Shared Stories
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Susan B. I was first diagnosed with emphysema in 2007/2008. I had been having some issues with pleurisy. As anyone who has had it knows, it can be very painful.
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Valerie L. I was diagnosed with COPD gold standard 3 in 2018 and retired due to disability.
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April A. In the fall of 2018 I started to become short of breath and developed a cough. I was a healthy 43 year old and on no medication. I had only been to the hospital to have my 2 children.
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Melissa E. I never could breathe after a bout of killer influenza as a toddler.
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Thomas A. I had a form of throat cancer with a tumor, due to 55 years of smoking. The had to remove my voice box and part of lymph nodes to eliminate the cancer.
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Susan B. I had almost never been sick in my life until, at 60, I developed asthma/sinusitis.
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Sura A. This is the story of my father with COPD.
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Sara C. The Lung Association has been a great help to me, and I’m spreading the word.
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Patricia K. My story begins with my husband, Keith. He was diagnosed with COPD in 2011 and only a short time was then on oxygen 24/7.
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Olivia R. Have you ever met someone so full of life, so vibrant, so generous, kind, and warm-hearted whose only wish for her life was to become a doctor to help people like her? Erin is that person.
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Melisa P. I’m 46 years old and have had asthma all my life.
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Marilyn S. My name Marilyn K Smith. A couple of years ago nodules were found on my lung. Since that time I have had several lung infections and been hospitalized many times. Yes I smoked all my life.
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Marie M. I have PTSD. Not because my lungs are bad, but, I sit and watch my husband cough and choke everyday. He has COPD.
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Madelyn G. When I was 4 years old, my childhood home had black mold that neither my parents nor professionals could find until five years later.
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Lyndia E. My name is Lyndia Engstrom. I have COPD, frequent pneumonia and require regular nebulizer treatments.
