Stories

Hi everyone. Im 55 and a 40 yr smoker. I was told I had mild COPD 14 months ago. I stopped smoking the day they told me. I had a...

Hi, I live in the U.K. I was diagnosed with emphysema 6 years ago. I am now on home oxygen. My biggest problem was the cannula. My nose would often...

I came up with what I consider to be a brilliant idea! Some of the biggest problems that we encounter in the world of lung disease are awareness and the...

I was diagnosed with copd about 15 yrs ago, I have since had several chest infections, wheezing attacks and breathlessness, but nothing that hospitalized me. I thought that I was...

I was sitting in church. This was about 5 years before they told me I had stage 3 COPD. I believe I had COPD back then, I just had not...

One year ago I moved from the east coast to northern Arizona. Newly retired, I was eager to take advantage of all of the outdoor activities, especially horseback riding and...

Hi everyone. I was diagnosed with COPD very recently. I have spent a lot of time trying to ignore it. Now I’m ready to do more about it. It scares...

I turned 25 in the first week of December! My gosh! I am officially a whole quarter. I was sick on my birthday so I celebrated at home with my...

I don't think there are many people who get excited to become admitted into the hospital, I know I don't. When allergy season comes into play, we might find ourselves...

Hello all, Over Christmas I have been getting more and more out of breath, so rang the doctor and he left prescription for antibiotics plus steroids. The problem I have...

I didn't realise I was suffering from this condition for a long time. I had what one could describe as a bit of a bad time of it!!! For a...

I would like to know if anybody else feels like there is something in their lungs that is crawling. It can be painful at times, it is a very weird...

I went to TJ Maxx today to buy a black scarf, we can never have to many of those. I walked in, my boyfriend set Woody (portable oxygen) in a...

I was about 30, when I started my symptoms. I lived in Germany at the time. I often had pneumonia. The doctors had no idea what was wrong with me...

I have asthma and COPD - it is hard to breathe air in or breathe air out. I just found out 3 weeks ago I also have cancer in my...

I'm a 78 year old man who smoked for 47 years and worked in a very smoky environment for 30 years. I quit smoking at age 58. I played senior...

I was diagnosed with both about 11 years ago. I was told it was severe when I asked what stage I was in. Over the past few years I've had...

I was told a few years ago that I had COPD. I couldn't come to terms with this news and still carried on smoking cigarettes. I was not thinking about...

I have COPD! Just found out I have lung cancer! Just in my right lower lobe. I am actually glad I had a COPD exacerbation. They did a chest CT...

Background of my current crisis: I've known for years that I would get COPD, I smoke, have quit several times and have always started back up. I'm currently in smoke...