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...
World COPD Day 2008 will take place on
WORLD COPD DAY...
Wednesday, November 19. The theme of this year's event is "Breathless not Helpless!" This positive message emphasizes that effective treatments are available to help people who have been diagnosed with COPD feel better and live more active lives. In addition, it raises awareness that breathlessness is not just an inevitable part of getting older. For people who have not been diagnosed with COPD, breathlessness is a signal that they should see their doctor and ask about a simple breathing test to check their lung function
http://www.goldcopd.com/Index.asp
Awareness is the key to hope...
Love to all of you,
Holly
WORLD COPD DAY...
Wednesday, November 19. The theme of this year's event is "Breathless not Helpless!" This positive message emphasizes that effective treatments are available to help people who have been diagnosed with COPD feel better and live more active lives. In addition, it raises awareness that breathlessness is not just an inevitable part of getting older. For people who have not been diagnosed with COPD, breathlessness is a signal that they should see their doctor and ask about a simple breathing test to check their lung function
http://www.goldcopd.com/Index.asp
Awareness is the key to hope...
Love to all of you,
Holly
"Each year the British Lung Foundation focuses its campaigning around World COPD Day, an annual event organised by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) to improve awareness and care of COPD around the world. This year World COPD Day will take place on Wednesday 19th November 2008.
Last year the British Lung Foundation published a report called Invisible Lives', which identified the areas in the UK where people with undiagnosed COPD are most likely to live.
For this years World COPD Day the British Lung Foundation will be continuing to search for the missing millions with COPD and is calling on the Government to make COPD a national priority and to incorporate lung (spirometry) testing into the new health MOT screening programme. This would mean that more people with COPD would be diagnosed earlier, which would in turn minimise the impact of the disease on their lives and avoid expensive emergency hospital admissions.
We would also like to mark this World COPD Day by celebrating carers of people with lung disease. To do this we would like people affected by lung disease to do something special on World COPD Day for their partner, family member or friend who supports them. If you would like to do this, and feel able, it could mean giving them a present, or simply writing them a note or a card explaining why they are so special. If you have internet access then you can click here to send a free e-card."
Can read more here:
http://www.lunguk.org/media-and-campaigning/campaigns/worldcopdday.htm
Not sure what ribbon colour we have yet still checking it out - could be GOLD!
In our local Breathe Easy Groups that meets once a month, we have Red Baloon Badges (Like the Lung Foundation Symbol) and Red / Orange wristbands with the word Breathe on them - they also glow in the dark in case I lose my way to the bathroom! :O)
Keep warm, Happy and Well fed all and Breathe Freely or Easy :O)