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
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... By vikki21511 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments4 comments
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 hardly ever embibe. For more than 50+ years... By Beowulf1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments3 comments
Oxygen TubingI have used oxygen at home for over 6 years. I have tripped over it, my friends the same. I also have a walker. I am talking about the tubing... By buddyfoxy1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments7 comments
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 Dulera will be beneficial and says to discontinue... By twovillages1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments11 comments
A Lonely OneHi, I got COPD in 2004 and the following year I lost my husband. It was very hard to deal with the loss and my grief. I was not on... By claire87pine1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments18 comments
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 crazy coaster of chronic illness. I am 61... By 1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments5 comments