C.O.P.D

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By PeeJay

Re: C.O.P.D
Fri 11 Jan 2008 21:51

I was going to say 'no' but that I understood, to a certain extent, where you're coming from but I've just realised I have to say 'yes'. My Mum suffers from it and she has been into hospital recently for oxygen therapy treatment. I tend to forget she has it, except she is always breathless, because she has so many other things wrong with her it is really pushed to one side. A lot of her COPD symptoms could be related to her heart failure. She is 79 in February, suffers from COPD, heart failure, Type 2 diabetes, poliomylagia rheumatica, osteoporosis and, at the moment, ulcerated ankles ..... I think that's it but there may be something I've forgotten - lol!!

Anyway, the reason I decided to reply to your post was because I was diagnosed with COPD myself, back in the summer. I can see that I will be having major problems as the years progress as the drug, initially prescribed, seemed to work quite well for the first few months but now I seem to be back to where I was before I consulted the medics in the first place. Methinks I need to consult again as they did say that they could prescribe other things to help. I will confess it is probably related to smoking for 40 years but I stopped 3 years ago. I spent 2 years waiting for my lung function to improve and realised that it wasn't going to - hence my consulting my GP and going through the tests.

Anyway, I realise that you probably need to chat to ease the pressures on you so I'm happy to chat sometimes as I could do with pressures being eased as well - and it's nowt to do with my COPD!!

By babs50

Re: C.O.P.D
Sat 12 Jan 2008 08:40

hi poppy , it was nice 2 chat last night , hope u come back 2 chatroom again soon xxx

By annam7

Re: C.O.P.D
Sun 13 Jan 2008 21:39

Hi there Poppy. My mother has COPD and I've been looking after her for many years. She is on oxygen therapy and all sorts of medication. I know how you feel as things are extremely difficult for me. I'm here if you ever need to chat.

By ValerieN

Re: C.O.P.D
Wed 16 Jan 2008 17:50

Hi Poppy. My husband had COPD for nine years and died from it a year ago. He never had oxygen therapy because he would`nt stop smoking and they would`nt give it to him until he died. I know its hard to watch your loved one suffer but you have us here on this site to talk to so I hope it will help a little.

By AnneB

Re: C.O.P.D
Tue 22 Jan 2008 01:51

hi! I look after my mum (87) I lived in Spain for 13 years and came back to do this - and I wanted to. Just sometimes , like tonight, I get so fed up with the 'spitting' - I wish I knew what to do to make things better for her, and at this time - I feel very 'weepy' and just dont know what to do any more! I cant sleep - I dread going downstairs every morning in case I find her 'gone' - but the worst thing is the 'isolation'! Nobody calls, nobody comes to the house - I darent go out for long - and I have absolutely no privacy! You get to the stage that you think Nobody Cares! IS IT ME? My name is Anne and Ive never been on this site before - just needed to talk to someone. Because I was away in Spain for so long - my friends are either over there, or down south and I never hear from them on a regular basis as before. If? I go out alone, I find myself wandering round the shops - doing nothing! - Still not talking to anyone. Its a very lonely life.

By Rosie4

Re: C.O.P.D
Tue 22 Jan 2008 11:16

Hi there my name is Rosie my husband has COPD I've been caring for him now for nearly 10 years, before that he was just gradually getting worse & worse with his breathing. Then he ended up on a life support machine for 3 days and that's when he lost even more lung function so I gave up work to care for him. He has nebuliser, all kinds of inhalers and oxygen, he only has a third of his lungs left. I'm glad he's still here with me but our lives have changed so much. I know how you feel, I was crying when I was reading all your messages cos I can sympathise completely. I keep trying to think what I've got instead of wishing things were different but it's not always easy, I do feel sorry for myself sometimes, but then I feel guilty cos I know there's people out there worse off than me. You just have to carry on eh! lol x

By jonesy

Re: C.O.P.D
Tue 1 Apr 2008 19:41

Hi my name is carole I am 41 and was diagnosed with C.O.P.D about 5 years ago. I am finding it hard to hold onto my job as well as my caring role for my daughter, sister, father and up until late November '07 I also cared for my mum.
I feel so guilty at times when i refuse the help of my daughters. But I also know there will be a time when i will not have any choice. I become frightened at times for when I can't work that all i will get is my low care DLA. How will i be able to support my children i am a single parent !

Sorry for going on but today is one of my bad days where i feel so ill and in pain and so consequently feeling sorry for myself - apologies to all x