COPD and now Emphysema...I am a 52 year old woman who was diagnosed with moderate COPD at age 38. I suffer with shortness of breath...reactions11comments
Complete Surprise...I am a 65 year old woman. I smoked for nearly 40 years, thankfully finally, successfully quit about 12-14 years ago. I...reactions10comments
Coping With Mental Health: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)...If you or someone you love is struggling with a mental health disorder, you are not alone. Twenty percent of adults in...reactionscomments
Statistics...It is estimated that more than 250 million people in the world may have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This number is...
Lung Function Breathing Tests...Breathing tests play a key role in finding out if a person has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). These tests can also...
How Healthy Lungs Function...Our lungs are a pair of organs that sit in our chest on either side of the heart. Both lungs work the...
What Is a Diffusion Test (DLCO)? ...A common test in the COPD community is a pulmonary function test (PFT). A PFT includes a series of breathing tests to...reactions14comments
Oh Heck No!...It all started when my husband took me to a brand-new Dollar Store. I was hoping to find fabric, as some people...reactions19comments
Why Quitting Smoking Can Prolong Your Life...I frequently hear questions like, “Why should I quit smoking, the damage is already done?” or “I quit smoking, but I don’t...reactions3comments
Shocked...I developed COPD a full 15 years after quitting smoking. I was somehow ignorant that I could escape that risk after having...reactions11comments
Medicare Coverage & COPD...I've needed to use prednisone more often, and my pulmonologist recently saw me and reviewed what inhalers I've been on. He feels...reactions11comments
A Lonely One...Hi, I got COPD in 2004 and the following year I lost my husband. It was very hard to deal with the...reactions18comments
Roller Coaster...In the past 2-1/2 years, I have gone from walking through a fairly normal (for me anyway) life, to jumping on this...reactions5comments
I Have Alpha What?..."You have Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency." Those were the words that I heard when I was diagnosed in June of 2010. Alpha-1 Antitrypsin...reactions2comments
Coping With Mental Health: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy...Some people who have experienced a shocking, dangerous, or frightening event may develop a disorder known as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The...reactionscomments
The Better Breathers Club...If you’re fortunate to have attended a meeting of a COPD support group, I think you’ll agree – they are wonderful. They...reactions5comments
A little help in the morning...I use my rescue inhaler proactively before trying to get up and out of bed. Afterward, I sit on the edge of...reactions9comments
Digital Health vs. Digital Therapeutics...Technology is now a common way to deliver healthcare. Digital health products help prevent, diagnose, or manage chronic conditions. Devices range from...reactionscomments
Exercising at 77...My family is telling me to exercise. I am 77, I am very tired and on a new medicine. I know exercise...reactions9comments
New Comer...Hello all, I was recently diagnosed with COPD. I am seeing a pulmonologist. I started out taking just the rescue inhaler until...reactions4comments
