How Technology Brings Both Convenience and Confusion: Results of the Connected Health Survey...Sometimes, it feels like we are surrounded by technology. Apps, devices, trackers, and gadgets are everywhere! In this digital age, though, everyone has a different level of comfort using technology...reactionscomments
My Two-Week Experience With Healthcare...Where do I begin? I'm not sure where to start, but here goes. As you all may know, we've just recently emigrated to the UK. Before leaving South Africa, my...reactions6comments
The Need for New Biological Targets...While multiple medications under development for COPD are focusing on the inflammatory pathways, they are not expected to reverse the lung damage. For this reason, it is important to study...reactionsreplies
Is That All There Is?...If you are familiar with the above-titled song by Peggy Lee from 1969, then you know it provided a topic for many debates. Is the song about being disillusioned or...reactions8comments
Juggling COPD With the Responsibilities of a Family...Suffering from a chronic illness doesn't stop me from being a parent and a partner to my family. Unfortunately, this unpredictable disease can sometimes hinder that. I try and wake...reactions12comments
Five Years In...A few days ago, I quietly and somberly celebrated the 5th anniversary of my journey with COPD and heart failure. Those that have had my experience often call this our rebirth...reactions8comments
New to COPD...My Dad smoked, my brother and I started in high school. I smoked 20 years, but quit 40 years ago. Last September I had hyper inflated lungs. I didn't go...reactions6comments
The Struggle...Wow. One day you're okay and then the struggle appears like a mighty rock that fell in front of you. Everybody is different and so are people's struggles. Trying to...reactions4comments
What Are Bubblers? ...Some people with COPD require home oxygen. The most common delivery device for this is a nasal cannula. Cannulas have prongs that enter your nostrils allowing you to inhale a...reactions45comments
Shocked...I developed COPD a full 15 years after quitting smoking. I was somehow ignorant that I could escape that risk after having quit for so long. I also have multiple...reactions11comments
Depression and Anxiety...I have had depression and anxiety for a long time now, maybe because of COPD but, I took my medicines for it. Recently, I found myself slowly snowballing back to...reactions7replies
27 year old male. I suspect COPD and/or Emphysema. Very scared....For years, I abused my lungs. Smoking a cannabis/tobacco combination out of a bong. I shudder at the thought. I was taking very large hits, and even holding them in...reactions3replies
How Overwhelming Moving Has Been...It was quite a surreal moment seeing my family after so long. They hadn't been around when I was diagnosed, so I'm sure it was a shock. I wasn't the...reactions2comments
Poor PFT results and young. Scared of COPD....Hi everyone, I'm Ajeeth. I'm an international student in canada. 2020 had been downhill for my health. I started having shortness in breath and a very little cough in early...reactions6replies
Medicines...I would greatly appreciate any informational links about antidepressants and emphysema. Thanks in advance....reactions2replies
Thanks for Inviting Me..."Hello...my name is Jeff, and I'm an addict!" "Hello, Jeff!" I didn't realize I was an addict till after I had quit smoking for 3 years and still jonesed those...reactions26comments
Meditation for Better Breathing...When many people hear the word meditation, they think of some new age mumbo jumbo. It is immediately dismissed, never realizing the good that can come from it. Then there...reactions13comments
COVID-19 Vaccines for People With Lung Conditions...People living with COPD face a higher chance of serious illness from the virus that causes COVID-19 and having other long-term lung diseases like moderate to severe asthma and cystic...reactionscomments
Has anyone here had a baby with COPD?...Has anyone had a baby with severe COPD and how was it? I have COPD from scarring from TB and pneumonia. My lung function has increased from 21 to 45%...reactions3replies
COPD in your 20's...Hi all, New to the forum. I've been looking for a support system like this for a few years now but I had trouble finding anybody in my boat so...reactions8replies
