ComfortAs I sit here alone for another Holiday, I find peace and/or comfort in nothing. I am reminded of being called a Burden and a treated like a leper or... By Blackbird1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments7 comments
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... By AlexD3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments9 comments
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... By jhljohn1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
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... By jcupdike1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments1 comments
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... By bin there and dunit1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments1 comments
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'... By jcupdike1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments4 comments
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... By Blackmirror4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
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... By Phardy631 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments9 comments
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 (... By judyphife1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments4 comments
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... By Wdh10311 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
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... By jcupdike1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
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... By wheezy721 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
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... By jcupdike1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments3 comments
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... By munchkin471 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments9 comments
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... By stan5481 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
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... By seburnworth034 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments3 comments
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... By ruth P1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments1 comments
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... By buddyfoxy1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments10 comments
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... By Linda Moose1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments8 comments
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... By DMC531 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments8 comments