What is the Prognosis of COPD? Is your Life Ending? Your Questions Answered with Home Rehab Network.

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@guzzi95 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл 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 Жыл бұрын

G .v@@elvis7229

@jusatnk 3 күн бұрын

Excellent tips to ask a pulmonory facility ( or any) and great information! I will remember to ask about "outcomes" next time I go for medical tests. Can you do a video on interstitial lung disease?

@beseez Жыл бұрын

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.

@thearchitect4726 Жыл бұрын

gives me hope hearing stories liike these thankyou

@Cboo-y1v Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

Why no oxygen?

@MegAplin 3 ай бұрын

It's not that bad. They have little, actually cute little portable oxygen concentrators. You can get stylish backpacks for the small tanks. If you are concerned about what people think....they don't. Help yourself.

@gidget9101 Жыл бұрын

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!

@shankarmukherjee8472 4 ай бұрын

Extremely well explained . 🙏

@maryjaneferguson2711 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the great information!

@odetteminassian2881 Жыл бұрын

I love this man🌼🥀

@FrannyWard 8 ай бұрын

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

@Look_to_Jesus12 6 ай бұрын

The lack of energy and no emotional and physical support...feels like im dead already or would prefer God to come fetch me. South Africa have no support groups. In a matter of 6 months i went from not being able sit still to stuck alone in my room....that's no life...please forgive my negativity, but this hit me hard. No emphysema, they don't know the reason and together with that Lupus, Sjorgens, and RA all at once!!!

@ShannonL7 4 ай бұрын

I hope that you are doing better. Your message really hit home. Please let God love on you and please love on God.

@samarpandey5789 3 ай бұрын

Excellent analysis and presentation.

@jimbetche7864 Жыл бұрын

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. UPDATE: I did get accepted as of July 2nd 2024. And I didn't even have to see a judge. I thank everyone who helped me during the ssdi process 🙏

@charlyloman8837 Жыл бұрын

YES YOU CAN

@nonyabiness4023 9 ай бұрын

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

@sunshinepatriot1846 Ай бұрын

Yes absolutely and u should talk with your doctor to support your disability

@joprocter4573 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@seeadler3233 7 ай бұрын

@@dragonwithagirltattoo598 Smokers take frequent breaks to indulge their habit . If a smoker doesen`t get his fix he takes out his frustration on co-workers .

@peaceofmyhearthomestead4611 4 ай бұрын

I have asthma attacks so bad I blackout…Nothing controls them and they happen so fast by the time I get my inhaler out I can’t even inhale

@jennifergsearle 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for the information very helpful

@georgeward4672 11 күн бұрын

thank you

@7000bass Ай бұрын

I don’t agree going to the gym doesn’t work. I’m six weeks getting over a flare up and viral infection, (the rescue emergency pack ( steroids and antibiotics UK) didn’t work as it only helps with a bacterial infection), and not been able to do anything at all including exercise and my fitness level including my immune system have deteriorated badly. But normally I get to the gym three days a week working cardio which strengthens my lung and heart response and, even on the weight machines, deepen my breathing. It’s important not to overdo it and rest is very important but, for me, it makes the difference between fighting and controlling COPD or my life being controlled by it.

@just.8797 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл 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 Жыл бұрын

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

@rosemaryhirneisen7705 Жыл 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

@terrichastain8434 Жыл бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

Hey buddy are you there ?

@Sarahbee-o8t Жыл бұрын

Yes

@wendyhollister9895 7 ай бұрын

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

@ShannonL7 4 ай бұрын

Yes. My dad quit smoking and lost some weight and got off oxygen.

@davidmays229 8 ай бұрын

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

@seeadler3233 8 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. "

@seeadler3233 4 ай бұрын

Any process or lesion that impedes airflow from the lungs places the diver at risk for pulmonary overinflation with alveolar rupture and the possibility of cerebral air embolization. Many interstitial diseases predispose to spontaneous pneumothorax: Asthma (reactive airway disease), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), cystic or cavitating lung diseases may all cause air trapping. The 1996 Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) consensus on diving and asthma indicates that for the risk of pulmonary barotrauma and decompression illness to be acceptably low, the asthmatic diver should be asymptomatic and have normal spirometry before and after an exercise test. Inhalation challenge tests (e.g.: using histamine, hypertonic saline or methacholine) are not sufficiently standardized to be interpreted in the context of scuba diving.

@nonyabiness4023 9 ай бұрын

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 9 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 9 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 9 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

@matthewpatterson4144 3 ай бұрын

I'm 32 I just found out that I have COPD I'm not telling my family because my family don't ever talk to me I don't see a point. I've lived most of my life alone I will die alone

@ladileo8204 3 ай бұрын

Hey keep your head up and live with it. You are already anointed with a great name. MATTTHEW. My favorite Bible verses are in Matthew.. strive for the gait way. Amen. I was diagnosed earlier this year and I refuse to give up. Live by ur name..@matthewpatterson4144

@dougclark184 Жыл бұрын

Can a person have copd and have 97 percent oxygen levels

@heinmolenaar6750 Жыл бұрын

Yes it can

@alcantwell 7 ай бұрын

Yes, and I do. Sometimes even 99.

@musicclub8279 6 ай бұрын

R u under weight

@Faraz___z Ай бұрын

It should be 88 to 92 that's why my dad's doc said ig 97 is too much

@marion6310 15 күн бұрын

I would also like to know i have been diagnose with acute COPD

@seeadler3233 8 ай бұрын

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.

@mljcombrink8484 7 ай бұрын

You sound bitter because you're getting old and that's nobody's fault...right....😂

@seeadler3233 7 ай бұрын

@@mljcombrink8484 Wrong !!! Bitter ??? Wrong !!!! Why would I be " bitter " ? I`m still enjoying a life free from chronic illness while folks 20 and 30 years younger are suffering . I have had an exciting and healthy life and I am still healthy and still engage in my primary hobbies SCUBA diving and long distance cycling and touring . I am simply stating the obvious --- that EVERYONE at this stage in life is CLOSE TO THE END . It is so sad to read these comments from folks so much younger than I am who are struggling to breathe while I still enjoy a healthy and vibrant lifestyle. ( Praise the lard ) We are all given one life to live and it is your choice how you decide to spend ( or squander ) those years. Life is a precious gift and to squander and ruin your health ( and the health of others ) just because you want to look " cool " with a fag in your mouth demonstrates a self-centered and self-destructive attitude . I am also stating that smokers who now have COPD have no one but themselves to blame . But nicotine is a very addictive drug and smokers are addicts --- no different than a heroin or meth addict or an alcoholic .

@seeadler3233 7 ай бұрын

@rb4342 5 ай бұрын

@@seeadler3233 There are many who have never smoked, but yet have copd.

@seeadler3233 5 ай бұрын

@@rb4342 Of course ! My comments were addressed to the smokers !! What is your point ?

@bettymoore5127 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

Great info

@kathygee2817 9 ай бұрын

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

@juliememoriesguest7958 4 ай бұрын

1my treadings are oo average 83 oxygen levels i have migraine all thhe time alllso i get spasms and my doctor just gives me a rescue pack i feel i dont have long left

@Smiler369 10 күн бұрын

Yes it is.... But does it matter... Bullshit... It is done. Anyway, i havent got copd yet... I do think im on the way out though... I just hope ive touched enough lives to make a difference... Who knows? ❤

@randystarcher2358 Жыл бұрын

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.

@loresapitts2990 Жыл бұрын

Why do they have to put a trap in your throat

@ollyjanerichards6873 Жыл бұрын

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

@rosemaryhirneisen7705 Жыл 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 Жыл 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