Stories

Greetings everyone! I'm Janice, 66 y/o, and I was diagnosed with stage 3 COPD in February. I also have asthma and allergies. Life has changed a lot since the diagnosis...

People say, well, you look great! Or you look good. My thoughts are You can’t see COPD. All I can say to them is it’s a struggle to breath. I...

I had a severe SOB issue at a client's house in 2017. I came home and my lung collapsed less than a minute before the paramedics walked in. Lung re-inflated...

My anxiety is off the charts in the morning before I get up. Racing thoughts about stuff that hasn’t happened or that I have to do today. I used to...

Been feeling weakness and exhaustion to the point where I could barely take care of my home. Severe pain on my right side and sides of my back, nausea throwing...

I don't mean to make this a woe is me thing and hope it does not come across that way. As to why am I writing this, I don't know...

Hi, I am a 56 year old woman, married with 2 children ages 30 and 26. I was diagnosed with COPD in my late 30's. I had a thoracotomy in...

My 1st time posting. Thank you for the opportunity. I have come to discover COPD is underrated. I started smoking at 16. That was 1963 when they said it would...

My journey started, I’m thinking, last October. I hadn’t been diagnosed yet, but my doctor said it was COPD and I was having a flare-up. It was the first time...

I was admitted to the hospital with body cramps and swollen hands and feet, while in hospital it was discovered I had acute kidney damage due to low sodium levels...

Hello my name is Keith and I am a 51-year-old male with a partner and 2 kids. A girl who is 26 and a boy who is 20 years old...

Good morning, all! April 13th was a wake up call for me in a big way! I use 02 pretty much 24/7. Occasionally I give my nose a break if...

Hello. I posted a story about 2 years ago about my boyfriend and his breathing issues. It has not gotten better. He has seen pulmonologists, has had x-rays, one ct...

It is true that COPD is mainly a 'smokers problem' or pollution and even genetics. I have never touched a cigarette in my life, my Dad smoked but never in...

I was replying to a topic I just read! What do these exacerbations feel like- I was just released from Hospital on another diagnosis about four days ago. I visited...

Reading the article on what a COPD patient should have which included a good doctor and an action plan I could only smile. I have neither. I was diagnosed about...

Last September I was diagnosed with emphysema. I am over weight and get short of breath upon exertion mostly. I grew up in the era when people smoked everywhere. Both...

My lungs are at 24% now. Very severe COPD now, I am very happy to have found copd.net to share my story and read other stories from all of you...

I smoked for perhaps 40 years. I had been thinking about stopping but had no real willpower to do so. For me, the key was being very busy. I was...

In Australia, at the moment we are seeing a large reduction in medical knowledge with physical doctors being replaced with online doctors. Knowledge and medical assistance are now being placed...