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Editor's note: This is part 3 of a series. Check out part 1 and part 2. Lots of anticipation led to my second attempt at respiratory rehab. Due to the...

In the good old days when a person or a couple moved into a different town, when they got married, or when they had a baby, a gift basket was...

Well, it's been about a little over a week since landing on UK soil, and what a time we've had. I would just like to share my personal experience as...

Dear Journal, Here we are at the end of another year. It has been a strange year for most, great sadness because of so many lives lost with Covid, and...

Editor's note: This is part 2 of a series. Check out part 1 and part 3! Doing respiratory rehab one-on-one with my therapist on ZOOM made it even more intimidating...

We asked our COPD advocates for their thoughts on irritability and here’s what they had to say. Our families and friends know that I have COPD, asthma, allergies, and more...

Sometimes mom had nose dryness with supplemental oxygen for COPD. Then the cannula would irritate it and make things worse. Her skin seemed drier and thinner inside her nostrils anyway...

It never occurred to me when I was diagnosed with COPD how much it would affect my diet and eating habits. I have been lucky in that I don’t have...

Doctors often order blood tests which requires that you have your blood drawn. The information obtained from your blood can be helpful to doctors. It can help them monitor how...

It could be a New Year's past, a New Year's future, or even a New Year in the present. New Year's Eve is always the 31st of December. This is...

One of the most difficult things for me to commit to is exercise. Actually, diet too. Why exercise, you may wonder. Exercise can help to slow the progression of this...

We asked our COPD advocates for their thoughts on impatience and here's what they had to say. Patience is a virtue, so they say. I try, but am finding out...

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...

When you have COPD, life can be challenging at times. Having a caregiver can help when times get tough. However, a truly effective caregiver needs to understand how COPD affects...

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...