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...reactions4comments
A healthful life rewarded with copdAll my life I've been an exercise and nutrition fanatic. I've never smoked, never used illicit drugs or abused prescription medications. I...reactions3comments
Oxygen TubingI have used oxygen at home for over 6 years. I have tripped over it, my friends the same. I also have...reactions7comments
Medicare Coverage & COPDI've needed to use prednisone more often, and my pulmonologist recently saw me and reviewed what inhalers I've been on. He feels...reactions11comments
A Lonely OneHi, I got COPD in 2004 and the following year I lost my husband. It was very hard to deal with the...reactions18comments
Roller CoasterIn the past 2-1/2 years, I have gone from walking through a fairly normal (for me anyway) life, to jumping on this...reactions5comments
A little help in the morningI use my rescue inhaler proactively before trying to get up and out of bed. Afterward, I sit on the edge of...reactions9comments
Exercising at 77My family is telling me to exercise. I am 77, I am very tired and on a new medicine. I know exercise...reactions9comments
New ComerHello all, I was recently diagnosed with COPD. I am seeing a pulmonologist. I started out taking just the rescue inhaler until...reactions4comments
No Warnings on Cigarette Packs in the 60'SI thought smoking was cool back in high school over 50 years ago, boy was I wrong! I would love to sue...reactions14comments
Oxygen suppliers & MedicareThese are my biggest stressors. I get so stressed just preparing to call to order more oxygen tanks because there is always...reactions13comments
Lack of COPD SymptomsLike the author of a recent story about awareness about COPD may have led to being diagnosed earlier, I grew up in...reactions1comment
Tired of not being able to breatheLet me start by telling you I never smoked; my parents did in the car, in the house, everywhere when I was...reactions2comments
MeltdownI too have had many meltdowns with the doctor's office. I would call and they were too busy and I would wait...reactions8comments
Diane With Advanced COPDI haven’t written for a while. It seems like I’m getting more and more forgetful. Days of the week. Severe back pain...reactions3comments
The way back - improved control but not curedMy decline was slow - perhaps over 16 years starting several years after I retired. By that time I was being treated...reactions7comments
Oxygen. UGHMy dad died having experimental surgery for COPD. I still smoked, got put on oxygen, still smoked for for 5 more years...reactions13comments
Coping with our mortalityI try to remember all the fun I had before I learned I had wrecked my lungs. I also try to think...reactions5comments
My COPD and CovidI grew up in a house of smokers. So at the age of 14 I started smoking. The problem was my father...reactions2comments
Airport disasterTraveling from PBI TO JFK. When we arrived at JFK I couldn’t believe the walk to the exit to be picked up...reactions6comments
