I'm so happy to have found this site. I was diagnosed with COPD about 6 years ago and was just put on inhalers. I have no idea what stage of COPD I have. I was never told about pulmonary rehab. I was diagnosed with lung cancer about 2 years ago. It was early stage non-small cell adeno carcinoma. I had intense radiation and though it is still there it has not grown in 2 years. Despite having been diagnosed with cancer I still smoke once in awhile and I've been vaping. I'm having a horrible time staying away from cigarettes but I think I'm doing fairly well. What do people think of vaping? Although having this disease for a while, I feel very ignorant. Yesterday and today I was very short of breath but my pulse ox was 92. I'm supposed to have oxygen on 2 l at night. Because of the shortness of breath today I pushed the oxygen to 5 l. Then I found this site and I am so happy and I tried purse breathing but I don't know if I did it right. I am less short of breath. I've never heard of the buildup of CO2. Thank you so much everybody.
Cally