Diagnosis still unconfirmed but all the symptoms match. I'm having constant cough, dyspnea, mucus.. Most likely stage is still on the mild side coz diagnostical criteria didn't fill up in March when I had my last PFT done. FEV1/FVC was 93%, but MMEF75/25 was only 74%, MEF50 85%.
More severe symptoms begun about a month ago. I'm now having trouble breathing every day. I have no energy to do anything, I've become hypersensitive to scents/smells...
I've heard that women suffer more from COPD than men and have poorer quality of life. I'm freaking out here because I'm only 35 yr old woman, and my daughter is 14. Will I live to see my daughter become a grown up as my symptoms are already so bad? Even in a situation where I don't even meet up with the criteria yet...
Any other young women out there to help me out with my panic? How do you cope with your symptoms and most of all with your mind?
Quit smoking 1.5 years ago but I've smoked occasionally when my depression swoops me over. Now I haven't had one in the past 5 months. Still cough up black tar sometimes, no black phlegm. Is it a good sign or a bad one?
I try to walk at least every other day but can't run anymore.. Am I gonna be doomed to a wheelchair and oxygen before I'm 40? Will I see 40?
I hate myself for what I have done. To myself and my poor innocent baby. Depression is a *f...