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I am a 57yr old single parent, my son is 9yrs old and his mom died 4yrs ago. After a stay in hospital 12 months ago with pneumonia i was diagnosed with emphysema. Im not scared of death, it comes to us all in varying ways. My concern is being around long …

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Can someone please help interpret. My pulmonologist made them sound terrible. I am a smoker, just quit and have had asthma since I was a child.

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