WELL, IT IS FEBRUARY 20TH AND I AM FEELING ALMOST HEALTHY AND VERY HAPPY. I AM BACK WITH FAMILY (VERY, VERY IMPORTANT} AND NOT SMOKING. I HAVE A NEW DOCTOR WHO SENT ME TO RHEUMATOLOGIST TO FIND OUT IF THE STIFFNESS IS DUE TO ARTHRITIS OR PREDNISONE WITHDRAWAL. SHE HAS ME BACK ON PREDNISONE 5 MGS A DAY AND IS WEANING ME SLOWLY DOWN. I CAN DO ALMOST EVERYTHING I USED TO DO BEFORE I GOT SICK. I TAKE WALKS, HAVE NO TROUBLE IN THE SHOWER, AND THE STIFFNESS IS ALMOST GONE (TEMPORARILY ANYWAY). TIME WILL TELL WHETHER IT WILL COME BACK. I PRAY FOR EVERYONE ON THIS SIGHT TO FEEL AS WELL AS I DO TODAY. I QUIT SMOKING, LEFT THE FLORIDA TEMPERATURES AND I THINK JUST AS IMPORTANT, I AM SURROUNDING MYSELF WITH ALOT OF FAMILY AND SUPPORT. I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM ANYONE WHO NEEDS ENCOURAGEMENT AND SUPPORT I HAVE PLENTY TO GIVE.
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Well, it is now June 6, 2011 and I am still here. Wondering how everyone is doing please sent me a note and let me know how each one of you is doing. I am still in Massachusetts . I still do not smoke, although the desire has never left me. My COPD has gotten a little worse if I am truly honest, but I can still go shopping. I use oxygen only when I feel breathless. I learned last week when I went to a new Pulmonologist that 2 years ago when I was hospitalized, there was a small node on my lung that I was supposed to follow up on, but no one told me about it. Tomorrow i have a CT scan and hopefully it is not cancer. Would love to hear from anyone with any info. Love to all
I am back again. My ct scan came back clear (thank Goodness)..I hope everyone is doing well. I still have COPD!!Big surprise) but have accepted it and refuse to let it define me. I still go out shopping, but when I am home I use the oxygen cause it certainly can\'t hurt and keeps my oxygen levels up in the 97-98 range. When I am offoxygen the levels run 91-93. So I use it when i am home. I also have a portable oxygen concentrator so hopefully when the warmer weather comes I am going to try walk everyday. Again I hope everyone is well. and if not,, my prayers are with you.