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| | From:  Ruby_680 (Original Message) | Sent: 8/20/2008 8:25 PM |
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Hi there Julie Q2 a warm welcome to our group Please take a few minutes to tell us a little about yourself on our members INFO BOARD and tell us when your birthday is, so we can send you good wishes on your special day. there is also a HEALTH BOARD to look through. And Please give us your VOTE We also have a fun & relaxation board here We hope you enjoy being here with us, Please just acknowledge your welcome, If you do decide to stay, jump in on any of the message boards, make some great new friends and have some fun. We all look forward to getting to know you....thank you for joining.  I am Ruby from Ayrshire in Scotland I have copd, angina and arthrtis. Hope to see you soon. Ruby
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| | | From: ©Barb | Sent: 8/21/2008 1:46 AM |
| great to have you with us.. Im Barb from Ontario, Canada.. looking forward to meeting you on the boards |
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 Nice to have you join us & I look forward to getting to know you. I live in Quebec,Canada & I have COPD amongst other things... Jess |
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| | | From: JulieQ2 | Sent: 10/5/2008 11:02 AM |
Thankyou so much I hadnt seen this post until today. I am in the uk and after being rushed into hospital 3 times during the first 3 months of this year with chest infections causing asthma attacks, (5 weeks in all) I have been left on 24 hour oxygen therapy, which is quite a shock after being used to going out to work in a job I loved. Looking forward to getting to know you all. Julie xxx |
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Julie - what a coincidence - I. also, have just got out of hospital after 5 weeks in there. Also, I too, have 24 hour oxygen which I didn't have before?? I was rushed in twice when the airways closed up and I don't ever want this to happen again. Love and thinking about you..Joan XX |
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Hi & welcome, I am Meg from Sydney Australia. I have COPD & a few other things too. I hope you join in soon & enjoy this group as much as I do. Meg |
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Sorry to hear you had such a bad time and been in hospital Julie. I too was in for 3 weeks but this time it was a bad flareup of arthritis. I now need carers to help me get washed and clothes on in the morning. Was ina few times this year before that with chest infections and angina. Hoping to stay out for a while this time. Welcome and nice to see you taking part in the group. If you want to ask any questions, just add to a message and we get back to you. Hugs. Ruby |
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That's kind of the way it hit me Julie, I went to work one day and had this awful hurting in my back just below the sholder baldes all day, by the time I got home that night I could barely draw a breath without it hurtings so bad. Went to the doctor and that's the last day I worked.... Severe chest infection and emphasiema with asthma and other things. was put on oxy just at night to begin but it soon went to 24/7. I think we are all the same so any questions or fears you want to discuss bring them on we've probably all had the same. I've been with mine for 15 years or so now and when they diagnosed me they said in 5 years I'd probably be in the hospital more than I'd be out but I've showed them....I've only been in twice and that was due to penumonia. 'Jessie |
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| Hi Julie, Looking forward to getting to know you. This is a great group with lots of wonderful caring people. I have COPD/Emphasyma plus other conditions & have been on oxygen 24/7 for several years. I miss working & doing all the things I used to & am still working on the "acceptance" part of my illnesses. Don't hesitate to ask questions or express your fears since I'm sure that all or part of us have been thru it & it really does help to have friends to talk to who really do understand. I'm Cilla from SW Illinois ~ USA. |
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| | | From: JulieQ2 | Sent: 10/18/2008 8:15 AM |
Awwwwww thanks everyone for your lovely replies, its good to find other people in the same position so you have someone to talk to who understands how you may be feeling. (not good too because it means other people are ill) One strange thing they did find out was that my heart is on the wrong side of my chest and its back to front !!!!! Also they kept asking me if I had had chest surgery after they did X Rays as it looks like I have some ribs missing !!!! I have a curved spine, not that you would know by just looking at me but this, along with my heart in the wrong place means my chest cavity isnt as big as it should be. Seems I am a funny old thing lol and its took to the age of almost 50 (this month) to find out. Julie xxx |
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Oh Julie, does that hurt you or give you pain. I've never heard of that before, the heart on the wrong side and back to front. Did you have an operation for it at any time. When is your Birthday Julie. we must remeber that one, being 50. Thanks for the reply. Hope you feel ok today and have a nice Saturday. Ruby |
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Hi Julie, Amazing that it took so long to discover this. It seems like I read something about this condition recently so when I return from my G-Daughters' Soccer Games I will try to retrace my steps & see if I can find & post the article. I'm so sorry that you have so many problems but hope you aren't feeling too badly. Glad to see you posting ~ the more the merrier. I have found a lot of solice & made some "wonderful" friends here. Really knowing that you are NOT alone with your problems & being able to talk to others with problems helps more than I can describe, not to mention the laughs & giggles that we can share, as well. Hugs, Cilla  |
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Julie, I have been trying to find the article I read but so far the exact article is eluding me. However, in my searching I did discover that the name of the rare condition of having one's heart on the (wrong) right side of the chest ~ as opposed to the (normal) left side is called "Dextrocardia". IT DOES NOT HAVE TO MEAN THAT THE HEART ITSELF IS ABNORMAL so if you go looking yourself don't let some of the information scare you until you learn more from your doctor. I will keep looking since the original article I read was not as confusing as the ones I am finding now. Hope you are having a good weekend........ Hugs, Cilla |
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| | | From: JulieQ2 | Sent: 11/6/2008 10:00 PM |
Hi everyone, I havent been around my groups for awhile. Ruby you asked if I had any pain from my heart being as it is well no, I wouldnt have known if they hadnt told me. Joan (Barneyday1) I read in another post your son lives in Suffolk....well so does mine :o) I am in Derbyshire. He went there after uni for his work. Julie xxx |
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Hi Julie, nice to see you back. I hope you are feeling better now. It's a small world. There you go Joan. Someone near your son. Ruby |
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