Introducing my COPD journey...I'll be turning 68 this year, and have been smoking for 55 years. Started as a punk kid of 13. Still smoking, and oddly enough still enjoy it.... By George B1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments21 comments
Blind Going In...I've been at this since 2016.... By CommunityMember35461 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments1 comments
COPD History...Been on inhalers since and I done feel bad. I also have Graves’ disease so my symptoms are similar.... By kathynearydumont1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Hard to breathe...than I have. $20000 is what the procedure costs I have been told.... By dboyce1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments1 comments
I Had No Idea Why I Was So Sick...I have been doing so much better and I have been given a second chance in life…... By 1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Afraid...I am 60, been smoking since 16. I have now contracted pneumonia and have had it for close to two months.... By longlegdog1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments16 comments
Stupidity...Hope none of you on here mind but I will be praying for you.... By cindy121 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Mental health...I'll be taking this matter up with my respiratory team, GP & counsellor. Sometimes I think the people who front these agencies are programmed robots.... By phoenix591 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments10 comments
Stewby...I have never smoked, but been a publican all my life, working in smoky pubs.... By Stewby1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Time Takes Its Toll...I have been living with COPD for 10 to 15 years. I would never give up cigarettes. I had my first serious exasperation.... By datch1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments3 comments
COPD and Exercise...They are slow miles but they are miles. After I rest I alternate daily doing bicep and tricep exercises.... By fr0van1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Exhausted...My doctor does not understand I've been getting rib cramps. If I reach out when I'm in bed, it usually brings on cramps in my upper abdomen.... By davoe1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments10 comments
Ribcage cramps and spasms...Hi, I have been having these for a few years and they are getting worse it seems. Closer to get having them or lasting longer.... By Lbass541 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments6 comments
To work or not...I've been being treated for COPD for almost eight years, I just turned 61.... By jillybean1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments3 comments
My struggle with doctors...Told my doctor, he said there was nothing can be done.... By dawnish1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments3 comments
COPD Scares...But it has been for 18 months, so we are praying it still is. I also had a heart attack in 2008.... By mylesb1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments4 comments
To stop smoking - a suggestion for what it is worth...I was rebuilding/renovating a French farmhouse that was 200 years old and had not been touched for 250!... By bin there and dunit1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Untreated dental infection and postural drainage...I have been sent to tooth surgery and the day after tooth surgery I started to feel better.... By vladimir3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments1 comments
COPD & cramps...Summertime I don't seem to get these cramps hardly at all, if I do they are not significant.... By natty1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Counseling?...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.... By rick19591 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments13 comments
