Living

Editor's note: This is part 1 of a series. Check out part 2 and part 3! In December of 2019, I asked my doctor to be admitted to a respiratory...

We asked our COPD advocates to share about the topic of withdrawing. Here is what they each had to say. When I learned that I had COPD, I went through...

Everyone has their favorite products for a dry mouth with COPD, and there are many to choose from. Mom battled the symptoms of dry mouth and learned how important it...

For those of us that have COPD, eating is not always an easy task. Sometimes it is the stomach that is upset or bloated, sometimes it is the shortness of...

If you're struggling, it's pretty difficult to enjoy your life and life is for enjoying. COPD is a difficult illness to live with and as we're aware, it's an illness...

Most of us with advanced COPD will eventually end up on supplemental oxygen. We will be assigned an oxygen company that will oversee all our oxygen needs in conjunction with...

Since the time we were children, we have had one. We probably developed it around the time we learned to talk and started to know the difference between right and...

Too often, I seem to read about "inhaler abuse." A recent study cited in the Journal of General Internal Medicine stated, "Inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) use among patients with COPD increases...

Mom and I were enjoying a cup of coffee one morning when she started coughing. It started as a tickle, and then suddenly she was gasping for air. Jumping out...

Hi all! Hope everyone has had a few easy-breathing days of late. It's sure been a challenging few days for me. Highs and lows, laughter and tears. No one said...

Is there anything better than being inside the house or apartment on a cold winter’s day when you don’t have to go out and you can enjoy all that beautiful...

I have been quite happy with my general practitioner handling my COPD. On one visit he decided I should have a pulmonologist. He explained they keep up on new medicines...

When your doctor sits across the desk from you and tells you that you have COPD, your world is about to change. Everything you thought you knew in the past...

Access to medicine is important. Drug regimens are part of treating many health conditions, and delays in taking drugs can have serious effects on health and well-being. Many people get...

Once again we’re shopping for our loved ones' gifts. Sometimes buying for our loved ones can be difficult. It can be harder yet when purchasing something for someone with a...

Coping with COPD begins by finding a great doctor. You and your doctor work together to create a COPD control team. Your doctor is the medical expert and you are...

As a COPD patient, it is always important to have your "go-to bag" ready to go at a moment's notice. I have had a bag ready to go since the...

I usually know before I get out of bed that it is going to be a cold, wet day. I can hear the rain on my windowsill and feel the...

Have you ever experienced worsening COPD symptoms during certain types of weather? Whether it is too hot, humid, cold, or rainy? I think we all have our “ideal weather” type...

Opening my eyes, I focus on the clock. It is 7:00 in the morning. I would love to roll over and get another hour or so of sleep. I don’t...