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- Hi everyone. Gwapo's post and rcar's reply about Arcapta prompted this question.I live in the Midwest. I was at Mayo in Minnesota this summer and the pulmy nurse didn't know about Arcapta.I asked the pharmacist at my pulmonary rehab program the...
- Went to a new pulmonologist today. He answered questions and offered information. This is much different than my other pulmy and I am happy about that.He did give me a sample of Symbicort to take as well as my Spiriva stating he hoped it would help...
- I find myself waking up about 3 a.m. morning being somewhat short of breath. I am on oxygen at night 2 ml. When I get up in the morning I have more mucous production and I have to work harder to get it to come up. Most of the time there is a small...
- 2 ignorant questions regarding COPD exercise guidelines:Why is it important to wait an hour and a half after eating to exercise and also, I read that you shouldn't lay down after exercise?Very curious as I have not been following these as I didn't...
- Is anybody here on DS besides Deb using Arcapta? If so, is it helpful?
- Just wondering if anybody had experience with either of these and any opinions about if it helps sleeping with COPD.
- I just got back from a 4 day visit to Mayo due to extremely high liver enzymes of unknown origin that my family dr. thought might be a hepatopulmonary process.The good news is that my enzymes have come down a lot and are now only 2x what they are...
- I saw postings from May of this year from RVS2, CTwuser and pattyh989. I am a 51 year old female. I was diagnosed with scoliosis at age 12 or 13. Nothing was done about it at the time. I've struggled with back and muscle pain since my 20's,...
- Hi everyone,I'm going to Mayo at Rochester next week due to a bout of acute hepatitis of unknown origin. Viral A,B, C negative, but my liver enzymes were way way high last month. My family dr. is also having me see a neurologist and a pulmonologist....
- Not a member of this board yet but would really appreciate any advice. In a routine blood test 5/25/12 ALT and AST came back extremely high. Retest the next week and they went up again. Normal 32 or so on both and my readings were like 1100 and 532....
- In addition to my COPD and emphysema, discovered I have something serious going on with my liver.Had routine blood work done the Thurs. before Memorial Day and had a crown put on my tooth the next day. Got an abcessed tooth and was on antibiotics....
- Are there any older (age 35 +) Aspies on this board?
- For those who have had their esophogus stretched/dilated during an endoscopy, do you know if this is something that can be done more than once?2 yrs ago I had an endoscopy and they found strictures/spasms but no esophogitis. They stretched my...
- Does anybody else ever have trouble with the handihaler? Some days I put my capsule in and inhale and the whoosh sound will be barely audible. I can tap the inhaler and still get the same thing. Feels like it's not doing much and I wonder if I am...
- I was diagnosed with a hiatal hernia 3 yrs ago along with COPD . 2 years ago I had an endoscopy and was diagnosed with GERD and given Omeprazole. No Barrett's or esophogitis. They did stretch my esophogus. Told I had esophogeal spasms. Had my...