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The NHLBI (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute) has a regular newsletter. This issue has several articles regarding Long Covid and research that's being done as well as other interesting information. Here's the address to subscribe: (Email address can only be seen by MyCOPDTeam users)
It's worth a good look.........
Thanks Jean
Saw this on Facebook. Sure would be nice just having a one sided cannula. I'm going to ask my Dr. about it tomorrow. They even have them on Amazon.
Love to hear if anyone has tried it.
They are WONDERFUL. You don't even know you have it on the one side and the other side you have no hose. Great for clostrophobic people like myself. Also I sleep in mine too so I'm not laying on… read more
I had my power go out last night, but just the flicker a couple of times kind, just to mess up your clocks, and my Inogen at-home concentrator shut down. I didn't even think about it for a long time and then realized it was too quiet. It was a little scary I didn't notice sooner. I would think there might be an alarm but there's not. Does anyone who has the bigger rental Invacare or other brands have an alarm for this?
I don’t know that I could lift the oxygen tanks, @A MyCOPDTeam Member. How about a generator as well as solar power to back up the main electrical power sources?
As for burning up a concentrator… read more
My mum in living in Ireland and has been told she is in the final stage of COPD, I am living in Canada and I feel she has never really been offered any trials or procedures other than oxygen, neutralizers. morphine and the antibiotics when she has an infection. I have been told the medical field is more advanced on this side of the world, can you suggest how we could have her case reviewed to see if alternative treatment should be offered or if she is on the correct medication. I her and read of… read more
Hello Viv
I have severe copd and the major problem for me is chronic bronchitis. Coughing up thick sticky mucus was a major problem for my breathing. It,s been this way for years
My niece,… read more
I don’t understand when people say they are on oxygen 24/7, then talk about mowing the yard or working in the garden. I have to sleep with mine on, and wear all day. I have a portable one that I have to use just anytime I leave the house. I check my oximeter often and can leave it off taking a shower. It’s even hard to cook with the tubing!!
Yip keep going till yer get calling card lol 😂
@A MyCOPDTeam Member the passing out is in Colorado. I do have what they call absent seizures now, or partial seizures. I can feel them coming on and if I can sit down I can come out of it.