gasp for every breath. Worse since I started this awful sweating and chilling even back when it was cold out still. One good thing, daughter...

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Air Care

Gus Kilthau @Ceerios (4698) • Goodfellow, Texas 14 Aug 17

Air Care - I am one of the many who quit smoking, but the effects of too much tobacco smoke have lingered around over the years. Here's a headline I saw on "The Drudge Report" just today - [i]"Willie Nelson Cuts Concert Short...

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I Don't Know Who Will Be Around...

Catherine @bluesa (15022) • Johannesburg, South Africa 11 Jul 17

I don't know who will be around this time of the day, because I am usually here much later in the day, but it will be interesting to find out. I am here a little earlier due to the fact that I just did an all nighter for the...

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Does anyone here have COPD? I was just diagnosed.

dragon54u @dragon54u (31633) • United States 7 Jan 17

Well, kind of. The doctor is guessing since I can't afford the tests--breathing capacity, CBC and other blood tests, and a couple more I can't remember plus an X-ray. I don't have insurance. After 40 years of smoking (I'm 62...

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My nurse was here

Charlene Sally Collins @OreoBrownie (3755) • Commerce, Georgia 22 Aug 16

I've been having a terrible time with tremors of my hands and fingers. I thought I was getting parkinsons disease, but I know I don't. My nurse thinks it is overall weakness from the COPD. She is putting me on a low dose of...

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Air Pollution in the USA

Nanette Piotrowski @nanette64 (20363) • Fairfield, Texas 21 Apr 16

It's scary to think that 5 in 10 people have to live with air pollution levels that are too dangerous. In my county (Freestone, Tx), the population is 19,762 and the levels of asthma, COPD and cardiovascular disease affect 13,877...

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When My Mother Passed Away

Sandra_Hatfield @Sandra_Hatfield (175) • United States 23 May 12

It was about three years ago when my mother passed away. It just broke my heart when I had to say good bye for the last time. She was my life. She was the only one I ever went to for everything. I had friends but my mother was...

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i cannot eat chocolate any more!

cher913 @cher913 (25781) • Canada 17 May 12

which makes me very sad because i love the stuff. however, i find that chocolate thickens the mucus in my throat. although not a smoker, i have the start of COPD and i find that this is quite bothersome! is there any food that you...

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Super Letdown

Sandy @velvet53 (24417) • Palisade, Colorado 14 Mar 12

I was geared up and ready to go on a year trip with my boyfriend only to be let down. I have COPD and he used that as an excuse not to take me. I had everything packed, plans made for my son to watch my dog, everything. I am...

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HELP **** How Do You Keep Oxygon Cool ???????

Snowqueen @snowqueen200802 (1463) • United States 21 Jul 10

I have COPD and a couple of weeks ago I was put on oxygen. I have a oxygen tank (guess that's what you call it) and it's make the oxygen, and a back up one just in case the lights go out. Now, I up to my question, because it's...

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I have been thinking a lot lately

Gabs @gabs8513 (48686) • United Kingdom 8 Nov 09

As my Friends here know I have emphasema, COPD and a couple of other Isssues I was diagnosed with this Illness 6 years ago, I was bullied out of my 8 year Job because of it, which caused a few Breakdowns while fighting the...

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Emphysema COPD

kneeshka123 @kneeshka123 (392) 7 Sep 09

In January of this year I became very breathless. A 10 minute walk was taking me up to 45 mminutes, so I went to my GP. I was told I had Asthma, although I had never had this before and was now 49. Every 3 days I continued to go...

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Losing an Online Friend

Wyldrose @Wyldrose (1216) • United States 12 Dec 08

Have any of you ever lost an online friend? Someone who you have been talking to for weeks, or months or even years and have gotten to know on a personal basis? I had a friend like that. We talked on line for ten years. We never...

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Is Chronic Obstructive Disease just another name for COPD?

Paula1966 @Paula1966 (1102) • United States 19 Nov 08

My husband, who has never smoked, just got back from the pulmonary specialist today. He has a persistent cough, and felt fluid building up. He brought it up to the doctor about a month ago, but the doctor didn't detect any fluid...

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Do you suffer from C.O.P.D.?

commanderxo @commanderxo (1494) • Canada 1 Sep 08

Chronic Obstructive Pulminary Disorder...the smoker's nightmare. If you too suffer from this, what type(s) of medication are you taking for it? My doctor has put me on a monthly regime of: 1-200 dose Salbutimol (Ventolin)...

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Do You Use an Inhaler Often?

Joyce110 @Joyce110 (27) • United States 11 Jul 08

If you have to use an inhaler often, you must have them handy at all times. But the Biggest Problem is not knowing, if you have run out of doses. I have found a solution to this problem. It is www.Counterstrip.com, they sell...

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children with asthma

tess1960 @tess1960 (2385) • United States 3 Jan 08

During our family Christmas gathering on Dec.29th my nephew seemed out of it. He is 11 years old and usually jolly, cheerful, rambunctious, bossy, into everything, and just an all around fun kid. That day he kept complaining of a...

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