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...Remaining proactive about your health and assembling a team that will encourage you along your COPD journey can and will make all the difference....

...COPD, it can be tempting to stay at home and avoid outside triggers....

...He sits down and talks to you about COPD and medications....

...specific needs, and it can be adjusted as you progress through it....

...Most exercise movements can be modified to your ability and there are simple movements that can even be done in a chair!...

...Always look at what you can do with COPD, and work ahead on that....

...Do you know my breathing is dictated by the weather? It is raining, or cold, or humid. These won’t be good days....

...Part 1 can be found here and part 2 here. COPD stands for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. This disease is progressive and incurable....

...Does COPD run in your family? You should be tested for Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency. This is the genetic form of COPD and it can affect...

...Besides feeling sadness about the changes and losses COPD can force on you, it's also quite common to have anxiety or even panic at times....

...It’s been ten and a half years since I had to leave and apply for disability and I still miss it every day....

...After filling out the form, it should be signed by you and also by witnesses....

...It's good to know that exacerbations can be sudden or gradual....

...Find yours by practicing mindfulness and meditation and by staying in the moment, and paying attention to the moment....

...However, reality had a different script; most of those in my care had COPD....

...Without realizing it, these remnants end up in the air and can easily be inhaled by you....

...But how can you be prepared to get up fast and to a safe place with a pile of oxygen tubing, carry yourself and your oxygen...

...Mentally and emotionally I go back and forth between hope and hopelessness....

...To withhold visiting a loved one in a hospital because being there makes you uneasy can be considered neglect and is downright cruel!...

...I feel that our nurses can be so much more important to us sometimes than our doctors....