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I remember one year when my mom planted almost three hundred tulip bulbs in my grandmother’s yard and some in her yard.  She loved to be outside, with her hands...

Editor's note: This is part 1 of a 4-part series. Be sure to check out part 2, part 3, and part 4. COPD is a challenging condition to live with...

Sadly my mother suffers COPD at an advanced age. As a result I am sure sometimes our genes are more responsible for our COPD than we realize. I had sarcoidosis...

As a co-caregiver for my mom, I thought about her health constantly. I spent countless days thinking about what I should do, wondering if there was anything else that I...

We were recently cleaning out our garage, and we came across a board game that had been the Sunday afternoon activity with my mom, just after my husband and I...

When you are in mourning for the life you've lost to COPD, denial, disbelief and grief are the easiest emotions to deal with, but they can lead to the stronger...

The reaction to being diagnosed with COPD is as varied as the people that get COPD. Being diagnosed with COPD may cause feelings of denial, fear, anger, blame, guilt, confusion...

In part one I explained how COPD causes many of us to bloat. I also explained how large our lungs become inside our bodies. Bloating can be uncomfortable, and in some...

When you dig deep into your memories, there are core memories that stand out. They are the ones that you could never imagine forgetting. Maybe it was your wedding day...

Cold weather is definitely here. With it comes a change in our own health. I don’t know about you, but my body feels the changes and reacts to things differently in...

This week I am writing about the bump many of us wish we did not have: bloated stomachs that no amount of effort on our part seems to deflate. I...

As if the symptoms of COPD are not enough to deal with on their own, you also have to deal with medical bills and insurance companies.  Just when it seems...

There is a discussion that needs to take place, before it needs to take place.  Honestly, I wish that I had pushed this conversation years before we needed the information...

When you have COPD and become short of breath, you may feel the urgency to go to the bathroom or experience incontinence. It affects many of us with COPD and...

“You seemed fine yesterday.” “You don’t look sick to me.” “So, do you still smoke?” How much easier would it be if people just understood COPD? If you didn’t have...

There may come a time when you need to call 911 for help, but how do you know if you should call or drive your loved one with COPD to...

Purchasing gifts for the holidays can be overwhelming for a healthy person.  Add COPD to the mix, and you have a really big shiny ball of... stress!  So how do...

You probably have that one uncle that always covers himself in half of a bottle of cologne before showing up at a family function.  He comes in and you give...

If you are diagnosed anything other than mild COPD I always advocate buying an oximeter to check blood oxygen levels, more so when active. An oximeter is attached to the end...

In a recent survey, 106 of our COPD community members shared their holiday struggles as well as some methods for coping during the holiday season. Between the cold weather and...