Stories

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...

I first became sick back in about 2007. I am 54 years old now, and I'm dealing with emphysema and stage 4 COPD. I spend many of my days at...

I've gotten slower, more tired and less able. It is infuriating, humiliating and dehumanizing. I am angry at myself but I'm more angry at my lungs. I hate them with...

My husband has just been diagnosed with COPD, we have just been through a tough time. They drew fluid from his lungs and started coughing up blood after not being...

I am an ALPHA 1. This is a genetic (inherited) condition. It affects about one in every 2500 people. My Geno type is MZ and am at level 112. What...

Worked in ball bearing factories for 41 years - 28 as a tool maker. Smoked for about the same amount. Have emphysema and fibrosis - nothing like a double whammy...

Hi, I'm 55 years old and was diagnosed with COPD in 2014. It was a very confusing time as I had gone to the hospital, thinking I had pneumonia (I...

I was diagnosed with COPD in 2006 and back then it was easy to see why no one thought of me as ever being sick. I hardly thought so myself...

Believe it or not emphysema is beatable. I did it. I’m male and 57 years old . I was diagnosed with mild emphysema 6 years ago. Before diagnosed, I was...

I was sitting in my car in the disabled car parking space in front of the mall when a young woman came over to my driver's side window and started...

Hello. I got so fed up with explaining to friends and some family how I was feeling that I just say, I'm fine thanks. My wife doesn't have to ask...

When I was 30 years old I was involved in an explosion at my place of employment. I was burnt over 83% of my body with second and third degree...

My user name is dawnish. I have been struggling with asthma for decades, smoking since 13 years old, quit smoking at 33 years old, my breathing slowly got worse as...

Hello everyone, I am new to this and to COPD. I quit smoking in November, 10 months ago. I quit because I was hearing a lot of wheezing in my...

I'm a 65 year old man that smoked for 35 years. Was told I had COPD 9 years ago and continued smoking up until I had an attack of sorts...

I was diagnosed with COPD in 2009. At first, I had no pain, but after treatment with prednisone, I developed diabetes and osteoporosis. Because of the steroids, I fractured L2...

I am a 66 year old woman. I smoked for years now, doctor tells me I have COPD. Still trying to get used to this. I cry a lot -...

Having COPD, I'm on four on my oxygen concentrator and two at night. Have tried many different inhalers ending up in the donut hole. Now my doctor has me on...

I'm Vlado, 53 years old living in Croatia. I have never smoked, my Alpha trypsin 1 is ok, I lived in a small town without smog and 500m faraway from...

My problem began from my adolescence. Cold, and coughing. I thought it was rhinitis but never had a sure cure until almost 40 years after when I was told the...