Stories

Doctor fatigue? You make me laugh. Over here, after diagnosis, we get shoved over to COPD specialists. In theory, we see them every six months or so (but can ring...

Hi I'm 61 I have multiple lung problems gold COPD, emphysema, bronchitis, & hiatal hernia in my upper chest, which makes breathing harder, I also am suffering from high bloods...

My mother died from cancer 35 years ago. Looking back now I'm certain she suffered with COPD long before her cancer diagnosis. She was 73. She smoked less than 10...

I found this Group only this morning. I kept meaning to search for one but kept forgetting. I have memory issues. Anyway, I was diagnosed this year with COPD/Emphysema on...

"One Day I'm Breathing Easy, The Next I'm Struggling: The Unpredictability of COPD" Living with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) can be a rollercoaster of emotions and physical challenges. One...

We are often told that COPD is incurable and irreversible. But consider my story. I smoked marijuana for more than 40 years -- deep draughts from bongs and joints daily...

I was recently diagnosed with COPD; the bloating was horrible, and the gas even worst. I immediately went on a detox with an alkaline diet and coach, saw a TCM...

Back in January 1999, I became quite poorly, coughing a lot of green phlegm, getting very breathless and losing weight, I went back and forth to me GP who kept...

My name is Jennie, I am 62 yrs old but was 61 when diagnosed. I have smoked since I was 14 and quit for the first time in my life...

I began this journey nine years ago at 72 when I was in the hospital for a compression fracture of T12. Obviously, I had emphysema long before then without knowing...

First time post. March 2023 I had picked up some kind of bug which led to a full blown exacerbation that landed me in the emergency room. Doctors wanted to...

My other half just went on oxygen about a month ago. I've helped her along as much as I can and I assume things will settle down a bit, given...

I read someone's story about doctor fatigue. I have it and have had it for years. My adult son passed away and since then I have not really wanted to...

I'm not sure if I have told my story. I was so sick when I was diagnosed 13 years ago with stage 4 Emphysema. I had been working at the...

People say, well, you look great! Or you look good. My thoughts are You can’t see COPD. All I can say to them is it’s a struggle to breath. I...

I had a severe SOB issue at a client's house in 2017. I came home and my lung collapsed less than a minute before the paramedics walked in. Lung re-inflated...

My anxiety is off the charts in the morning before I get up. Racing thoughts about stuff that hasn’t happened or that I have to do today. I used to...

Been feeling weakness and exhaustion to the point where I could barely take care of my home. Severe pain on my right side and sides of my back, nausea throwing...

I don't mean to make this a woe is me thing and hope it does not come across that way. As to why am I writing this, I don't know...

Hi, I am a 56 year old woman, married with 2 children ages 30 and 26. I was diagnosed with COPD in my late 30's. I had a thoracotomy in...