Copd

Aye sorry 2 hear about ur leg.mine was self inflicted with smoking sometimes i think i have been misdiagnosed but had all the tests plus been in hospital a couple of times through it and get lots of infections hopefully it might settle down now on ecigs my tests have been good 98 since i stopped. Dont let it get u downthrough my leg am a high risk 4 heart attact and stroke but am no lying down to it plus got other things wrong with me to.so chin up aaron

Yes get 1 every year had 2 go ro breathing classes 2 but inly went to.1.got tested first in doctors and said was on borderline with asthma.but was still struggling with breathlessness so got sent to hospital for tests and was diagnosed with it plus my xrays on my lung had holes in it to i get alot of infections in my chest and a couple of Times av been admitted 2 hospital with infections in bottom of lung.is just how am able to do a lot of training and walking .i have mild emphysema so was just wondering if any1 has the same as me can do something similar.my aunt was on oxygen with it but died through it .thanks

Hi thanks vee2 thats my treatment for my leg not so much gym but plenty of walking it gets verypainful especially hills but the more i do the farther i can walk i would need a bypass on leg as blockage is to long for a stent plus high risk of losing it during operating so not risking it. As 4 my lungs am on 3 inhalers ventolin.relvar.incruse. when i come back from gym i need a sleep for 5 or 10 mins then am good to go again. Get back to gym u will b able 2 build it up slowly i did.30 mins was tired then got 2 2 half hours then leg went but am building up again feel healthy.u can 2 stick in and good luck.thanks 4 feedback.

Hi Druwho, thanks.

I've never been able to achieve 2 hours exercise at once, since being diagnosed, if I try and push too hard I get lung pain and dizzy and I was exercising regularly for over 12 years 3-5 times a week.  I can't do that now. I was knocked right back this past winter and have still not recovered fully, I think because I have further lung damage now. 

I came across an interesting article (below is excerpt from ncbi gov site title 'Effectiveness of Interval exercise training for people with copd'  if you want to search for it)

"Although in healthy elderly individuals and patients with chronic heart failure there is evidence that this training modality is superior to continuous exercise in terms of physiological training effects, in patients with COPD, there is not such evidence. Nevertheless, in patients with COPD application of interval training has been shown to be equally effective to continuous exercise as it induces equivalent physiological training effects but with less symptoms of dyspnea and leg discomfort during training. "

You know your own limitations of course but do be guided by what your own doctors recommend.  Excessive exercise with a serious chronic health issues can be as detrimental as not enough I believe.

Best wishes V

Thanks vee2 am just back at gym went 4 3 weeeks got chest infection off for 3 weeks now av been going 5 weeks now my fitness levels r really good but when i come back from gym need asleep only 5 or 10 minutes then am a lot better get my dinner then long walk the more i do the better am feeling.so i hope i get a good run at it 2 get my beer belly off lost over a stone so far13 stone 8 so trying to lose another stone and al b happy .good luck vee 2

It's impossible for vaping to be worst lol 😂 

And you know better than lung specialist ? 

I know lung specialists that encourage vaping instead of smoking even at stop smoking groups they talk about the benifits and peoples spirometry speak for themselves 

Ok not sure where your from but they don't here, and vaping as only been out a short time so how can anyone know it's better ? it's BS

They use to say smoking was good for us.

Yeah I know what you mean I use to think like that aswell but I know 100% smoking is bad and 80% of me thinks vaping is safe so I'd much rather quit smoking using vape and then quit vape just makes it all so much easier 

If i started any again i would smoke a pipe, i don't like this vaping i see loads doing it now.

Well i went 2 the doc when they told me i may lose my leg and asked her smoking or vaping she told me vaping is better than smoking coz no tar in vaping and its the build up of tar thats blocking my ateries also was off fags a year and on ecigs my breathing was great and my spirometer test were the best ever went back 2 fags breathing was crap again so back on e cigs and can do a lot more without getting breathless so 4 me they have saved my leg got my mum on them to and her breathing is good 2 so defo e cigs 4 me no tar in them and no 200 chemicals including arsenic

Why do any if your health is so bad, i don't understand.

Because i have an addiction to nicotine which is hard 2 break i have pts and am not putting myself through unnecessary pain when i can smoke safely

Well so did i smoked for 43 years and stopped once they told me about my lungs. How can smoking be safe ?

Am not smoking am vaping its a vapour going in my lungs not smoke or harmful chemicals

Still chemicals in vape, any way it's your life we all have to make our own choice so not sure why i am going on about it really sorry.

Hey its ok ur opinion av tried all sorts to stop and i cant so this is easier way even chemicals in patches but this is the new thing to try to help u to stop i wont stop coz its not affecting my breathing 90 mins at gym today done 8 miles in gym and walked 8 after my dinner doing it now while i can i keep pushing myself john

I would love to smoke and only that stopped me is thinking about doing more damage to my lungs.