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Anxiety

I have found that if I overthink a situation I’ve become very anxious, which in turn makes me even shorter of breath and my heart starts pounding. I do my...

Exercise and Normality

Hey Guys, I have two questions for you: 1. Do any of you guys who have had COPD for a while still cut your own grass? 2. Do any of...

Mild-Moderate Emphysema Life Expectancy

Hi, I am 36 years old with two small children and am wondering to hear some of peoples personal stories and some hope I can live old and see my...

Newly diagnosed with COPD and fearful

I now realize that I have probably been having symptoms of COPD for several years but was in deniaI. After all, I never smoked so I couldn’t COPD. I got...

Hopeless

I don't maintain hope. I just muddle along. I go through hopeful periods and then I am slammed with an exacerbation. Nothing can be done except to take my meds...

Newly Diagnosed with COPDp

I have COPD I'm not sure when my diagnosis was made but it's on my medical portfolio. I had pneumonia twice in 2020. I had 2 admissions to 2 different...

Overthinking everything

Shower time is a real issue. For 6 years... I dread everytime I have to. I have a chair I do use, but it’s just a crutch. Going out is...

Anxiety

This is me to a t! I'm always thinking what if this happens while I'm walking or what ever I'm doing that requires more breath than I have. I throw...

Boredom and tired of tv.

Being on oxygen 24/7 and living in South Tx I can't go anywhere as it is so humid that I can't breathe.i decided to take online classes in medical billing...

Status Update On My Brother (and me)

So, I share my house with my brother Gene, who is 5 years younger - I am the oldest. I now have COPD. He was a cab driver until a...

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