Connecting with other...Hi all I don't come on here often but really need to connect with other I do isolate from people and its...reactions2replies
Is a Portable Oxygen Machine in Your Future?...My sister told me she saw someone with a portable oxygen tank and asked why I didn’t have one. Well, I wondered...reactions58comments
The way back - improved control but not cured...My decline was slow - perhaps over 16 years starting several years after I retired. By that time I was being treated...reactions7comments
Oxygen. UGH...My dad died having experimental surgery for COPD. I still smoked, got put on oxygen, still smoked for for 5 more years...reactions13comments
It Was a Meltdown (Part 2)...Editor's note: This is part 2 of a 2-part series. Be sure to read part 1 as well! I hadn’t heard back...reactions4comments
Lung pain...Does anyone’s lungs actually hurt when having a particularly rough time? This TX heat came on so fast this summer I didn’t...reactions9repliesBreathing
recent hospital visit...I also wanted to add to my earlier comments that I found it strange to be in the hospital for something other...reactions1reply
Have been diagnoses with COPD . . ....This was quite a surprise to me as I had quit smoking 45 years ago. Have been an avid tennis player for...reactions2repliesResearch & Clinical TrialsBreathingCoping
How Pharmacists Can Help People With COPD...Managing a condition like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) calls for an entire team. While you might first think of your doctors...reactionscomments
6 minute walk test...Could some of you share your experience of having the 6 minute walk test? I'm new here and will be sharing more...reactions29repliesDiagnosis
Ever Get Tired of Seeing Doctors? ...Ever get to the point you get tired of seeing doctors and having to constantly get tested for one thing or another?...reactions15comments
What Does it Mean if I Am an Alpha-1 Carrier ?...An Alpha-1 carrier is a person who has one normal Alpha-1 gene (M) and one defective Alpha-1 gene (usually Z or S)...reactions4comments
FeaturedShare a photo: What's in your COPD toolkit?...Inhalers, breathing devices, oxygen - comment with a picture of your COPD treatment and management toolkit!...reactions22repliesCopingTreatment
Take the Person Before Patient Survey...The Person Before Patient Survey is now closed. Thank you for your interest! What makes us the people we are? Living with...reactionscomments
Frequency of desaturating ...Hi All, I was wondering if everyone desaturates when they are walking around even with oxygen? I’m talking about the 25 or...reactions5repliesBreathingAwareness
The different symptoms...I lost my mom last year on may 30th I say the worst day if my life. As u can tell I...reactions1replyChronic BronchitisAwarenessCoping
Almost Diagnosed...I got sick last April very suddenly. It started with dry cough, some regurgitation/reflux and then I couldn't breath very badly for...reactions4repliesBreathingSymptomsProgression
Is it OK to use the inhaler more than once a day...I was diagnosed in the year 2012 but since I exercise regularly and eat sensibly my condition has remained in the early...reactions3repliesChronic Bronchitis
Coping with our mortality...I try to remember all the fun I had before I learned I had wrecked my lungs. I also try to think...reactions5comments
My COPD and Covid...I grew up in a house of smokers. So at the age of 14 I started smoking. The problem was my father...reactions2comments
