COPD & Emphysema Support Group
COPD is a progressive disease characterized by airflow obstruction or limitation. Emphysema is characterized by loss of elasticity of the lung tissue, destruction of structures supporting the alveoli and of capillaries feeding the alveoli. Both have symptoms that include shortness of breath, among other respiratory troubles. If you are a COPD or Emphysema sufferer, join...
http://www.pulmonarywellness.com/
The webinars are from one to two hours long, but they are well worth the time.
"Ask the Respiratory Therapist" on COPD Canada's web site is another good source of information. You can ask the Respiratory Therapist (Mark Mangus) your question and he will answer it. I've learned a lot about COPD and how to manage it from reading the questions and answers:
http://copdcanada.ca/ask_the_rt_your_COPD_question.htm
Best wishes,
Susan
http://copdnewsoftheday.com/
Part of me loves all the info on these sites, but part of me ends up scaring myself and I wonder why I read them!
You can google "copd" and bring up a thousand sites, butt look for hose from a well known hospital, that is how I do it anyway.
BJ
i try to read the sites & not compare myself to them.
i also try to stay away from any sites that start giving me statistics on life span with this disease.
i am lousy at googling information... i seem to get all the bad info; like bj said i do try to stay with reputable sites.
i love this group because others with better skills than i, post such great links!
clicking the link on the canada site i found this info with "action plans; that i think i will print up & talk to my dr about;
http://copdcanada.ca/COPD%20Action%20Plan.htm