I have copd,and I have looked at the comments below,so many people asking questions and only a few answers from other people,we are all seeking help,but help isn’t here.
I was just told that I have COPD. I could believe it because the symptoms begin only 2 months ago. I'm 66 and very active until these last 2 months! I thought I had a chest cold! Excellent video if I do have COPD!
Thank you for NOT playing music in the background. I find drums beating, symphonies, horns, and the loud music very distracting from the message on many of these videos and turn them off.
I gave up smoking 15 years ago I'm 53 now and have 44% lung function. Everything thing the doc says is manageable for me but my biggest win probably comes from the purchase of a cross trainer. To start with I managed just 5 minutes a day but now I can push out nearly 45 minutes daily, the important thing here is to have it in my home so no excuses about going outside in poor weather etc and believe me it makes the biggest difference but you have to be motivated to do it. What's the alternative? Any exercise no matter how little will always help, I was really bitter about contracting this hellish condition but what's the point in that nobody forced me to smoke so just make the best of what time I have left and keep fighting back. I do however feel that tobacco companies are essentially evil and at the very least they owe me for the cost of a cross trainer and a pair of lungs a plague on all of their houses
Andrew Shore not having a cure is inexcusable anymore...this is a travesty....the top GREED feed disease....it's not right, and we must start standing up for ourselves..... Happy 2017!
Recently diagnosed with COPD FEV1=45%. Due to diagnosis 15 years ago of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and exercise intolerance, exercise for me beyond mild level is just not possible. But I m learning to focus on being as active as I can plus follow my new drug protocols, which also includes drugs for recent heart attack. Hey, getting old is no fun.
Like me, you probably have a food allergy that's causing the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. I suggest you experiment by eliminating foods. My problem is milk.
My Dr. told me don't smoke and take your meds. I know that is important and I follow that. I asked him if he thought nutrition was important. He said not really but added basic nutrition, 4 food groups you can follow. First of all, I never had weight issues but I find it difficult to exercise but now I'm learning exercises and have built myself up so that I feel stronger. I know that if I eat as good as I can and keep my weight down I feel much better. Than I asked about exercise and he said of course it's good but he doesn't put a big emphasis on that. I've found walking and different exercise to be my saving grace and just helps me feel better. I hope you have time to address my questions as my Dr is a specialist in pulmonary diseases. Sometimes I'm not feeling to confident as I know I'm not a Dr but I go by how I feel and then listening to your video you seem to feel nutrition and exercise are valuable with this problem.
Wonderful suggestions! I personally use the BreatheEasy Lung Exerciser to strengthen muscles and open airways. I keep one on my bathroom sink and another in my car so it’s also convenient to use.
If long acting names of inhalers can be written down as layman cannot remember the names for managing COPD.Thanks Would definitely like to know the names of medicines or inhalers
Good advice. But I'm surprised he didn't recommend that patients ask their doctors about getting a spacer (a chamber that makes it much, much easier to administer albuterol and Combivent). I'm an RN who has had many COPD patients. The spacer actually would have been #1 on my list of 10 tips.
I liked most of your video - except suggestion of microwaved meals. I do understand many are unable to cook, but feel a simple 'healthy' home-made meal would be far better/nutritious - especially fresh vegetables which are good for lungs. Plus a daily amount of 'friendly bacteria' - as in bio-yogurt and the such. There should be more Swimming Clubs specifically for patients with C.O.P.D.
Julia Matta I have a friend who has days where she can’t stand long enough to make a meal. She lives by herself. Without a microwave there are days that she wouldn’t be able to eat.
It amazes me that friends and family still smoke after they see how difficult having copd is to cope with. I guess they're brain dead to think it won't happen to them possibly. I guess I was the same way when I wouldn't put down cigs. Paying for it now. Life not so great when you can't breath easily, making everything difficult. My copd didn't kick in until 20years after I gave up the nasty 3pks a day. STOP SMOKING, DONT START.
I have copd and I'm well over wt I use 2 neb treatments q2h 12 hrs a day I use oxygen at night with my Cpap machine I eat regular meals but drinking and eating makes it hard to breathe when walking or moving about I will be going back to pulmonary rehab I'm going to overcome this I'm not going to let copd beat me I will do my 30 min walks each along with other exercises and my meals will be less I'm going to loose wt so my breathing can become better I want to thank you for the explanation of getting my copd under control thank you very much
Thank you for all your very helpful information. I wish you were my Doctor but now I feel more confident when I do visit my Doctor with the tips and advice I've received from you. I will refer back to your video often as I want to keep in mind all of your tips.
I get better results with Symbicort than I ever got with Advair. Different glucocorticoid, different long-acting Beta2 agonist, but it's in the form of a fine mist or vapor rather than a dry powder, so it can go much deeper into my lungs. Most of the Advair powder never makes it past the back of my tongue.
You will get sicker even if you stop smaking,but not at such a fast rate. I could not exercise for 30 minutes if l spent all day trying.Eating on a regular basis puts weight on and makes it more difficult to breath.
spiriva doesn't touch my symptoms and advair made them worse the nebulizers help more than anything: I quit smoking over a year ago and it hasnt helped me breathe any better and it didnt change my fev1 number a bit: tell me again how it helps to quit smoking doctors lie alot!
sreg52 there should or most probably is a cure for COPD or all the lung diseases under those four letters...if we become vocal like HIV AIDS patients...Hepatitis C patients....etc...etc...we too can have advancements and a cure, we the are going to have to stand up write letters...we just can't set back and let it kill us,...we don't have too....this is GREED driven disease....think about all the money made on it....
Doctor Kanayo Peterson's UA-cam channel is forever etched in my memory, I wish to thank you for helping me relieve my hiv and aids symptoms with your herbal medicine for two weeks. Through you, I became hopeful that I could live again.
Dr, I am a COPD since years now... I have a normal life, could you please name the medicines you sugest, to talk to my doctor, I hear spiriva...thats all
Dr. Thank You very much. This is a great video. I Have copd stage 4. I exercise quite regularly. Can you tell me what type exercises I would need to increase my lung capacity.I have a full GYM with a. treadmill, total GYM, weights. I Appreciate any suggestions you may have. Thank You Russ
man, there's no way you'll be able to deal with this cruel disease and do sports, for real! I'm 3.4 and I often can't ride the stationary bike for at least 6 minutes
You know what irritates me. The #1 recommendation when you have COPD is to stop smoking. I have never smoked a single cig. in my life and have never lived with a smoker. #2 recommendation is exercise. I am a very active person, fit. They act as if only smokers have this and only sedentary people. Wrong.
Gayle, I tried to quit smoking for at least 30 years. I was a 2 pack a day smoker & tried a stop smoking clinic, hypnosis, acupuncture, welbrutin, Chantix, the patches. Nothing worked. I got pneumonia and almost died and within a weak of getting out of the hospital (I was in for 3 weeks), I went back to smoking. Fast forward to Aug. 5, 2010 I smoked my last cigarette in the pack & told myself "now would be a good time to quit". Right then I received the faith of a mustard seed from Jesus. I bowed my head and asked Him to take away my addiction. He did and I knew it. I also quit drinking at the same time and had no withdrawals. This is my story. Take care and God bless, Ken
Cold turkey! Best! Way i did gone on 4 months march 2nd and i dont get no cravings at all but gained 27 pounds in 4 months im always hungry! When you cant breathe and your Lungs start to hurt and burn you will stop believe me! Give it a try if that dont work get the gum from your doctor! Nicorette gum
Gayle, when you cannot breath, believe me that is the moment that you decide to stop. Sometimes I say, what if... and then I remember how bad it feels not to be able to breath.
Tip #1, STOP SMOKING!, notice how that is the very first tip. I have a friend suffering from COPD, sad part is his wife been smoking for 30 yrs and hasn't quit. I figure seeing her husband go thru it, she would stop, nope. And her husband has stage 4 cancer, like COPD wasn't bad enough.
I guess everyone who has copd is different, special with given up smoking. like Leonard Neomy, he stopped 30 years ago and still got copd years later. He had all what he could afford and still died of it. He tweeted: Smokers, please understand. If you quit after you're diagnosed with lung damage it's too late. Grandpa says learn my lesson. Quit now. LLAP. that was in February 2014.
hi do you have a email address i can get you on my mother is going throw a heard time she as Emphysema the doctors are not much help wear we live they dont give a dam about my mother her Blood Pressure as bin up for a week now is 166/102 the doctor said she will be ok with that and just left it at that she gets bad head pains every day she is off her food is breaking my heart to see her like this my mother ad a bad turn on monday with her health she got this bad pain in her tummy her head felt funny she ad chest pain her heart was raceing she past out with it she told the doctor he said is a bug going around the place i say he is wrong her mood as got bad after that bad turn is not like her what can i do to help her please i need your help on this to get my mother better yours luke robertson
Excellent information! My audience would love to hear from you. Suzanne Andrews Functional Fitness with Suzanne Andrews, PBS TV Producer of Functional Fitness COPD/Asthma DVD
30 minutes owee we give it go..I dont have no problem grubbing I stay hungry the medication steroid make you eat.what a short acting inhaler.what about symbicort oi Doctor Thank 😊
I nearly choked on my tea when I heard this 'doctor' recommended microwavable foods . . . . you know . . . food that has had its nutrient values obliterated by microwave radiation!!
I have copd,and I have looked at the comments below,so many people asking questions and only a few answers from other people,we are all seeking help,but help isn’t here.
I was just told that I have COPD. I could believe it because the symptoms begin only 2 months ago. I'm 66 and very active until these last 2 months! I thought I had a chest cold! Excellent video if I do have COPD!
Thanks so much for this great video! Everyone with COPD should see this!
Thank you for some excellent tips. You made me feel less terrified by my copd. For that, I sincerely thank you.
Thank you for NOT playing music in the background. I find drums beating, symphonies, horns, and the loud music very distracting from the message on many of these videos and turn them off.
Absolutely, I don't see why they always add stuff like that.
I gave up smoking 15 years ago I'm 53 now and have 44% lung function. Everything thing the doc says is manageable for me but my biggest win probably comes from the purchase of a cross trainer. To start with I managed just 5 minutes a day but now I can push out nearly 45 minutes daily, the important thing here is to have it in my home so no excuses about going outside in poor weather etc and believe me it makes the biggest difference but you have to be motivated to do it. What's the alternative? Any exercise no matter how little will always help, I was really bitter about contracting this hellish condition but what's the point in that nobody forced me to smoke so just make the best of what time I have left and keep fighting back. I do however feel that tobacco companies are essentially evil and at the very least they owe me for the cost of a cross trainer and a pair of lungs a plague on all of their houses
Andrew Shore not having a cure is inexcusable anymore...this is a travesty....the top GREED feed disease....it's not right, and we must start standing up for ourselves..... Happy 2017!
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Recently diagnosed with COPD FEV1=45%. Due to diagnosis 15 years ago of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and exercise intolerance, exercise for me beyond mild level is just not possible. But I m learning to focus on being as active as I can plus follow my new drug protocols, which also includes drugs for recent heart attack. Hey, getting old is no fun.
Like me, you probably have a food allergy that's causing the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. I suggest you experiment by eliminating foods. My problem is milk.
My Dr. told me don't smoke and take your meds. I know that is important and I follow that.
I asked him if he thought nutrition was important. He said not really but added basic nutrition, 4 food groups you can follow.
First of all, I never had weight issues but I find it difficult to exercise but now I'm learning exercises and have built myself up so that I feel stronger. I know that if I eat as good as I can and keep my weight down I feel much better. Than I asked about exercise and he said of course it's good but he doesn't put a big emphasis on that.
I've found walking and different exercise to be my saving grace and just helps me feel better.
I hope you have time to address my questions as my Dr is a specialist in pulmonary diseases. Sometimes I'm not feeling to confident as I know I'm not a Dr but I go by how I feel and then listening to your video you seem to feel nutrition and exercise are valuable with this problem.
Wonderful suggestions! I personally use the BreatheEasy Lung Exerciser to strengthen muscles and open airways. I keep one on my bathroom sink and another in my car so it’s also convenient to use.
reassuring during this very sad and desperate time x
Pray
Thanks doc for healthy tips.
If long acting names of inhalers can be written down as layman cannot remember the names for managing COPD.Thanks
Would definitely like to know the names of medicines or inhalers
Good advice. But I'm surprised he didn't recommend that patients ask their doctors about getting a spacer (a chamber that makes it much, much easier to administer albuterol and Combivent).
I'm an RN who has had many COPD patients. The spacer actually would have been #1 on my list of 10 tips.
Mike Bael who's hiding the cure Micheal??? this is a very old, very GREED oriented disease....your a RN...you know that....
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I liked most of your video - except suggestion of microwaved meals. I do understand many are unable to cook, but feel a simple 'healthy' home-made meal would be far better/nutritious - especially fresh vegetables which are good for lungs. Plus a daily amount of 'friendly bacteria' - as in bio-yogurt and the such. There should be more Swimming Clubs specifically for patients with C.O.P.D.
Julia Matta would not a cure be better....
Love swimming but how do you do that when you are on oxygen 24/7? Julia Matta
Julia Matta I have a friend who has days where she can’t stand long enough to make a meal. She lives by herself. Without a microwave there are days that she wouldn’t be able to eat.
It amazes me that friends and family still smoke after they see how difficult having copd is to cope with. I guess they're brain dead to think it won't happen to them possibly. I guess I was the same way when I wouldn't put down cigs. Paying for it now. Life not so great when you can't breath easily, making everything difficult. My copd didn't kick in until 20years after I gave up the nasty 3pks a day. STOP SMOKING, DONT START.
Wow I still wonder how people smoke 60 cigarettes a day…good on you for giving up
Thanks for sharing such vidal information with the public.
I have copd and I'm well over wt I use 2 neb treatments q2h 12 hrs a day I use oxygen at night with my Cpap machine I eat regular meals but drinking and eating makes it hard to breathe when walking or moving about I will be going back to pulmonary rehab I'm going to overcome this I'm not going to let copd beat me I will do my 30 min walks each along with other exercises and my meals will be less I'm going to loose wt so my breathing can become better I want to thank you for the explanation of getting my copd under control thank you very much
Evelyn Brown 🙏
Try mind subconscious to heal this I started trying today
Thank you for all your very helpful information. I wish you were my Doctor but now I feel more confident when I do visit my Doctor with the tips and advice I've received from you. I will refer back to your video often as I want to keep in mind all of your tips.
I get better results with Symbicort than I ever got with Advair. Different glucocorticoid, different long-acting Beta2 agonist, but it's in the form of a fine mist or vapor rather than a dry powder, so it can go much deeper into my lungs. Most of the Advair powder never makes it past the back of my tongue.
You are awesome! thank you!
Thank you for this - and for taking the time to make it. Shalom.
Very informative thanks...
Heal with your subconscious mind try it
excellent tips thanks
Thanks Doc - I got great value from this
Thank you, very helpful.
Iam so sorry because The volume was to low & I wanted to listen to this---please fix !!!
VERY GOOD THANK YOU
My doctor wants to do a bronchoscopy. Is this dangerous?
You will get sicker even if you stop smaking,but not at such a fast rate. I could not exercise
for 30 minutes if l spent all day trying.Eating on a regular basis puts weight on and makes
it more difficult to breath.
spiriva doesn't touch my symptoms and advair made them worse the nebulizers help more than anything: I quit smoking over a year ago and it hasnt helped me breathe any better and it didnt change my fev1 number a bit: tell me again how it helps to quit smoking doctors lie alot!
sreg52 there should or most probably is a cure for COPD or all the lung diseases under those four letters...if we become vocal like HIV AIDS patients...Hepatitis C patients....etc...etc...we too can have advancements and a cure, we the are going to have to stand up write letters...we just can't set back and let it kill us,...we don't have too....this is GREED driven disease....think about all the money made on it....
sreg52 MMS has helped me. I have been using MMS for 25 days and I have 65% improved breathing. Look on UA-cam
Because of you stop smokeing your symptoms want get worse but sp it does help when you quot smokeing
I am on trelegy and it is a new medecine and used once a day
Doctor Kanayo Peterson's UA-cam channel is forever etched in my memory,
I wish to thank you for helping me relieve my hiv and aids symptoms with your herbal medicine for two weeks.
Through you, I became hopeful that I could live again.
Thank you
Dr, I am a COPD since years now... I have a normal life, could you please name the medicines you sugest, to talk to my doctor, I hear spiriva...thats all
Dr. Thank You very much. This is a great video. I Have copd stage 4. I exercise quite regularly. Can you tell me what type exercises I would need to increase my lung capacity.I have a full GYM with a. treadmill, total GYM, weights. I Appreciate any suggestions you may have. Thank You Russ
How’s u now?
man, there's no way you'll be able to deal with this cruel disease and do sports, for real! I'm 3.4 and I often can't ride the stationary bike for at least 6 minutes
You know what irritates me. The #1 recommendation when you have COPD is to stop smoking. I have never smoked a single cig. in my life and have never lived with a smoker. #2 recommendation is exercise. I am a very active person, fit. They act as if only smokers have this and only sedentary people. Wrong.
Im 25 years old .i have copd
Any tips to stop smoking?
Gayle, I tried to quit smoking for at least 30 years. I was a 2 pack a day smoker & tried a stop smoking clinic, hypnosis, acupuncture, welbrutin, Chantix, the patches. Nothing worked. I got pneumonia and almost died and within a weak of getting out of the hospital (I was in for 3 weeks), I went back to smoking. Fast forward to Aug. 5, 2010 I smoked my last cigarette in the pack & told myself "now would be a good time to quit". Right then I received the faith of a mustard seed from Jesus. I bowed my head and asked Him to take away my addiction. He did and I knew it. I also quit drinking at the same time and had no withdrawals. This is my story. Take care and God bless, Ken
Cold turkey! Best! Way i did gone on 4 months march 2nd and i dont get no cravings at all but gained 27 pounds in 4 months im always hungry! When you cant breathe and your Lungs start to hurt and burn you will stop believe me! Give it a try if that dont work get the gum from your doctor! Nicorette gum
Gayle, when you cannot breath, believe me that is the moment that you decide to stop. Sometimes I say, what if... and then I remember how bad it feels not to be able to breath.
I am from brasil and how can I get treatment from You with my problem?
Thank u doc🙏🙏
Snail mucus has a very unique copper peptide known to help tissues heal. Might want to try escargot.
Question , i had my pneumonia vaccine when i turn 60y/o, when is the nxt due shot gonna be???
Can command cell therapy halt this
What is stem cell theraphy and is it expensive
Tip #1, STOP SMOKING!, notice how that is the very first tip. I have a friend suffering from COPD, sad part is his wife been smoking for 30 yrs and hasn't quit. I figure seeing her husband go thru it, she would stop, nope. And her husband has stage 4 cancer, like COPD wasn't bad enough.
My Dr prescribed Relvar Ellipta 92/22 instead of Symbicort .. what do you think ?
I guess everyone who has copd is different, special with given up smoking. like Leonard Neomy, he stopped 30 years ago and still got copd years later. He had all what he could afford and still died of it.
He tweeted: Smokers, please understand. If you quit after you're diagnosed with lung damage it's too late. Grandpa says learn my lesson. Quit now. LLAP. that was in February 2014.
Thats not true your lungs and heal themselves plus if you quit you will live longer then if you continue to smoke
Because his Lung where already damaged but i bet when he quit he felt alot better and could breathe better!
Is this information still relevant in 2013?
Haha how about 2019!?
hi do you have a email address i can get you on my mother is going throw a heard time she as Emphysema the doctors are not much help wear we live they dont give a dam about my mother her Blood Pressure as bin up for a week now is 166/102 the doctor said she will be ok with that and just left it at that she gets bad head pains every day she is off her food is breaking my heart to see her like this my mother ad a bad turn on monday with her health she got this bad pain in her tummy her head felt funny she ad chest pain her heart was raceing she past out with it she told the doctor he said is a bug going around the place i say he is wrong her mood as got bad after that bad turn is not like her what can i do to help her please i need your help on this to get my mother better yours luke robertson
Excellent information! My audience would love to hear from you.
Suzanne Andrews
Functional Fitness with Suzanne Andrews, PBS TV
Producer of Functional Fitness COPD/Asthma DVD
I want to know is it ok for a COPD sufferer...... is the COVID-19 injection ok
30 minutes owee we give it go..I dont have no problem grubbing I stay hungry the medication steroid make you eat.what a short acting inhaler.what about symbicort oi Doctor Thank 😊
serrepeptase try I did none prescription reduces inflammation mucus scar tissue etc
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He fucked up when he said eat microwavable foods!! Eat radiation Doc? What school do these Doctors go to?
Tip 2 find a cure Doctor for 😂
I nearly choked on my tea when I heard this 'doctor' recommended microwavable foods . . . . you know . . . food that has had its nutrient values obliterated by microwave radiation!!
Digger Didit if you can’t stand long enough to make a meal then a microwave might be a good idea.
doctor oz says gouda cheese
Eat microwaved foods you nuts ?
😖😱information!
Thanks doc for healthy tips.