What is your COPD story? Let's share!

Hello everyone,

How are you doing? Have you seen this discussion? 

What is your COPD story? How were you diagnosed? How are you doing now? What medications or treatments have you tried? Feel free to introduce yourself and share your story, your advice or your support here!
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Take care,
Courtney

@Courtney_J Ah I'm surprised I haven't commented on this yet! I've had COPD for several years now and I feel like I've got a pretty good control over it for the most part. I still struggle at night. Hope everyone's doing ok!

@MJones99 I'm a former smoker and I know how hard it is. I switched to vaping a while ago and now I can't seem to drop that habit.

Anyway, I've had COPD for a while now, because of my many years of smoking. I really struggle with breathlessness and sometimes a cough even though I'm on advair.

Will I am a recovering alcoholic of 40 years and I guess I was diagnosed with COPD at least 20 years ago I,I quit smoking about 15 years ago and about 16years ago had a collapsed rt lung and had an MRI and I had quite a few large bullae on both lungs but a large one on my rt lung rupture and caused lung to collapse so I had surgery and then 10 years ago I was admitted for 3 weeks for asperation and after 2 week in hospital my rt lung collapse again and dr glued it to my ribs and I didn't catch covid had 7 boosters but caught ka virus about 2 months ago and still dealing with the effects of that also on home oxygen and depressed as my brother passed in November from COPD plus I have high BP on a fluid pill and chronic pain in my feet and I have high anxiety and cognitive issues and eye problems and I pray 🙏 and try to feel grateful but lately I just want to give up as I am tired of the struggle and no fun,but reaching out for support and prayers, thanks for reading this

I still remember struggling for days and weeks before getting assistance. Breathing was from breath to breath. My parents took me to the hospital cause I was struggling so hard and I was getting blue. I was tired, very very tired. At the hospital I was getting stuck with needles and an IV tube. Bak then they used a long needle for an IV and left the needle in. My arm was tied to a board to keep the needle stable, it hurt. I tried my best to live but, so at 10 months old I stopped. The doctors brought my body back but I was not thought to live very long. So that was the beginning of my life of struggling. I learned to suck it up and be tough because that was beaten in to me. My story goes on and I, my condition, is a unique one so I’ve been told. I will share more in time. But that was the beginning. Oh, sometimes I get so bad but I always survive because my mind is strong.