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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...

Millions of people are caring for loved ones who are sick or disabled. In fact, some 25 percent of U.S. adults report providing care or assistance to someone with a...

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...