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What do you call a doctor who barely passed his medical exam? You call him doctor. I am sure that some of the best doctors barely passed their medical exams...

Have you noticed that anytime you get short of breath, it leads to an urgent need to use the washroom? First comes the inability to breathe, and if you don’t...

A girlfriend sent me a text the other day. She said that her husband didn’t understand when she got short of breath. He was very good to her most of...

I inhale for 2 seconds through my nose, with my mouth closed, and try my hardest to get the breath deep into my abdomen. No shallow lung breathing is allowed;...

When my husband is going out to mow or haul something, I tell him, "I'll be right out to help." His response was, "yeah, right." That comment is in teasing...

Over these past eleven years, I have had many first times with my oxygen. Here are some I'd like to share. In October 2011 is when I wore oxygen for...

I can say with certainty that I would love a cigarette right now. It’s not a feeling like I would kill someone for a smoke, but given the opportunity,  I...

Mama was a hoot. Memories of her always make me smile. When we decided to make DIY cleaners for COPD, mom’s recipes were the best. We experimented a lot. One...

I gasped for air as I stepped out the back door and onto the deck. The sweat began to pour off of me, and I hurried back into the house...

There is a well-known link between COPD and various types of heart disease. You may or may not be able to avoid the impact on your heart as your COPD...

I hear from people daily that tell me they can’t exercise and don’t exercise daily. They complain that they can’t go to the bathroom without feeling exhausted and gasping to...

I work every day, and sometimes on the weekends too.  I don't get paid for many things that I work on. Are you like me? I keep pushing myself to...

Editorial Note: Nominations for 2024 are now closed. We are very excited to announce the launch of the 2024 Social Health Awards program! The Social Health Awards is an awards...

I came across this quote the other day by Ady Barkan, a health care activist talking about his battle with ALS. “Hope is not a state of mind. It is...

We all know the strangling fear of breathlessness. It knocks the wind out of us and leads us to believe that we're going to die. Our minds become clogged with...

A cough can be annoying at times. This is especially true when you have a chronic cough or a cough that won’t go away. Still, a cough has a very...

I had no insurance when I was first diagnosed with alpha-1 (Genetic COPD). Trying to find the money to pay for my prescriptions was so hard. After going without at...

Have smells ever bothered you because of your COPD? Smells sure have bothered me! Laundry aisle I remember going shopping with my mom from a very early age, and every...

Many people with COPD also have asthma and many people with asthma also have allergies. So, are there also links between COPD and allergies? I recently investigated this topic. This...

As we approach the winter of our lives, we all know that one day, hopefully in the very distant future, we will all die. Those of us who have COPD...