My wife is 70 years old with end stage emphyzema/ COPD She has been listed for a Bi-Lateral lung transplant . We were just asked about being listed for a single lung transplant that might lessen the wait ... View answer

Well, I apparently have stumbled upon the reason a elderly woman, diagnosed with end stage COPD ... nurse (LVN) I thought it was the COPD which was caus ing all her hostility towards me, as I... View answer

Can COPD decrease survival ? Male aged 71 been diagnosef with moderate copd and on inhalers ... View answer

hi doctor---my mother-in-law is on oxygen and has copd---these last several weeks, she has what she ... her anti-anxiety meds plus morphine---she has always been a with it lady even at 90 years of age ... View answer

My doctor told me I have mild copd and asthma but my chest xray was normal so do I have Copd & asthma thanks ... View answer

I have late stage copd, past smoker, quit 16 yrs. ago. My parents and childhood Dr are now dead. My first pulmo dr told I had come into something more than cigs because of my scarring and other signs, I ... View answer

My brother-in-law has end-stage COPD. He is taking morphine MS for pain and breathing for about 10 days. He has begun to itch with no visible signs of rash, but it is driving him crazy. His... View answer

I have end stage copd with emp. and broc. Also a hernia on each side above my groin. They have been ther years and was told they could not operate. I was on breathing machine almost 2 years ago with ... View answer

my wife is in the end stage of severe copd and emphysema had pcemaker put in 2 weeks ago back in hosptial cant breath at all bp is 90 over 52 when she moves around heartrate 140 oxgen drops to78 putting ... View answer

My mother in law has end stage COPD. She is experiencing gagging sensation and vomited yellow phlegm. To us it does not look like what she brought up is coming from her stomach. Could this be coming ... View answer