Stories

Hi I am a 62 year old female. I have had COPD since 2014. It was severe. I got treated with different types of inhale disks. I was in and...

I was fourteen when I came to terms with my own mortality. Sitting at the top of Mill Hill, on the South Downs, looking over the town of Shoreham-by-Sea, which...

I am 64yrs. old. Had my first real scare with COPD, waiting to go for breathing test...

I am 65 years old and was diagnosed with COPD June 2013. I think I have between 30-40% of my lungs still working. I am however still working every day...

I am 67 year old man with COPD. I use oxygen at night and have been told to use it when I walk as well. Interesting how many people have...

Hello I am a 46 year old female, diagnosed recently with COPD stage 2. Any comments on feelings when you were diagnosed? How to cope?...

I'm 62 and have copd. I would love to communicate with you all and learn your experiences. Some days I feel ok and others, more so lately, I feel like...

Hi I’ve got end stage COPD which is soul destroying. I have no quality of life, I stop in bed because a couple steps and I get severely out of...

I read ‘Mary Ultes’ story on how she still managed her life even with COPD. She showed so much courage over her last years. In 2004, hospital doctors diagnosed me...

My brother had the treatment. You have to look on the Zephyr site and see what state has the treatment and what hospital will perform the treatment. It does take...

I was employed at at a mine as an underground mechanic for 23 years. In that time I was exposed to lung damaging working conditions. I was diagnosed with COPD...

My name is Carol. I have had COPD for a long time and had my share of hospital visits. I always bounced back and continued to live life, me and my...

I was diagnosed 6 years ago with COPD and am now in stage II. I am only on inhalers at this time and have never seen a pulmonary doctor, only...

I was DIAGNOSED 2 Years Ago, On 2017 NOVEMBER 16Th, after being DIAGNOSED with VERY SEVERE OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA and put on BiPAP, on 2017 AUGUST 08 — 09th!!! Met...

SOAPBOX TIME. Getting on my Soapbox--I posted this on my Facebook page. I have to get on my soapbox today as I'm really frustrated with this COPD business. Please don't...

This began THANKSGIVING 2015, November 25th, @ Around 2 — 4 AM, EST, with a bout of BRONCHITIS from a Cold. I began having TROUBLE BREATHING and couldn’t CATCH My...

I started Daliresp for my stage 3 COPD and couldn’t continue after a week of severe issues. My collarbone hurt, then it radiated into my neck, jaw and face. 168...

When to get in shower one morning and bam... could not breathe. Admitted to hospital with CHF hypoxia and COPD. That was two years ago Dec. this year. I am...

Hi, I'm a 66 year old baby boomer. I have COPD and was diagnosed with asthma last year. I finished hepatitis C treatment a year ago and seem to be...

After reading about rib massage I decided to find out if it might help with my rib pain. I researched several massage businesses and found a massage therapist who had...