Danicia...I was diagnosed in 2014. I struggle more in summer with pollen pollution and poor air quality. Have many sinus infections. So breathing is a real killer. Also bloat. Man!!!!... By Danicia1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Stewby...I have been treated for as long as I can remember for asthma, recently after a bad time, the doctor gave me two lots of steroids, and two of antibiotics... By Stewby1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments1 comments
My Journey so far with COPD...My Thyroid is going crazy, and I also have 2 bulging discs in my lower back. My mental health sucks right now.... By JennieS2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments4 comments
Expert Answers: COPD and Himalayan Salt Lamps?...I am familiar with salt therapy mainly because it kept coming up every time I typed in my blog name, so this inspired a post I wrote quite a... By Editorial Team 4 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments10 comments
Patty...Hi, I am 64 years old. I found out in the summer of 2016 that I have COPD. I have never smoked in my life. But I have breathed a... By 5mazy18101 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Hope this might help others (slipping rib)...I had a flare-up that started around November 15th, 2021. It lasted months. After two weeks, I started to have a severe pain in my back where a rib attached... By adrianhayter1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments5 comments
cramping around the ribs...You get yelled at if the house doesn't close on time, usually because of the lender not doing their job.... By sharon philipp1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments29 comments
Hot weather blues...I am in late-stage COPD so I always dread going out.... By mamagretired1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments1 comments
The pool and I...So originally I was told that I may not live longer than 5 years. I’m so happy to say that was 9 years ago. I use oxygen 24/7, I’m at... By picturemehappy1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Counseling?...Hi Everyone. I've been hitting some new and unexplored lows in my condition. I've always been a happy man, quick with a smile and a joke. I guess my trouble... By rick19591 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments13 comments
Mr...Mowing my yard one day I kept running out of breath many times called my doctor got an appointment that ended with a chest X-ray, went home was called... By blayde1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Call 911!...Anyway, I realized that I wasn't doing well and decided to come downstairs to my L2K.... By cynthiajk1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments5 comments
Idjit...We came to a compromise, and I started vaping. My breathing improved GREATLY until...2018.... By Saminy2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments3 comments
I Love Life and My Family...I was diagnosed with COPD 5 yrs ago. I was hospitalized twice, came home both times on oxygen, which I came off, they say I am very severe. I do... By lorataylor1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments22 comments
Flu to Bronchitis...2010 diagnosed with cough variant asthma. At the time I would cough.. exhaling... till I passed out. Advair, ventolin... till insurance didn't like that. Dulera, till insurance didn't like that... By goby1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments2 comments
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 for an unnamed condition - still don't know... By only me1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments7 comments
All there is is hope...50 year smoker, stage 4 COPD, yadi, yadi, you've heard it all before. COPD is a "sorry, but you did it to yourself" stigma. Not true in all cases, I... By Wdh10311 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Exercises that change my life...I had shortness of breath.. just doing household stuff... even taking a bath. I had to stop several times.... By jhljohn1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Flare-up and new doctor needed...My primary doctor has been doing my refills on COPD meds.... By carol boberg1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Mother with COPD, CHF and other conditions...She is very unstable and I worry she's going to fall. I don't know what stage of COPD she is in but I feel stage 4.... By CommunityMember9841 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments13 comments