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  • About Me

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    Gerrie

    Female, 68
    NC, USA
    Member since February 13, 2008

    • About Me

      I am 66 years old, have emphysema. Am on oxygen 24/7. Love animals. like to read message boards. Just found this one . Love to see how others are coping with this disease.

      I am 66 years old, have emphysema. Am on oxygen 24/7. Love animals. like to read message boards. Just found this one . Love to see how others are coping with this disease.

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    • Journal Entry for June 17, 2008

      Mood June 17, 2008 7:54pm

      I guess I should have put my previous entry under breast cancer but I haven't joined  it yet and just wanted to tell someone my tests turned …
    • Journal Entry for June 17, 2008

      Mood June 17, 2008 7:33pm

      I got my bloodwork back from the oncologist lab today and my cea was 4.3 which is good.  It will be five years in September since I had a …
    • Journal Entry for June 4, 2008

      Mood June 4, 2008 7:25pm

      Spent this afternoon at the doctor's.  Yearly physical.  Everything checked out ok.  Last week it was my pulmonary doctor  …

    • Journal Entry for May 12, 2008

      Mood May 12, 2008 7:30pm

      Last night was rough.  The wind was blowing so hard the power went out twice. Had to switch to my liquid oxygen,the first time it went …
    • Journal Entry for April 20, 2008

      Mood April 20, 2008 7:17pm

      OK Here goes.  I feel better today.  I tried the Ayr saline gel that SassyMe recommended and it  really helped me.  I guess it …

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      From brendaQ November 6

      Good morning gerrie, i have just got back on here, my computer was down, well i hope everything is all right, i have been busy doing everything with this computer, lighting got it , so i had to get another brain, but how are you doing? i hope you are fine, boy its just right around the conner,oh its christmas again, so what are you been doing with your self? boy i missed talking with you , write when you can, hope to hear from you soon, lots of hugs, love always brenda from ""A"L

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      From brendaQ September 26

      Hello GERRIE, i thought i would send you some chocolate ,i know its been a while sents we chated, i hope this letter fines you well, for us we are fine, we will be glad to see the sun , this rain ,its enough for now, so what you been doing with your self?me, i had to get my shots in my back again, and i had one of those bad head aches for five days, and i had to go to the docter for it , and there gave me two shots to , but that was before my shots i got in my back, and then i had to get my flu shot to, so i have had it with shots for one month, what do you think of that, but my dog{maxs} has had some thing wrong with him to, when he walks ,his hip goes out , so i have to take care of him to , boy its hard with to men in the house , maxs wants me to wait on him to ,like i wait on mr,lewis , can you belive that, well its true to, but any way , maxs has to get his hip fix, but it wouldn't work, cause he is ten years old, and the docter says it would'nt work ,cause of his age, but i am thankfull for the time i have with him, he is my baby boy, and he is how only son, we call him , but any way , i thought i would drope you a few lines , to tell you you are not forgoten, and it would be nice to hear from you to , well i am going to go bowling on my computer for a while ,and then sents there an't any thing on tv ,so i guss i will go to bed after i take my med, i really miss hearing from you , lots of hugs, love always brenda from "AL" lewis_brenda@att.net

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      From brendaQ August 22

      hello gerrie, i got your message ,a while ago, i was very glad to hear from you , i glad you got over that cold, its bad in the summer, so whats been going on with you besides that, i know you had a birthday , i did to the 20th of aug, i turned 50, i hope you had a good birthday , what did you get? i got a bubble bath set , and went to captal D"s for fish and shimp, boy it was really good, i injoyed myself , mr'lewis did that for me , and his birthday was 18teen of aug, i gave him a birthday party the 15, and all his kids came , and there gave him a 32inch tv, one of the flat screen 's that is updated, he was very surspised, but any way i have really missed talking with you , my litte dog has been sick, he has hip auter, when he walks his hip goes out , and hurts him, he hadn't eat in 3days, untill today this after noon, and he wouldn't drink water either, but he is a little better now, yes i took him to his docter, he gave me med for him , but i have to give it to him with a spoom , and there gave him a shot to, but i think he will be all right , it will take time , he is 70 years old in real life , but his dog years is 10 years old, so i have to be carefull with him, i love him so much, he is my baby boy, i will miss him if he goes away from me, but any way i better go and check on him , he want go out side much any more, i hope you are well now , and you will write to me more , cause i miss you , lots of hugs , love always brenda from "A"L" lewis_brenda@att.net

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      From brendaQ July 29

      hello gerrie, i haven't heard from you in a while, i hope you are feeling good, we are haven't a lot of rain here , are you getting any rain there? well i hope you are fine, for me i have been working out in the yard last week , and got in to some poison oak and ivy but i got a shot cause of it , and boy its a mess , i have to get the yard clean, cause of how birthday praty the 15 of aug, yea, i will be a big 5 0 , boy i am getty old, but i just feel like a spring chickern, ha'ha' i thought you get a kick out of that , well lots of hugs, hope to hear from you soon ,you know my e-mail has changed here it is again ,love always brenda from ""A"L" lewis_brenda@att.net

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      From brendaQ July 14

      hello gerrie, i guss you are surspise to hear from me, well there is a lot has happen , frist my computer has been dowen, and i had to get all new antiverus , and it would not take my screen name are my pass word, so i had to get a new one , here is it at the botton of this page , well also i have been trying to get back on here at this site, cause i really do enjoy it so very much, and i finely did the other day , but all of my jounal and every thing, i don't have it no more, so i had to dig a little, so i founded you , there is so much i want to tell you , but how are you doing? i hope you are doing fine, i go to the docter wed, to get my shots for my back, and i will be glad to , cause with this rain comes in , i hurt bad, but i will be better with the help with the good lord, mr.lewis 's breathing an't doing to good, but he has is good days and his bad days, but i know you know what thats like, but it's good talking to you , boy i missed you , can you write me later, i will be back on about seven, it would be so good to talk with you , have you got this chat thing dowen pat yet/ i haven't my self, but it would be good if we could talk on line, but any way i am listerning to the radio, its coun'ty to it good, i just love my country, but any way talk to you later, lots of hugs , love always brenda from'A'L' LEWIS_BRENDA@att.net

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    • Close COPD & Emphysema

      have had emphysema for several years now. i am on oxygen 24/7. don't get out much so thought it would be good to have friends who were battling the same thing I am

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      Advair Working / Worked
      seems to be working
      Albuterol Working / Worked
      use it as a backup
      Atrovent Working / Worked
      use 3 times a day. no side effects
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