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!
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.
@@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.
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!
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 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. 🙏🕊
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.
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.
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 Smokers take frequent breaks to indulge their habit . If a smoker doesen`t get his fix he takes out his frustration on co-workers .
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!!!
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!!
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 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 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 😢😢
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. "
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.
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"
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..
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 😩
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 🌼🕊️🌼🕊️🌼🕊️
@@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!?
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
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
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 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 .
@@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 .
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
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,
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
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!
Glad to hear it!!!
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.
@@ReverseCOPDhave been diagnosed with COPD and if so how long?
@@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.
G .v@@elvis7229
gives me hope hearing stories liike these thankyou
Worried about this myself. Having copd and concerned if my time is near
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!
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 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. 🙏🕊
Why no oxygen?
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.
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.
Doing what he is saying plus using The Breather" has greatly improved my lung capacity.
I love this man🌼🥀
Extremely well explained . 🙏
Thank you for the great information!
Excellent analysis and presentation.
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.
Just because someone smokes doesn’t mean they don’t work hard.
@@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 .
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.
YES YOU CAN
My dad was getting it! Good luck to you! 🫶🏽
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!!!
I hope that you are doing better. Your message really hit home. Please let God love on you and please love on God.
Thank you for the information very helpful
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
Yes
I agree with you i feel like going on oxgen its the beginning of the end
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!!
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,
😂😂 we all have a bit of Hypochondria in us in my 0pinon.
@@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 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 😢😢
Hey buddy are you there ?
I am on oxygen 24/7. Stage 2-3 I still have difficulty breathing when slightly active will I get better?
Yes. My dad quit smoking and lost some weight and got off oxygen.
Can i still scuba dive with early onset copd/ emphysema ?
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. "
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.
I'm wondering how long a person can live on oxygen
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"
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..
Great info
Can a person have copd and have 97 percent oxygen levels
Yes it can
Yes, and I do. Sometimes even 99.
R u under weight
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 😩
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 🌼🕊️🌼🕊️🌼🕊️
@@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!?
@@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
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
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
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.
You sound bitter because you're getting old and that's nobody's fault...right....😂
@@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 .
@@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 There are many who have never smoked, but yet have copd.
@@rb4342 Of course ! My comments were addressed to the smokers !!
What is your point ?
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
What ready u have to have to get put on oxygen
Feel free to give our Patient Coordinators a call at 410-871-4601 and they'll be able to help you.
Why do they have to put a trap in your throat
🎉I. Just. Wanted. A. Video. On. Oxygen. What. Is. Your. Level. To. Breath. Mine. Is. 87. Is. This. Hood
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,
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
Ask your doctor
Copd is Not a death sentence
U can live a healthy life with some exercise And diet change
It’s usually a slow process disease .. people can go on till an old age
I have 60 percent oxygen. I won't die, but still have no energy.
😅jj@@dstarkspp