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Thursday, October 04, 2007
Living With COPD
It took me a long time to admit, much less start dealing with the fact I have COPD. I finally came clean with my doctors, instead of spending hours before I go to the doctor regulating my breathing. I am sure they are smart enough to know I was hiding in my own denial.
Please click on the above title to read up on how to manage your life with COPD. It has a lot of useful information on it. I cannot say one word about denial, as I have lived with my own denial, but I will suggest anyone dx'ed with this disease be open and honest with their doctors. I am on a nebulizer (breathing machine) every 4 hours. I think about how long I suffered because I was closet about my COPD.
Nuff Said
Ya Think!!
Please click on the above title to read up on how to manage your life with COPD. It has a lot of useful information on it. I cannot say one word about denial, as I have lived with my own denial, but I will suggest anyone dx'ed with this disease be open and honest with their doctors. I am on a nebulizer (breathing machine) every 4 hours. I think about how long I suffered because I was closet about my COPD.
Nuff Said
Ya Think!!
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2 comments:
You are right - I do need to find a decent doc - some say I have COPD - where are the tests? Here is looks like COPD and chronic bronchitis can be two different things. Maybe I'm lucky? Anyway the tips are good just for chronic illness - I like the conserving energy part - it is so hard to take care of oneself when feeling so crappy and now the food prices are insane - $10 for a bottle of olive oil and/or p-nut butter...
Actually, both Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema are catagorized as the two components which make up COPD. They can be seperate or in sync with each other. I have both.
There are tests. I have had them. Stress Tests and Breathing Tests. If you have a shortness of breath, you most likely have one and/or the other.
DAYUM about the food prices. Does this mean if I ever moved back to Corpus Christi I would no longer be shopping at Sun Harvest? ...and no.... I will never move back there.
Do you know about Angel Food Ministries? It is not an indigent program. http://angelfoodministries.org .. Check into it. There is more than one in P'Cola. It will save you an obscene amount of money on groceries.