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I started with the smoker's cough, then I would get bronchitis/pneumonia. That was about 40? Now I have been intubated, tubes down my throat, arm tied to the bed rails...

I had wheezing in my throat for three years, just a terrible sound in my lungs too, so I did some off handed unsubscribed research on a product called manuka...

Hospitalized in March for 7 days, now on oxygen at night only. Portable oxygen - doctor removed, I take that as a good thing. I have a concern. After my...

I was diagnosed with COPD about 8 years ago, but I am sure I have had this terrible disease longer. I started smoking at an early age, thinking like most...

I was diagnosed with severe COPD in 2001 and spent 8 days in the hospital. They gave me oxygen but I'd heard about a pulmonary rehab program at NY Presbyterian...

I am a 59 year old female and was officially diagnosed with COPD in January 2016. I had been told several times to quit smoking over the years but I...

Hi, twenty plus years ago I had been dealing with a horrible cough and sought the usual treatments - going to interns, pulmonologist, sinus doctors, allergist for years without success...

I smoked about two packs a day. Went to the doctor, said I had COPD - I didn't know what COPD was. This was about 5 years ago. 2 years...

It was after heart surgery that I found out I had COPD. That was 8 years ago. Prior to that I would get out of breath going up hills. Had...

I am a 69 yrs old diagnosed with COPD, asthma, and emphysema in 1992. I smoked 2 packs of cigarettes a day until I was in my 40's. I also...

Hi, living with COPD the past 8 years after a bout with lung cancer. It has been a challenge for me because I wanted to stay active in my family...

I have never smoked. Was around secondhand smoke for 10 years. Had open heart surgery over 5 years ago. Afterwards, heart surgery fluid was in my lungs. And I guess...

My life changed not only due to COPD but because I went through respiratory failure where I was struggling so hard to breathe that I was turning blue. The problem...

I am a 58 year old female from Northern Maine. I was diagnosed with COPD and stress-induced asthma a year and a half ago. I have, by the way, read...

I've had COPD for many years and take Ventolin, Symbicort, Prednisone, Azithromicin, DuoNeb, Spiriva Respimat and now have been put on oxygen. Nothing lasts like it should. I am still...

With this particular life, you will learn that your breath is the most important thing in the world. Every meaningful event or minuscule happening will be over-shadowed by breath monitoring...

I have given up regular smoking of cigarettes, about 6 per day, for almost 54, yes 54 years. I put a dead stop to smoking one day, and not much...

I was diagnosed with COPD with emphysema in the early stages. A lung nodule was also found during a c-scan but was thought to be non cancerous. I quit smoking...

Hello my name is Ricky, 58 year old with COPD and vascular disease. Quad bypass 7 years ago. Chronic bronchitis and emphysema. I had my first MI at 45 and...

Hello, I am 71 years old and have had emphysema for 16 years. I have used many inhalers however I am lucky in that I don't need oxygen. I worked...