idiopathic pulmonary fibrosisMy 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...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
COPD diagnosis made me stop smokingI'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...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Knew It Was Likely, But Thought I'd Have More Time!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...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Same Story, Different PersonI 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...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Sudden COPD Flare Gave Me a Dose of RealityI'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...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
My Story: Respiratory FailureWhere 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...Reactions0reactionsComments8 comments
My Story: Severe COPDMy 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...Reactions0reactionsComments12 comments
My storyI 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...Reactions0reactionsComments5 comments
My COPDSmoked 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...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Surviving COPDIn 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...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
my COPDI 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...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Former smokerI 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...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Early 30's.....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...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Managing Cough with COPDI 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...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
My personal medical JourneyHi, 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...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Cancer Twice in 4yrs. Went to Lungs and Diagnosis is COPD.....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...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
Living with COPDI 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...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
COPD Stage 1I 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...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
COPDStarted 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...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
If only I had known betterStarted smoking when I started nursing in 1966! It seemed the normal think to do and all the nurses and senior staff smoked so be one of the crowd. I...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments