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...Now wreath making has been so much fun. I gave wreaths out for Christmas 2017 and everyone loved their gifts....

...The actual measurement is the percent that your blood is saturated with oxygen, compared to how much it could contain....

...It is our obligation to learn as much as we can about our illness, and more importantly, how it affects us....

...Calories don't interest me as much as I tend to burn calories very quickly even with a high-calorie diet....

...But I did some research and found out so much information about how I could help myself....

...I cannot remember the last time I had so much fun! There were moments of getting short of breath, but I knew what to do....

...Phase 3 studies include a much larger group of participants (often 1000-2000), with the goal of definitively assessing how efficacious a treatment is....

...But the COPD community has more – and at a much higher rate – of coexisting diseases than the general public. So what are these diseases?...

...Why is so much known about other diseases, yet so little known about ours? These are viable questions I hear often....

...Online communities (such as this one) as well as local support groups can help so much. Don’t be afraid to reach out and ask for help....

...I am very aware that I can't do what I used to, I can't achieve what I used to, and the standards of a society full of healthy people are...

...She told me they had too much money to qualify for services. My friend thought the aging office services are only for poor people!...

...If I get too much water in it or get swimming water in my cannula, then I change it altogether....

...As I would find out much later, the hot that I felt was above normal and caused by high blood pressure....

...I didn’t smoke very much. If I would have quit sooner. Wouldn’t I have known sooner?...

...You should write down how much you use. A common prescription is for 2LPM by nasal cannula. You should also write down when you use it.  ...

...A great deal of activity was fit into one day without giving it much thought. Then life became something different....

...This theory has been tested on asthmatics and not so much on the COPD population. So, it’s something that may be studied more in the future....

...Although I'm not going out as much as I did, keeping active and positive while doing the things that I do enjoy makes me feel good....

...It just goes to show you how much they mark the medications up, which is so frustrating....