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Sorry about your friend. My mother had COPD so I know what it is like. However, you don't have to smoke to get COPD. In my day there was that "second-hand smoke". Everybody smoked, in offices, in cars, restaurants, etc. It might just take one more episode to move that non-smoker to COPD. Doesn't seem fair.
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Lillie49: My friend recently told me she was diagnosed with "COPD" and never smoked a cigarette in her life.
There was a fire 2 blocks away from her suite a couple months ago, and due to extreme lack of landlord maintenance issues going on, her balcony window would not close properly. It had a gap of about 4" at the top, so could not close when fire happening. They were called on the spot, did not respond as was late at night(4 a.m.) until 3 days later after several calls. Even then, they played like she was nuts about the smell of smoke covering everything in her suite. Stated..that fixing the windows was not a priority in their budget!
Since then her doctor has diagnosed her with COPD, she has nightly wakings of not being able to breathe, been to the hospital several times, now on inhalers and told to stay away from areas like dust, pollution. Oh and she has moved out of there!
It blows my mind, as a recent quitter...of smoking cigarettes,never indoors though, I know full well the damage it does, so why is it...when a NON-smoker gets the FULL brunt of something so suspicious, that landlords are not held accountable?
This was a NON smoking building to boot.
This has affected her health 100% since then.
Please only kind words are acceptable...I don't know how long she has now, as its pretty bad
It does not take too much to block a 4 inch hole , your friend being concerned should have been proactive and blocked the hole herself temporally .There was a fire 2 blocks away from her suite a couple months ago, and due to extreme lack of landlord maintenance issues going on, her balcony window would not close properly. It had a gap of about 4" at the top, so could not close when fire happening. They were called on the spot, did not respond as was late at night(4 a.m.) until 3 days later after several calls. Even then, they played like she was nuts about the smell of smoke covering everything in her suite. Stated..that fixing the windows was not a priority in their budget!
Since then her doctor has diagnosed her with COPD, she has nightly wakings of not being able to breathe, been to the hospital several times, now on inhalers and told to stay away from areas like dust, pollution. Oh and she has moved out of there!
It blows my mind, as a recent quitter...of smoking cigarettes,never indoors though, I know full well the damage it does, so why is it...when a NON-smoker gets the FULL brunt of something so suspicious, that landlords are not held accountable?
This was a NON smoking building to boot.
This has affected her health 100% since then.
Please only kind words are acceptable...I don't know how long she has now, as its pretty bad
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newinsouth: Sorry about your friend. My mother had COPD so I know what it is like. However, you don't have to smoke to get COPD. In my day there was that "second-hand smoke". Everybody smoked, in offices, in cars, restaurants, etc. It might just take one more episode to move that non-smoker to COPD. Doesn't seem fair.
Hiya newinsouthThank you for your kind words
It surely doesn't seem fair at all to me.
Sounded like a huge lack of response from maintenance if you ask me.
Mind you I have had first hand experience with that myself a time or two..they just didn't get a hoot. As long as they get their money on time, theyre fine with that
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epirb: It does not take too much to block a 4 inch hole , your friend being concerned should have been proactive and blocked the hole herself temporally .
Oh I'm sorry, I didn't mention she was disabled and in a wheelchair
Kind of hard to do that. The smoke happened so fast in her suite, she wouldn't of had time to block anything.Your response did not answer my question
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Lillie49: Oh I'm sorry, I didn't mention she was disabled and in a wheelchair Kind of hard to do that. The smoke happened so fast in her suite, she wouldn't of had time to block anything.Your response did not answer my question
Much less been able to do it herself..
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depends what stage COPD she is and what type it is as well.. cope is actually an umbrella term for several illnesses from chronic bronchitis to emphazema.. and some survive it for decades
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JustBrian: depends what stage COPD she is and what type it is as well.. cope is actually an umbrella term for several illnesses from chronic bronchitis to emphazema.. and some survive it for decades
Hiya JustBrian..how you doing??Yes well it just added complications to her health no doubt about it...Her doctor says its not good and she has weakened a lot since.
Her lungs are quite damaged as a result.
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Sorry to hear about youre friend,,as far as im concerned a good landlord should make sure everything is fully operational in any properties they rent out..
Many landlords are almost non existent and only make theyre presence felt when money is involved.(in theyre favour)..
I bet all the windows open and close properly in said landlords residence.
Many landlords are almost non existent and only make theyre presence felt when money is involved.(in theyre favour)..
I bet all the windows open and close properly in said landlords residence.
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Lillie49: My friend recently told me she was diagnosed with "COPD" and never smoked a cigarette in her life.
There was a fire 2 blocks away from her suite a couple months ago, and due to extreme lack of landlord maintenance issues going on, her balcony window would not close properly. It had a gap of about 4" at the top, so could not close when fire happening. They were called on the spot, did not respond as was late at night(4 a.m.) until 3 days later after several calls. Even then, they played like she was nuts about the smell of smoke covering everything in her suite. Stated..that fixing the windows was not a priority in their budget!
Since then her doctor has diagnosed her with COPD, she has nightly wakings of not being able to breathe, been to the hospital several times, now on inhalers and told to stay away from areas like dust, pollution. Oh and she has moved out of there!
It blows my mind, as a recent quitter...of smoking cigarettes,never indoors though, I know full well the damage it does, so why is it...when a NON-smoker gets the FULL brunt of something so suspicious, that landlords are not held accountable?
This was a NON smoking building to boot.
This has affected her health 100% since then.
Please only kind words are acceptable...I don't know how long she has now, as its pretty bad
One of the things I learned in college (I was a licensed medical assistant/pharmacy technician), is that non-smokers tend to develop diseases more rapidly because they have not built up a resistance to cigarette smoke. That's why there was such a huge flap over the "second-hand smoke" issue. Hope that explains a little. Life can be terribly ironic: it is possible to smoke all your life and never come down with any of those illnesses, and it is equally possible to never smoke a single cigarette and get every smoke-related illness known. Every immune system is unique.There was a fire 2 blocks away from her suite a couple months ago, and due to extreme lack of landlord maintenance issues going on, her balcony window would not close properly. It had a gap of about 4" at the top, so could not close when fire happening. They were called on the spot, did not respond as was late at night(4 a.m.) until 3 days later after several calls. Even then, they played like she was nuts about the smell of smoke covering everything in her suite. Stated..that fixing the windows was not a priority in their budget!
Since then her doctor has diagnosed her with COPD, she has nightly wakings of not being able to breathe, been to the hospital several times, now on inhalers and told to stay away from areas like dust, pollution. Oh and she has moved out of there!
It blows my mind, as a recent quitter...of smoking cigarettes,never indoors though, I know full well the damage it does, so why is it...when a NON-smoker gets the FULL brunt of something so suspicious, that landlords are not held accountable?
This was a NON smoking building to boot.
This has affected her health 100% since then.
Please only kind words are acceptable...I don't know how long she has now, as its pretty bad
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twazzle70: Sorry to hear about youre friend,,as far as im concerned a good landlord should make sure everything is fully operational in any properties they rent out..
Many landlords are almost non existent and only make theyre presence felt when money is involved.(in theyre favour)..
I bet all the windows open and close properly in said landlords residence.
Many landlords are almost non existent and only make theyre presence felt when money is involved.(in theyre favour)..
I bet all the windows open and close properly in said landlords residence.
Hiya Twazzle 
Thanks for posting. I agree with you in regards to a 'decent' landlords obligations. Its hard to find a good one, even I know that...and ya your probably correct. I believe landlords live a big brand new house outside of town...and have professionals taking care of it for them..
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rohaan: One of the things I learned in college (I was a licensed medical assistant/pharmacy technician), is that non-smokers tend to develop diseases more rapidly because they have not built up a resistance to cigarette smoke. That's why there was such a huge flap over the "second-hand smoke" issue. Hope that explains a little. Life can be terribly ironic: it is possible to smoke all your life and never come down with any of those illnesses, and it is equally possible to never smoke a single cigarette and get every smoke-related illness known. Every immune system is unique.
Hiya Rohaan..
I believe everyone's immune system is different as well.
My grandfather was a frequent smoker all his life, passed on at the age of 114..and it wasn't from that. In fact, he never did have any of those smoker related issues.
Go figure eh
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Lillie49: My friend recently told me she was diagnosed with "COPD" and never smoked a cigarette in her life.
There was a fire 2 blocks away from her suite a couple months ago, and due to extreme lack of landlord maintenance issues going on, her balcony window would not close properly. It had a gap of about 4" at the top, so could not close when fire happening. They were called on the spot, did not respond as was late at night(4 a.m.) until 3 days later after several calls. Even then, they played like she was nuts about the smell of smoke covering everything in her suite. Stated..that fixing the windows was not a priority in their budget!
Since then her doctor has diagnosed her with COPD, she has nightly wakings of not being able to breathe, been to the hospital several times, now on inhalers and told to stay away from areas like dust, pollution. Oh and she has moved out of there!
It blows my mind, as a recent quitter...of smoking cigarettes,never indoors though, I know full well the damage it does, so why is it...when a NON-smoker gets the FULL brunt of something so suspicious, that landlords are not held accountable?
This was a NON smoking building to boot.
This has affected her health 100% since then.
Please only kind words are acceptable...I don't know how long she has now, as its pretty bad
There was a fire 2 blocks away from her suite a couple months ago, and due to extreme lack of landlord maintenance issues going on, her balcony window would not close properly. It had a gap of about 4" at the top, so could not close when fire happening. They were called on the spot, did not respond as was late at night(4 a.m.) until 3 days later after several calls. Even then, they played like she was nuts about the smell of smoke covering everything in her suite. Stated..that fixing the windows was not a priority in their budget!
Since then her doctor has diagnosed her with COPD, she has nightly wakings of not being able to breathe, been to the hospital several times, now on inhalers and told to stay away from areas like dust, pollution. Oh and she has moved out of there!
It blows my mind, as a recent quitter...of smoking cigarettes,never indoors though, I know full well the damage it does, so why is it...when a NON-smoker gets the FULL brunt of something so suspicious, that landlords are not held accountable?
This was a NON smoking building to boot.
This has affected her health 100% since then.
Please only kind words are acceptable...I don't know how long she has now, as its pretty bad
COPD is nothing to joke about, its a serious condition. Your friend is very unfortunate to have this, its odd that she is a non smoker affected by this but as you mentioned, perhaps the smoke from that fire could have had something to do with it, god only knows what was in the smoke.
The only thing you can do for her is to be at her side. Try to give her some happiness and stand by her.
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Track16: COPD is nothing to joke about, its a serious condition. Your friend is very unfortunate to have this, its odd that she is a non smoker affected by this but as you mentioned, perhaps the smoke from that fire could have had something to do with it, god only knows what was in the smoke.
The only thing you can do for her is to be at her side. Try to give her some happiness and stand by her.
The only thing you can do for her is to be at her side. Try to give her some happiness and stand by her.
I believe there were all kinds of chemicals from this bldg. that burned down drifting around in air there, who knows what on earth she inhaled in her suite. Very unfortunate indeed Yes her and I are good friends and I do what I can to help her out for sure
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I stopped smoking 6years ago believing the info after a few years your lungs go back to as if you have never smoked.
untrue I am a walker and started to find hill walking very difficult, out of breath more than I should have been. Went to docs in end diagnosed with COPD. Doc said damage to my lungs was already done, he did not take into account as my job used to be soldering circuit boards long before they made solder without lead, also lead in atmosphere and dust from such things as Chernoble disaster which covered quite a bit of our globe. I put that down to more cancer cases these days around world.
So sorry for your friend but you can delay progress of disease to certain extent. Breathing excercises, keep fit and good diet.
I inhale a powder called Tiotiopium bromide each morning and this seems to stop any bad attacks. I wish her luck
untrue I am a walker and started to find hill walking very difficult, out of breath more than I should have been. Went to docs in end diagnosed with COPD. Doc said damage to my lungs was already done, he did not take into account as my job used to be soldering circuit boards long before they made solder without lead, also lead in atmosphere and dust from such things as Chernoble disaster which covered quite a bit of our globe. I put that down to more cancer cases these days around world.So sorry for your friend but you can delay progress of disease to certain extent. Breathing excercises, keep fit and good diet.
I inhale a powder called Tiotiopium bromide each morning and this seems to stop any bad attacks. I wish her luck
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Redex: I stopped smoking 6years ago believing the info after a few years your lungs go back to as if you have never smoked. untrue I am a walker and started to find hill walking very difficult, out of breath more than I should have been. Went to docs in end diagnosed with COPD. Doc said damage to my lungs was already done, he did not take into account as my job used to be soldering circuit boards long before they made solder without lead, also lead in atmosphere and dust from such things as Chernoble disaster which covered quite a bit of our globe. I put that down to more cancer cases these days around world.
So sorry for your friend but you can delay progress of disease to certain extent. Breathing excercises, keep fit and good diet.
I inhale a powder called Tiotiopium bromide each morning and this seems to stop any bad attacks. I wish her luck
So sorry for your friend but you can delay progress of disease to certain extent. Breathing excercises, keep fit and good diet.
I inhale a powder called Tiotiopium bromide each morning and this seems to stop any bad attacks. I wish her luck
Well Hiya Redex..nice of you to post
I am shocked at your info, as I have read and heard the same thing from doctors/health care professionals as you have..I love walking too, and still do. I am sorry to hear about your COPD as well, it is very hard to watch someone you care about going thru that
I wish you all the best Redex, I know from past jobs myself indoors and out, the sporadic chemicals from sources were not even aware of til down the road, very unsafe habits were practiced then. Such a shame! Copd isn't always from smoking, I believe environmental factors are a huge issue that hardly ever gets dealt with..
Thank you for your kind words, I do hope things will get better for her but hard to tell right now. Every day is a struggle as I'm sure you know..
She is on inhalers as well, they seem to work, but not always..allergic reactions maybe
Some things seem to set it off more than others, dust,carpets, etc.Nice to meet you Redex
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When my mother was in the early stages of COPD, doctors used to give her steroids. You would not believe how well that worked. It was like her COPD disappeared. Of course there was still the progression of the disease. The last few times they used it, she developed steroid psychosis. Shame, she was really out of it.
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newinsouth: When my mother was in the early stages of COPD, doctors used to give her steroids. You would not believe how well that worked. It was like her COPD disappeared. Of course there was still the progression of the disease. The last few times they used it, she developed steroid psychosis. Shame, she was really out of it.
Hiya NewinsouthSorry to hear
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Lillie49: Hiya Newinsouth
Sorry to hear That is what they are giving her..steroid inhalers..I wonder how long they will work though before it becomes worse?..What is steroid psychosis? I will have to google that..doesn't sound good
Sorry to hear That is what they are giving her..steroid inhalers..I wonder how long they will work though before it becomes worse?..What is steroid psychosis? I will have to google that..doesn't sound good
Basically they are out of their mind. They get paranoid and you cannot reason with them.
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There was a fire 2 blocks away from her suite a couple months ago, and due to extreme lack of landlord maintenance issues going on, her balcony window would not close properly. It had a gap of about 4" at the top, so could not close when fire happening. They were called on the spot, did not respond as was late at night(4 a.m.) until 3 days later after several calls. Even then, they played like she was nuts about the smell of smoke covering everything in her suite. Stated..that fixing the windows was not a priority in their budget!
Since then her doctor has diagnosed her with COPD, she has nightly wakings of not being able to breathe, been to the hospital several times, now on inhalers and told to stay away from areas like dust, pollution. Oh and she has moved out of there!
It blows my mind, as a recent quitter...of smoking cigarettes,never indoors though, I know full well the damage it does, so why is it...when a NON-smoker gets the FULL brunt of something so suspicious, that landlords are not held accountable?
This was a NON smoking building to boot.
This has affected her health 100% since then.
Please only kind words are acceptable...I don't know how long she has now, as its pretty bad