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Cough. Cough. “I’m so tired and my lungs burn.” “You should go to the doctor,” said my husband. I had no idea that this was the start of the worst...

My husband has IPF and emphysema and on lung transplant list is there anyone else waiting patient or care giver that can give me practical advice? Many thanks...

I'm 75 have had COPD since 1992, I was a smoker for over 40 years and stopped in that year. In 1997 my doctor told me if I didn't get...

I knew I was likely to be diagnosed with COPD because I had smoked as many as 3 packs a day for 30 years and everyone I knew and was...

I am a 61 year old male. I was told about 10 years ago that I had a spot on my lung, but neither the doctor or I took it...

I'm a 61 year old male. I quit smoking in 2000. I had been smoking 3 packs a day. My cough from smoking became terrible. I knew I was killing...

Where do I start. Don't know if anyone will ever read this, so here it goes! I'm 62, have been diagnosed about five-six years now. At first it really wasn't...

My story is this. Recently diagnosed last year with COPD / emphysema. Smoker for 30 years. So I was mild/ moderate. Now at severe 9 months later. It's hard to...

I was surprised when diagnosed with COPD. I had been to my doctor for more than 3 years and always complained about my cough. Went to emergency room complaining of...

Smoked for 40 years. Diagnosed 3 years ago. Quit at once. Use oxygen at night and sometimes during the day. Have an oxygen concentrator and two portable ones, one on a...

In 1999 I had lung cancer and they removed one lung and cancer free. Quit smoking that same year. 2013 I began having shortness of breath and one day I...

I smoked for 42 yrs never thinking anything bad would happen, I got diagnosed 3 yrs ago. I am on O2 at night, spiriva, Breo, Daliresp, 2 inhalers, a nebulizer...

I started smoking in high school but only once in a while, when I joined the work force in 1965 I started smoking a pack a day and continued till...

Well, not sure where to begin but I'm only 34 & have been diagnosed with emphysema, lung scarring (31% damage) and a small nodule approximately 6 months ago. Assuming stage...

I have had COPD and really managed it well then I had a serious fall....... set me back. I got some better with physical therapy but got ill, got out...

Hi, I'm Nicky and I'm 48 years old. I was born in 1967 I was wrongly diagnosed aged 12yrs as being Asthmatic, this was an easy assumption to make as...

my story may be a little different than most or some....i am confused with my diagnosis..i have had cancer twice in 4yrs. mine started out as thymus cancer or a...

I was hospitalized May 30th 2014 while I was visiting my family and I became ill. I could not breathe; I had pain all over my body so I asked my...

I only smoked for 6 years - age 15-21. My first husband died of cancer a year later/Hodgkins Disease. I was shocked with the COPDdiagnosis at age 70 - but...

Started smoking when I was about 13, friends thought it was cool, parents smoke too so if I saw a pack I would take a few. Back then really didn't...