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A member asked:
I have stage 4 emphysema and secondary polycythemia; take inhalers, weigh 86 lbs. and can't have lung transplant. prognosis?i'm 58. don't need 02.
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I think this would: Be best answered by your pulmonogist but what you have is not reversible so prognosis is not great...Sorry.
Answered 9/29/2016
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Not bad: Since you don't need oxygen you have time...Years maybe...Keep your weight up!
Answered 8/25/2013
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