Copd Puns

I currently have five days that I have not smoked. I have smoked since I was fourteen years old. The reason why I want to quit is because my dad just got diagnosed with the beginning stages of COPD due to him being a smoker for over thirty years (He quit around twenty years ago). I am thankful that they caught it early, but two of his brothers are struggling with COPD due to being heavy smokers and recently my aunt had to be put on an oxygen tank because of her years of smoking. I made my decision to quit. So far it has been a rocky few days, but I am happy with my decision.

So, my partner keeps bringing up this call to me, and its driving me nuts. I'd love yall to give me your opinion on it.

So a coworker was transporting a 80yo pt for a routine drs appointment. Pt had a laundry list of medical history including COPD. Pt was on 2lpm o2. During the transport, pt began statting he was feeling a hit short of breath. Pt states that this was normal, and he gets that way sometimes. The crew member treating him bumped up his o2 to 4lpm and pt stated that he felt much better. The partner driver was pissed that the o2 was raised because its contraindicated for copd patients.

Im just really confused, if the pt was feeling better, and this was a normal occurrence for the pt , whats the issue. I understand supplemental o2 isnt great long term for copd patients, but going from 2 to 4lpm for the duration of a drs appointment doesnt seem like its that big of a deal.

My partner loves bringing this up every chance she gets to make the partner on the call look like an idiot.

Sorry for the vauge details, I wasnt there, and I didn't get many details. And no, it wasnt me who was on this call if anyone asks.

Edit: thanks for the imput guys, I kinda figured she was an idiot. Even if supplemental o2 wasn't good for copd patients, 4lpm for 1 hr wouldnt hurt anything. The only time I was told it could have an impact was if it was 15lpm for days (even then the pt would probably be ok).

Good morning! My family and I live in the Springs. I was born here, but we lived in Ohio for most of my life until 2019, when we moved back to CO. Since we've come back, my mom's COPD has gotten worse to the point where it is almost unliveable for her. Her doctor says it is the altitude, and she would be better under 5000'. Google says that Pueblo is just under 5000, does anyone have any experience with COPD there? Does the 1000ft make much of a difference, or should we look lower?

I'll preface my post with this, I know you're not doctors but I just want to hear what people have to say. I'm 24, I was a heavy daily smoker for 10 years, I'm asthmatic and have been since my childhood. A bit of background before the focal point of the post. I quit and switched to vaping 10 months ago. Prior to this I had "smokers cough", a lot of mucus, worse in winter and the early morning. Only really get short of breath when I'm freaking out about my health lmao

Any way, it went away and came back a couple months ago. I saw a random GP today, explained all this, couldn't do a spirometry test thanks to Coov, he didn't listen to my chest or order any other testing. Regardless, he told me I have COPD after a whole 3 minutes of conversation and left me with a script for an inhaler, no follow up. Should I believe him? Am I really very likely to have it? My dad had the exact same cough when he smoked and it disappeared when he quit, now he just has a tickle in his throat once a day.

Has anyone (or anyone you know) ever gotten COVID with COPD? My Dad has had COPD (non-smoker, toxic work environment where vehicles physically drove into his warehouse/office) since 2005 and our whole family is pretty much paranoid at this point with him getting COVID. Since the start of the pandemic he has worked from home, but eventually he was laid off because they needed someone to actually be in the office after some time and he could only do so much from home. Though my Dad was saddened to leave the company, I could tell he was relieved. My Mom is an essential health worker and it’s taken a toll on her, everyday she is worried that she might bring something home to him. My siblings and I have gone as far as keeping our kids homeschooled and limiting their activities to outdoor sports only. We avoid shopping and eating out, and resort to using online grocery deliveries and shopping. We do lots of bike rides and walks outdoors and literally we just avoid crowds all together. You guys, we don’t mind all the extra steps, it is my Dad, after all, who this is all for, but it’s the fear of him dying that I can’t handle. It’s a shadow that looms over me each day, the what if today is the day someone somehow gets COVID and we pass it on to my Dad? I’m so scared he’s not going to make it. He is vaccinated, we all are, but I feel so uncertain these days. I’m going to outright ask this - does COVID for someone with stage 3 COPD equate to death? Has anyone overcome COVID with COPD at this stage? Please tell me there’s hope. Thank you.

Any ideas how to convince my Anti Vaxx /flat Earth Qanon family to stop convincing my mum to stay away from a vaccine that will likely save her life?

They honestly think their saving her and the rest of the family by convincing them not to take it... Apparently satanists are trying to wipe out the earth's population so the elite can enjoy tourist hotspots unfettered...

Seems funny in a way but also, not funny at all.

I have a friend that is sick with cancer and COPD. She can’t smoke cigarettes or weed but uses a vape pen. I suggested using a dry vaporizer but she’s not sure if that’s better or worse than the oil pens. I use a dynavap or a Pax 3.

Hi all, I’ve been lurking here for a while as a person with COPD/Alpha-1 and I’ve seen so many queries from people regarding whether or not they have COPD or if their symptoms constitute COPD so I’ve decided to come up with a short synopsis from what I can see.

I’ll be speaking from a European perspective, but the broad strokes apply.

This is my perspective and does not constitute medical advice. My perspective does not take the place of your physician’s advice.

COPD is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. It is characterised by 2 major conditions that can exist in isolation or in combination. They are; emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Emphysema is when the walls within the small air sacks (alveoli) in the lungs become damaged and break down due to chronic exposure to a toxic substance (smoke from any source for example). This reduces the amount of surface area your alveoli have and therefore impairs oxygen uptake and CO2 excretion. This is not a fast process, it occurs over years, even decades, not days to months really. Importantly it is a physical/structural diagnosis and can be seen on CT. Bronchitis on the other hand is a clinical diagnosis and is characterised a chronic cough caused by inflammation of the larger airways (left and right main bronchus [just beyond the trachea/windpipe]) in the lungs as far down as the bronchioles (the part of the lung just before the alveoli). COPD is characterised by chronic bronchitis, not acute bronchitis which is just another term for a cough/airway inflammation due to a chest infection. Outside of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (see below), COPD is thought to occur in those who have a genetic susceptibility (multiple genes involved / polygenic) to toxins such as smoke exposure.

A point of clarification is that the emphysema component is not considered reversible and it is permanent damage, but chronic bronchitis may be somewhat reversible to some degree with therapies.

A second point of clarification is the terms obstructive pulmonary disease can be confusing as people confuse asthma, bronchiectasis and acute bronchitis with COPD. Obstructive pulmonary disease or obstructive lung disease is an umbrella term for conditions such as COPD, asthma, bronchiectasis, acute or chronic bronchitis etc. They are all different forms of obstructive lung diseases. **Asthma tends to affect younger people without smoke exposure and COPD tends to affect older people who have a significant amount of smoke e

I took swimming lessons over 3 years ago, and never really went to practice until recently. For the last 3-4 weeks I have been going to the gym about 2-4 days a week. I get really breathless and exhausted even at the end of 1 lap, often needing to take a break for more than 30 seconds. I typically am able to swim only about 400m spread over 20+ minutes before I am completely exhausted. I do live with COPD and use a rescue inhaler about 10 minutes before workout.

Any other COPD/ asthmatic swimmers out there with their experiences and suggestions on what I could do?

I can ride a bike for hours- not very fast but did a metric in 4 hours. M36/160lbs

Hello, I have intermittent wheezing ,it doesnt happen all the time, only when I have a lot of mucus on my throat maybe , I clear my throat or cough and it disappearAlso It doesnt happen at night at all, I woke up without any wheezingI had a lot of gerd these last days and began medication yesterday

I was 100% it was from my gerd, but I googled wheezing + mucus by curiosity it led me here and make me very concerned . I don't have trouble breathing, I bought a peak flow meter yesterday and my score is between 630 and 670 ( Predicted value of 640 for my height ). Everytime I wrote wheezing, bronchitis and COPD ( basically the same disease) appear on the top result

For info i'm 29 years old, never smoked never drink but live in a polluted city ( Paris) . Nobody in my family have COPD . I will see my doctor about it next monday, but in the meantime ,I am very scarred

Any suggestion about this please ?

Also can PFT tests be inaccurate?

As I have a feeling mum could've been misdiagnosed

I don't like doing butter it works a bit but I hate not knowing the dosage. Can I stick to firecrackers I make them differently I let the bud melt in the peanut butter on a lower temp then I bake them. Or can I just lob a serving of butter or peanut butter .4 decarbed weed and infuse in oven for half hour. Would this work I made some butter last night with seven gram of sugar leaf shake I have just taken half teaspoon sublingually and I feel a energy boost. I would rather use firecrackers for bud as I don't like putting a eighth in butter unless it's shake.

I know some people eat decarbed cannabis but I feel you do have to infuse it.

has anyone here got covid and survived?

since cops people seem to eb among the highest risk is there anything extra you do or have thought of to protect yourself?

Curious to hear from folks with underlying respiratory conditions + suspected omicron infection on what your experience has been like so far.

NOT looking for medical advice, to be clear. Just trying to get a sense of how others are reacting in their own words.

I'm in my late 20s with moderate asthma, vaxxed and boosted in October with Pfizer. Today is about 7 days from symptom onset (~9 from exposure and 4 from my first positive test). Symptoms were mild to moderate, with the worst being a long, low-grade fever, very sore throat, and body aches. While I'm largely recovered today, my chest *hurts* and I'm still feeling raw and a bit short of breath.

How y'all feeling?

Hi, Im 21 years old and have vaped nicotine and flower as well as cigarettes for a few years and cannabis. I was smoking all of these heavily at the age of 16 till now. I remember years ago I would have bad breathing reactions to certain carts and vapes. I had asthma as a child but it disappeared. Anyways, would start to feel a heavy sensation on my left side of my chest at around 18 but thought nothing of it kept vaping, would stop for a couple months from a scare and then continue when symptoms were gone which was very stupid of me. Also have been to the ER multiple times due to peanut allergy. Smoking weed and vaping would make my left side of the chest to feel inflamed and tight, as well as heavy. Now this year is the worst year for me because I was exposed to a lot of sawdust while using an angle grinder in sculpture class without wearing proper protection. After this day my lungs felt so inflamed and a stinging sensation that caused me to visit the ER three days later. They put me on a nebulizer and some medication and I got better, stupid enough to start vaping. I would begin cackling up mucus like clearing my throat with a lot of mucus from the sawdust incident and vaping. Now I have stopped smoking all together and my doctor said I have asthma, put me on wixella and albuterol. Whenever I get a flare up even 10 puffs of albuterol doesn't work. I now get the random left side chest pains a lot. I also take GERD medication that doesn't help. Now three days days ago I contracted covid, had a fever one day, the next day had a really really bad exacerbation episode that led me to the ER. Left side still stung and hurt. Now its been three days and my lungs feel like how they did from the sawdust, just messed up, heavy. Hard to catch a breath. Lungs feel hard and different, cough feels really crunchy and hard and it clears out mucus, but I'm not really coughing I'm clearing my throat. Nebulizer doesn't really work. I feel bubbling sometimes and can also feel my lung throbbing sometimes. I have the cackling clearing of mucus sometimes as well. I really hope I can heal from this and I regret my smoking history so much. I am an aspiring artist at school and have always been so excited for my future. Im having unbearable amounts of anxiety right now and crying thinking my asthma might be copd. Have a doctor's appointment tomorrow over the phone but just wanted somewhere to type. My mother passed away from lung cancer in 2018, she smoked when she was young, so

Let me start out with I 100% wear a mask outside my home. Even with lung issues I wear them. I have been lucky to work mostly from home for the last 2 years and when I do go out it’s for very short periods so even though I find it a little hard when it’s hot to breathe I haven’t had any issues wearing it.

However in January unless Omicron forces the administrations hand I will need to go into classes and will need to be there a minimum of 4 hours and then go into the office for another 8 3 times a week.

We don’t “need” to wear masks inside… but I’m not trying to die.

What would be the best and most breathable option? I’ve read enough that the Razer is out of the question.

What about atmoblue or that massive bubble one?

I’d be willing to pay for something more expensive if need be like respirator too

Title. Slowly working my way through antibiotics (thank you cram the pance), but everything seems very daunting. Any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance

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Does anyone have solid info or resources/personal experiences with vaping with COPD? Obviously, smoking is not an option for this patient but they are hoping there are options for more immediate methods of intake as gummies and tinctures take too long to onset during an arthritis flair up.

Long time GERD sufferer here. I’ve lived with GERD since I was a kid and have always had shortness of breath. Never smoke but I do vape.

Had a chest X-ray done the other day and the lab results came back with “fairly moderate hyperinflation” of the lungs suggesting “probable air trapping disease caused by asthma and/or COPD”.

So I’m kinda freaking out now, should I ask for a referral to a pulmonologist? I’m only 35 years old, if I have COPD at this age can I even make it to 50?

I am worried, do we have any information yet on how omicron specifically or covid in general affects patients with these co-morbidities? The COPD worries me greatly.

He has had two Astra-Zenecca jabs but no booster unfortunately and his first two jabs were around 8 months ago now

Me: 44F normal BMI, active lifestyle, COPD from inflammatory autoimmune disease (sarcoidosis) but this doesn’t affect my daily life right now. I do have swollen hilar lymph nodes that were found on a heart PET scan in November. This is probably from sarcoidosis and I hope this doesn’t cause any issues.

12/28 - 12/30 Nausea and some vomiting but was fine to workout. Is this COVID?! WTF?!

12/31 - Woke up with scratchy throat and body aches. Thought throat was just dry and I worked out too hard but it crossed my mind that I was either in denial or paranoid. Throat seemed to get better then got worse in PM. Noticed a few random coughs and sneezes then headache. Stayed home and tested in the evening and was surprised to get a positive rapid. It was a faint line.

1/1 - Terrible body aches, chills, a few coughs and sneezes, eyes burning but I can’t find my thermometer.

1/2 - Same symptoms but a bit worse at times and other times I felt better. Went for a PCR and it was positive.

1/3 - Cough is now painful and productive and my breathing is deteriorating a bit. O2 sat is staying above 90. Took some expectorant syrup and it seems to be helping. Doctor called in steroids and nebulizer pods but I don’t have them yet. Still have body aches, a headache that comes and goes, now nose is stuffy too.

1/4 - Body aches are gone and lungs are improving. The headache is the worst at this point.

1/5 - Woke up with a headache to a barfing teenager. Went back to sleep and woke up feeling good. I’m thinking of lifting some weights. I think I’m pretty much through it!

Thanks to all who have posted. It helps to read anecdotes and wishing everyone a speedy recovery!

Edit: Updated status 1/4 and 1/5

Hey all,

Former Frequent cannabis smoker (1-2 joints a day, I did go ham for a course of a year of smoking in freshman year college and the same pretty much up until 7 months ago) So about 7 months ago I had a case of what I think was acute bronchitis. It went away over the course of 1-2 months however I ended up retaining a frothy white thin mucus at the back of my throat up until now and frequently more and more bloody sputum episodes. However I do not feel any form of dyspnea, I have literally no cough at all (I can not even cough mucus even if I tried SUPER hard) and can only get it out if I clear my throat. I had quit smoking marijuana about 1 month ago and it feels that the mucus has gotten better, but the bloody sputum problem has not (honestly its progressed to 1 incident per day at least and it's starting to frighten me). I went to a GP and got an X-Ray done and there was nothing abnormal found. I had read that this could be a case of smoker's cough (bloody sputum is apparently a symptom of smoker's cough according to several sources that were reviewed by actual doctors, including medical news today). I had smoked since maybe I was 16 (although back then it was once a week and with a childhood friend). Is this chronic bronchitis or something more akin to some sort of idiotic handling my part of LPR (constantly throat clearing at the sense of the sensation and causing blood)? I literally get mucus in my throat as well while I am eating as well which is strange. I am planning on ofc going to a pulmonologist soon.