Great information. I am Stage 4 copd with emphysema. I was on life support twice 8 years ago. I quit smoking in 2008 and was put on life support in 2014. Went through 12 weeks of rehab. Then I joined an Adult Wellness Center to exercise. In 2015 my breathing capacity was at 23%. A year later I did another Pulmonary Function Test and it showed 28%. My Pulmonologist was pretty happy with me. I did another Test in 2021 that showed my breathing capacity at 31%. So I know exercise is a huge benefit for us. Now I need to be using my Spirometer more and my breathing device. Another thing I would like to mention that has really helped me with getting Mucus up and out is the Aerobika. The hospitals call it a Flutter Device. It works like a charm when I am having some difficulty with coughing up the mucus. I also have a lot of Faith in God!

@just.8797

Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it!!!

@ReverseCOPD

Жыл бұрын

Mucus contains large amounts of sulfur. Sulfur molecules form di-sulfide bonds with each other. This causes the mucus to clump together making it difficult, even impossible to cough up and out of the lungs. NAC breaks the di-sulfide bonds essentially liquefying the mucus allowing the patient to cough it up and out of the lungs.

@tekoa1998

Жыл бұрын

@@ReverseCOPDhave been diagnosed with COPD and if so how long?

@elvis7229

5 ай бұрын

​@@ReverseCOPD yes it does it changed my life I'm sure after years of poorly control ashma I was on the way to c,o,p,d n.a.c saved me can't speak highly enough about it.

@gordonwong1515

5 ай бұрын

G .v​@@elvis7229

gives me hope hearing stories liike these thankyou

Doing what he is saying plus using The Breather" has greatly improved my lung capacity.

Worried about this myself. Having copd and concerned if my time is near

@homerehabnetwork

Жыл бұрын

Hi Gidget, We really appreciate you sharing your experience with COPD, and we recognize your concern. If you would like to speak to us directly, especially regarding our COPD resources or how pulmonary rehabilitation can help, you may call Brianna who handles referrals and enrollment at 410-871-4601, Extension 70. Just know you are not alone!

@gbwildlifeuk8269

Жыл бұрын

Gidget, you can live for 20 years and more with copd. Its similar to diabetes in regard to you have to learn how to manage it. Exercise is the key, sit to stand, step ups, walking, (uphill and brisk on the flat). DONT sit around doing nothing!

Thank you for the great information!

Great attempt at sharing information. Thank you. Please, learn to talk to lay people that do not know the lingo that you're commonly comfortable in. I promise to work on my exercises. You made some great points. Thank you.

I love this man🌼🥀

Thank you I'm one that thought I was at my end. Being 70. I do inhalers and take Boost oxgen in can when needed. But I refused to go on oxgen. I will be call in the health team here. 🙏🕊

@lisab.3311

7 ай бұрын

Why no oxygen?

My dad just passed from this…finding out. He didn’t tell us, he lived 3 hours away and wasn’t doing what he was supposed to be doing 💔 still smoking, no oxygen. Please tell your loved ones so they can help you. He could have had more time 😩

@dawnegan3984

2 ай бұрын

With COPD you should have known how sick we are not going to spell it out for you you didn't care enough I'm going through the same thing now with my family seeing someone with COPD you can tell you are ill and you have known him all your life RIP DAD 🌼🕊️🌼🕊️🌼🕊️

@nonyabiness4023

2 ай бұрын

@@dawnegan3984 don’t judge me! You have no idea! He blamed it on long covid. I asked him if he was okay and he was lying to us. I just lost a son and fought cancer. I couldn’t just go over there to a different state! Don’t judge. How was I supposed to know!?

@dawnegan3984

2 ай бұрын

@@nonyabiness4023 I am sorry maybe he thought it was long covid it hard to find a GP THESE DAYS SORRY ONCE AGAIN 💟a good GP I MENT

Can someone with copd get disability insurance? (SSDI) I'm stage 4 on oxygen and am having extreme difficulty doing my job without help. Jim oklahoma.

@charlyloman8837

5 ай бұрын

YES YOU CAN

@nonyabiness4023

2 ай бұрын

My dad was getting it! Good luck to you! 🫶🏽

Yes

Nonsense -- all of us who are older are " close to the end of our lives " and our own mortality looms large. I am an old man ( mid-seventies ) and in good health but I am looking at the final years -- which will come soon enough . I read these comments and I am filled with profound sorrow when I read about your maladies and poor health . Living with COPD sounds like a type of walking death -- and I don`t wish suffering on any person ( or animal ). And your final years should be as vibrant , healthy and hopeful as possible . I am also pissed --- pissed that I had to put up with self righteous smokers all my life who subjected me to their stench and smoke -- smokers who became angry when I told them their smoke kept me from enjoying a meal or an outing Hundreds of times in my life I have fled a restaurant or another venue when the smoke became unbearable or smokers wanted to fight when they were politely asked not to smoke around me or my child with asthma.Smokers never cared about my health or enjoyment --- but now that they have COPD --- health is important .Health is and was ALWAYS important to some of us --- but smokers didn`t care about my health --- or theirs. Many of you reading this will recognize yourself --- you may be the militant smoker who will fight for his " right " to smoke or you may be a non - smoker who often kept silent simply to keep the peace.

Feels like it in winter UK x 5/6 months.. Now government penalise sufferers from taking holidays in warmer climates to alleviate it.. Bit like goldilocks extreme heat can also affect asthma/copd. Many have never smoked and worked hard throughout their life.

@dragonwithagirltattoo598

6 ай бұрын

Just because someone smokes doesn’t mean they don’t work hard.

I am on oxygen 24/7. Stage 2-3 I still have difficulty breathing when slightly active will I get better?

I'm just here because I'm a hypochondriac, I really don't need to be but the way illness anxiety works is, well at least for me I obsess on an illness like ALS, Cancer, COPD etc, right now my fixation is emphysema. With all that out of the way, great video!!

@rosemaryhirneisen7705

8 ай бұрын

Ah don't worry if I told u all my stuff u would go nuts,seriously 2 brain anoryism s it's been 9 yrs an I still got um,congenital, wanted to do surgery ,but I told um I was drink er,alcoholic sober now 2 yrs 5 hr surgery an they said I would die ,cause they give u alot of narcotics, an u could or will die the shakes,an it's from having the surgery, I didn't even like the fact they open up part of skull,either, I'm still here if it kills me like busts, I have they say the worst headache in my life,yikes! It doesn't scare me no more after being around sick peaple an having cood on oxygen I'm more worried about that,cause u get tired more easily an that that on oxygen just at night,

@melaniewalker5226

8 ай бұрын

😂😂 we all have a bit of Hypochondria in us in my 0pinon.

@rosemaryhirneisen7705

7 ай бұрын

@@melaniewalker5226 yea I know, mine is real my niebor next dr is that an a narcissist, I'm strong then other people, hey when covic came I never I the jab I didn't get paranoid, I even saw my son.an 2 people I know got the jab both ended up in the hospital an 1 died,only paranoid people are weak

I agree with you i feel like going on oxgen its the beginning of the end

Every day we are closer

@Cor6196

Жыл бұрын

Pessimist!😂

@annthompson3246

Жыл бұрын

So is everyone though Pee Wii 😢

@KevinKenna-wv6qx

2 ай бұрын

to a cure. Everyday we are closer to a cure. There , finished the sentence for you !

I have to wear a bipap to keep co2 out of my lungs. Anytime I sleep I have to wear one. They called my family in June 2023. I didn't die. Am I about to die 😢😢

@umesh978

4 ай бұрын

Hey buddy are you there ?

Can i still scuba dive with early onset copd/ emphysema ?

@seeadler3233

Ай бұрын

NO -- early onset COPD and emphysema can cause air to become trapped in the alveoli -- and trapped air can cause an air embolism . I am a former SCUBA instructor ( over 20 years ) -- however I am not a doctor and you should direct your question to a diving physician. DAN can steer you to a diving physician in your area. I have ( reluctantly ) turned away many many potential customers who had a fistful of dollars and a great desire to dive -- but their health made diving risky . Best of luck to you and STAY HEALTHY ! Good health is EVERYTHING. Below -- From DAN ( Divers Alert Network ) "Unfortunately, COPD is a contraindication to diving for several reasons. With COPD, there are abnormal enlargements of the air spaces in the lungs and destruction of the air sac (alveoli) walls, reducing their elasticity. The alveolar walls are normally elastic like a balloon. A balloon expands when you breathe into it, but the walls are ready to recoil and expel the air, which is how normal alveoli function. With reduced elasticity, it is more like breathing into a plastic bag. It expands, but the walls do not actively force out the air. Any air remaining in the alveoli creates a much higher potential for pulmonary barotrauma. "

I'm wondering how long a person can live on oxygen

@just.8797

Жыл бұрын

It depends what your specific disease is because (COPD) is an all encompassing term. If you have worsening emphysema you probably won't live as long with someone who has chronic bronchitis which is much more "liveable"

@maryjaneferguson2711

Жыл бұрын

I have a friend who's been on oxygen for close to 25 years...like he says oxygen, we are all breathing it. He works out hard. He has had emphysema since 1992...he calls himself Willie, Jr..

@judithkcolbert8483

7 ай бұрын

Great info

Why do they have to put a trap in your throat

Can a person have copd and have 97 percent oxygen levels

@heinmolenaar6750

8 ай бұрын

Yes it can

@alcantwell

6 күн бұрын

Yes, and I do. Sometimes even 99.

What ready u have to have to get put on oxygen

@homerehabnetwork

Жыл бұрын

Feel free to give our Patient Coordinators a call at 410-871-4601 and they'll be able to help you.

🎉I. Just. Wanted. A. Video. On. Oxygen. What. Is. Your. Level. To. Breath. Mine. Is. 87. Is. This. Hood

@rosemaryhirneisen7705

8 ай бұрын

I've been on oxygen at night only for 10 yrs. It's set at the o2..... I did the home sleep study 2 night study. Says I have mild sleep apnea, 11 episodes at night pulmonary dr want me to use that ccap? I wonder what stage I'm in hopefully I'll find out in November plus I got six lung nodule s ,rescan in November hade to wait a year,I'm not worried, I just turned 61 it's all from smoking, I was warned when I was young cause I was born with bronchitis, now I have chronic bronchitis with copd,

@rosemaryhirneisen7705

7 ай бұрын

Mine goes down to 72 at night when I sleep, next yr it will be 10 yrs on oxygen at night ,wonder how long I got till its 24 ,7 on oxygen every one is different, copd w chronic bronchitis an I was born with bronchitis

I just found out i have this dont known stage seeing a specialist next month im i going die

@dstarkspp

11 ай бұрын

Ask your doctor

@lonezehra6430

9 ай бұрын

Copd is Not a death sentence U can live a healthy life with some exercise And diet change

@michellehamer6650

8 ай бұрын

It’s usually a slow process disease .. people can go on till an old age

@diane5593

7 ай бұрын

I have 60 percent oxygen. I won't die, but still have no energy.

@gordonwong1515

5 ай бұрын

😅jj​@@dstarkspp