I first told my story here about a year and a half ago , when I was sure my days were numbered, 3 years earlier I started my trips to the hospital , every winter 2-3 times , I went to my doctor and said I was done I couldn’t do it anymore it was just to hard , when I wasn’t sick I was recovering from being sick it was a vicious cycle, I actually told him I was going off my blood pressure medication and pray for a heart attack because it had to be easier than suffocating to death he told me I would probably have a stroke and lay paralyzed for the rest of my life . And he prescribed a medication called , Daliresp the generic is Roflumilast , I have not been in the hospital, since I started this medication it’s been almost 18 months since I’ve had an exacerbation. And I also am in stage 4 , so please , talk to your doctor about this drug see if it can help . I pray it will do for all of you what it has done for me. God give us all strength to face the hard road ahead.