Could You Have COPD and Not Know It?

[Colleen]

http://www.healthgrades.com/right-care/copd/could-you-have-copd-and-not-know-it?cid=t1_rss1d&sr=C53310a10

[joe]

I recommend getting checked at your next visit to your Dr. if you were/are a smoker. It only takes a few minutes and is completely painless...just blow into a tube. I had a scare where it was thought I had early stages of C.O.P.D. .. It turns out I dont, but it did surprise and shock me and open my eyes to the fact that with all these years of smoking, 1 year quit doesn't make me immune to any of the nasty diseases that come along with it.

[Evelyn]

I have chronic bronchitus have 2 puff-things for it if I skip one I get an asthma attack

[El Bandito]

I went to a new Doctor last year. First task, a complete medical. Included was my first Prostate examination, which came as quite a shock....but I digress, I blew into the tube and got a sad shake of the head...

 

I was a quit a few months then.

 

This year's test will need to show signs of improvement....(and it will!!!M raaaaaaaah!)

[Colleen]

It's not just for old people any more...I was diagnosed at 37, probably had it for a few years.  It can improve.  By quitting, medication and exercise, it does get better - much better.  It is truly worth it to find out :)

[ChRiSpY]

This year's test will need to show signs of improvement....(and it will!!!M raaaaaaaah!)

 

Prostate?

[El Bandito]

Prostate?

I ll have you know it is in perfect order...

 

I was attempting a Sarah style roar. Didn't come off really did it?

[BAT]

I ll have you know it is in perfect order...

I was attempting a Sarah style roar. Didn't come off really did it?

The skirt is not quite the match either :P ..... As far as the test goes, grip it and rip it EB :)

[Mastergardener]

How frightening. COPD possibility, I mean. I guess it is a test we longer time smokers should definitely have done...........

[ChRiSpY]

How frightening. COPD possibility, I mean. I guess it is a test we longer time smokers should definitely have done...........

 

I agree.... as I continue to read this thread... I am feeling anxious.  I wish I could take it back.

[Evelyn]

With my lowest results I was closing COPD results but last results were pretty much the best in years!

[Mike.]

My PSA has been good.

 

Would it be better if I wore a skirt/kilt?

[Tyme2B]

Most people who have smoked for a long time have COPD. In my job it is easy to hear decreased air entry into the lungs with a stethoscope. A PFT test confirms & diagnoses severity of COPD. After 40 years of smoking I was diagnosed with Chronic Bronchitis last summer....a form of COPD. I feel fortunate to only have a mild COPD. It could easily be much worse after the length of time I have smoked. Stopping smoking is the only cure.

[Tyme2B]

Being diagnosed with COPD is a scary truth and a good reason to quit!

[Tyme2B]

I recommend getting checked at your next visit to your Dr. if you were/are a smoker. It only takes a few minutes and is completely painless...just blow into a tube. I had a scare where it was thought I had early stages of C.O.P.D. .. It turns out I dont, but it did surprise and shock me and open my eyes to the fact that with all these years of smoking, 1 year quit doesn't make me immune to any of the nasty diseases that come along with it.

[Tyme2B]

Stopping smoking is the best cure. My Doc told me it would take 10 years to reverse my 40 yrs of smoking....that's a pretty good trade off considering .....