COPD & Emphysema Support Group
COPD is a progressive disease characterized by airflow obstruction or limitation. Emphysema is characterized by loss of elasticity of the lung tissue, destruction of structures supporting the alveoli and of capillaries feeding the alveoli. Both have symptoms that include shortness of breath, among other respiratory troubles. If you are a COPD or Emphysema sufferer, join...
Well I know i have chronic brinchitis. I ALSO KNOW I HAVE COPD. I just don't know how bad and i'm so afarid too find out.I NEED TO HAVE A LUNG X RAY,but i will not ask my doctor for one.why! I'Mnot sure of that answere except too say may-be I'm scared of the e word! i can work which requries a lot of walking.I can play/w my dogs i can still dance i can do a lot of things I feel that ppl w/ copd can't do and others can. it's just sooooo scary for me!I take primetenes over the counter medicine at times but they make me really shaky I also have an inhaler which wks sometimes but not when i get the bronchitis when i go to the doctors they make me blow into this tube of some sort and it comes bk reading 97 or 98 not sure what that even means but from what the nurses say its good.so why do i have so mush trouble breathing at certain times.? why do i have bronchitis so often at least twice a yr and its badddd.when does a person have too go on oxgen?????????? any advice would be truly appreciated. PLEAS BE HONEST W/ME.TKS SO MUCH
LINDA
LINDA
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If you blow 97/98 on a pft...which is what you are doing at the doc office..you are good to go..if you are concerned ask for a referral to a pulmonologist but if i blew that I would dance my way out the door as fast as I could. I blow 28%...so thank your lungs..they seem to be in good shape..maybe some immune problem or other health issues can make u short of breath. Ask your doc?
bun113
The description of yourself is exactly how I was 2 years ago. Now I need oxygen, and all kinds of medications. I kept smoking when they told me I shouldn't. Please walk through the fear and have the xray. I was afraid too but I wish I had done it the stage you're at. You can stop the progression of the disease. It's good to hear from you.
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