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Coping

Coping with COPD is hard enough, but the thing that get's to me the most is having to sleep in a separate Bedroom from my Wife of 40 years

  1. That must really hurt, . My heart goes out to you. - Lori (Team Member)

    1. yeah it can be a fit I a hang up. But having to get up a few times in the night. Coughing and splutering just ain't fate on her. I supose that we are luck in that we have a couple of spare rooms

      1. So sorry, it is hard. My husband and I had to do this also. It is all about keeping each other as healthy as possible, rest is important! We did have a couple adjustments we did to help a little and that was purchased a baby monitor that worked both ways. Why? We always tend to have that last minute shitting the sheets something to day to one another and couldn't from the other room, the monitors changed that. Then we set the monitors volume to fit each of our hearing and that way if one gets up and needs help, they can call out to the other or make a loud enough noise hopefully to get the attention. It takes a couple nights to get that volume settings adjusted but it has now been working for about 8 months. We do each keep our cellphones with us in our own rooms, thus again if in need of help one of us can gall 911 if needed. We have to keep in mind that Loving and Caring for one another is NOT always sharing. My hheart does out to you both as you go through this time of transition.

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