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...I haven't found much information on people my age with this but hoping to learn more as time goes on....

...That was too much for me. I was on no medications at the time and the doctor told me that now I was going to be on several....

...My new insurance doesn't pay nearly as much as my old one so I really can't afford them. Pharmaceutical companies suck....

...When I was finally diagnosed with Stage 4 COPD in 2011, I honestly didn’t think much of it....

...The result came back after a spirometry of mild small airway disease so I just carried on with meds and didn’t think about it much....

...Hi sorry I haven't been on the site much lately. I have found out that I have lung cancer several nodules are big enough they are cancerous....

...After that, I do some simple hand weights (I use 5 pounders, but that's too much for most people. You can get 3-pounders at the Dollar store!)...

...I simply stopped buying them and it was much easier than I thought though I had tried to stop for many years. I also have sleep apnea....

...OK, not so much about choices, but I think the best COPD patient has an ongoing dialogue with health care professionals....

...To The Point I Can Not Do Much Of Anything. Depression Has Tried To Take Over But I'm Fighting With All I Have To Not Let It....

...And I didn't sue; and it pretty much destroyed my health. Anyway....

...Not much of a storyteller but here goes....

...Life since then is so much better. No more seizures, no oxygen. I still have shortness of breath, people always get concerned....

...One of the ladies that worked for my mom was a very sweet lady I liked very much....

...They would be welcome by me very much at this scary time in my life. THANKS!!!...

...The cold does not bother my breathing as much. Sorry this is so long. Just need to learn what to do about fatigue....

...I'm afraid to ask when I try to be as active as possible I have a 9 year old grand daughter I am raising I do get tired a lot...

...It’s not much comfort somehow. Cut to now, 2015, and my life is drastically different. I am on over a dozen medications....

...After another month in rehab, a tracheotomy, much atrophy and a lot of work, I finally got to go home....

...understand why), all I could think of was "I am in deep trouble here", as none of the medications I have been prescribed for the last 5 years has done...