How I "cured" my COPD symptoms completely.I am embarrassed that this story is going to sound like me, me, me but I am excited to share my "discovery" in the hope that it may help others...reactions9comments
Exercises that change my lifeMy name is John Latuharhary, I am 68yrs, I smoked almost my entire life, I had been diagnosed with COPD about 4yrs ago... I had shortness of breath.. just doing...reactions2comments
ExerciseI think a pulmonary rehab program is essential before anybody starts an exercise regimen. If your doc hasn't discussed it with you, I think you should ask. Rehab techs will...reactions1comment
Self help helps.I have been prescribed for un-named lung problems since 2005. I say un-named because it was many years later that someone referred to it as being COPD and sent me...reactions1comment
diagnosisI had to learn was how to listen to health care people who were leading me through the process. At first, 'here, try this inhaler to see if it works'...reactions4comments
Learning to breatheLearning to breathe It’s been a real struggle for me. As an active person with five sons and a husband, three cats, and a dog to look after as well...reactionscomments
Hopeful or HopelessRecently I found myself with an extra 100 lbs., and dragging oxygen tubing throughout my house. The weight came from that "miracle" drug called Prednisone, and the oxygen is supposed...reactions9comments
Tired of it allI was diagnosed with COPD around 2017. A year after my husband of 40 years passed away from colorectal cancer. In 2019, had a really deep basal cell Carcinoma (...reactions4comments
All there is is hope50 year smoker, stage 4 COPD, yadi, yadi, you've heard it all before. COPD is a "sorry, but you did it to yourself" stigma. Not true in all cases, I...reactions2comments
Choices are often related to awarenessI think discovering the trends and symptoms very early in the process can give us more choices about treating the moment. OK, not so much about choices, but I think...reactions2comments
Struggling but livingI have been battling COPD for about 10 years. I bartended back in the smoking inside days and it has given me this awful disease. I also work for a...reactions2comments
Hope definedHope is the reality that, the instant it's over, becomes a memory. All that is an arcane academic paragraph that doesn't tell you how to manage the next minute or...reactions3comments
Easiest way to shop & cookMy husband suffers from M.E. (CFS) and is on immunosuppressants, having had a kidney transplant, and I suffer from diabetes & COPD. I do the cooking for both of us...reactions9comments
Regarding BreoI took Breo for nine months and stopped with my pulmonologist's approval. Every couple of months I would have a bout of pneumonia and we couldn't figure out why. Well...reactions2comments
Family Support Is CriticalI was diagnosed with severe COPD on my 63rd birthday. I knew something was going on so I intentionally made an appointment to see a Pulmonary Specialist as a birthday...reactions3comments
AnxietyI too have some difficulty with anxiety. My daughter thinks I should get therapy. I disagree. Therapy can't remove the source of my anxieties. I am anxious going anywhere, concerned...reactions1comment
TubingI have written about this before, but now l have a problem with it. I started using my walker with the big oxygen in my basket, in my apartment to...reactions10comments
MeAlmost 5 years ago I was diagnosed with cold. For years I had complained to my Dr about inability to breathe. His answer was walk, walk walk. That was the...reactions8comments
The first diagnosisI watched my father-in-law struggle with COPD for several years. He not only smoked, but was a retired firefighter, serving at a time when the protection from smoke was not...reactions8comments
Don’t give up!Hi all, Well, the last two weeks have been bad with Dan being in hospital again. This is the second time in two weeks.He is having a really hard time...reactions4comments
