Stories

I started smoking at twelve years of age. It wasn't just limited to tobacco. After eight crazy years of smoking whatever, my friends were beginning to use hard drugs. Heroin...

My mother passed in 2009 with COPD. I was her sole caregiver 24/7. At the time I didn't know I had lung cancer. Anyway, in 2013 I had a chest...

Started smoking at the age of 11, stealing a few at a time from my mothers cigarettes, by the time I was 14 I was smoking a pack a day...

Hi, I was diagnosed with COPD August 2012. I have cramps in every part of my body that's possible, different day brings a cramp in legs, arms, fingers, toes, face...

In 1989, my youngest sister through labs was told she has low Antitrypsin counts and perhaps she and siblings should be tested for Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Deficiency. We had family...

I was so relieved to see that others experience this. I have thought that it might be a heart attack and have worried about it. My cardio says my heart...

I was up in Oklahoma and feeding the cows and horses, and went to get the keys to my neighbor's truck to go to pick up some feed boxes, and...

I quit smoking about 25 years ago. Diagnosed with COPD about 5 years ago. About 2 years ago I was diagnosed with a condition called polymyalgia rheumatica. Had to be...

In August 2010 I had a bi-lateral mastectomy because of cancer. I thought these cramps were from something to do with that. Wow! What an eye opener for me. Never...

I was diagnosed in March 2015. I had gotten sick from cold and flu made lungs collapse. Did a 5 day stay in hospital when I left they prescribed $900.00...

I was diagnosed with emphysema, chronic bronchitis, COPD two years ago. I was started on inhalers and saw some improvement, but could not exercise because of severe breathing problems. I...

After my heart surgery, COPD kicked in pretty violently. Guessing the muscles that helped breathing did not help any more. Yes I am on 02 but still six years later...

I am a retired school bus driver. Never smoked. 64 yrs young, married 45 yrs. I started with the symptoms almost 4 yrs ago. I just was in the hospital...

I am a 68 yr old female who was diagnosed with COPD in 1992. I was a heavy smoker, 2 packs a day. I also have scoliosis and had surgery...

The phone rings and everything else such as noise, TV, conversations and family seem to fade into the back ground. My Pulmonary Doctor is calling with the results of my...

I am 64, widow, mother of 5 and grandmother of 12. Former smoker for 30 years nearly 2 packs a day. Smoke free for 16 years this coming April. I...

I have had COPD for about 18 years (probably longer but that is when I was diagnosed). I quit smoking 19 years ago - I had smoked 3 packs a...

I'm a 58yr old mother/grandmother of 8 and newly engaged! I was diagnosed about 12yrs ago with moderate/severe copd. Not sure if we have 'stages' of the disease in the...

I was diagnosed 12 yrs ago. I smoked for 30 yrs. I am on oxygen 24/7. I have 28% lung function. I get sick alot and my gp doesnt seem...

My name is Krissi and I was diagnosed when I was 25 with copd. I was getting chronic bronchitis twice a month for several months. I was given inhalers then...