I have severe emphysema and I do not have any mucus.

I have stage three copd and severe allergies and a lifetime history of asthma.....add to that 37 years of cigs and it explains why I spend a good portion of my time feeling like I'm drowning. I clear everything and within thirty minutes its back again.
Allergy shots I've been taking last ten more the have made a tremendous difference.
I often hurt a lot and am worn out from coughing. I think I have emphesema and bronchitis both.....and I have several asthma atack episodes every day.

Zig,

I should clarify my response. Many copd patients have both emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Mucus is associated with the bronchitis aspect. I don't have chronic bronchitis.

Yet I still work six days a week (half day) for USPS without ever missing a day. I push myself hard but I always have. I wanted to clarify what I said earlier about how long I have been on the allergy shots....I meant to say ten months but I began to feel a difference in the amount of mucos within the first six weeks. My allergies were coming under control so my mucos production decreased. I had to ask my PCP to refer me to an allergy Dr. I received allergy shots my entire childhood so it made sense that since I had moved from the Texas coast where I lived into my 40s to central Texas it might help to be desensitized again for allergens in this area. Mind you I HAAD TO ASK MY PCP MYSELF for a referal. Life is still a struggle but I don't think I could have continued with all the mucos and allergy problems.

i have emphysema and sooooooo dry.
i had a very wet cough when i smoked, but once my lungs cleared up now i choke to death trying to cough.
i've always thought of emphysema as "dry" and bronchitis as "wet"

Guess I got the best of both worlds.
With allergies better under control I can handle the mucos pretty well with percussion and vibration. Before I even had trouble laying down because I felt like I was drowning. I still have bouts that hit me but not as hard.....just finished cedar fever season without a single infection and not too bad on the mucos and sneezing.......here comes spring.

Zig, I come from the chronic bronchitis side of COPD and my cough while not always productive I still manage to cough up a lot of junk. Normally a watery milky white. But to listen to my lungs you can almost hear t he mucus slouching around. Of course like any of us when I become sick, that production turns to the ugly shades of green and yellow. I am also instructed by my doctors to drink plenty of fluids to help break that crap up, so I can cough it out. I don't know how this narrative helps, but it adds to the thought process. Take care, Bill