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Having a hard time Return to previous page 9/5/2021 732 Views 10 Answers Last Activity: 10 months ago, Littlewing907 Question: 0 Littlewing907 10 months ago I Care Report Comment Unlike I Care Report Comment Add an Answer Answers: Edit Remove Accept Unaccept Unlike I Care Report Comment Add an Answer Save Cancel Having a hard time Littlewing907 10 months ago Add an Answer Answers Answer View More Save Cancel Tags: Subscribe: Subscribe: Your question has been submitted and is awaiting moderation. It is low-quality It is spam It does not belong here Other (enter below) Thank you for reporting this content, moderators have been notified of your submission. Close Anonymous Unfriend Friend Requested Friend Load More Close Destination Page Area Group Destination Content Title Title Article Type Copy comments Hi everyone, I am a 33 year old mom of two small kids and I recently had a “small patch of emphysema” show up incidentally in my lower right lung on a CT scan for something unrelated. The CT scan lists it as findings of congenital lobar emphysema but I was also a smoker for around 10-12 years. I quit for good a few weeks ago. I can’t get into the pulmonologist for a few months I guess so I am just stuck not knowing what’s going on. I am so scared. I am currently fighting back tears and I have been crying on and off since my doctor told me. I can barely interact with my boys because it puts me into sever depression to think about not being here for them. All I keep thinking is that if I have it this young, that means I will likely not make it into old age. I plan to do everything my doctor advises me to do and change my whole lifestyle around but I am still so scared. I suffer with anxiety, especially health related anxiety and this is putting me into a really frightened place. I made the mistake of perusing the COPD Reddit page and I keep seeing people talk about watching their parents suffer with COPD and how awful it is. I was looking for some hope and I found the total opposite. My doctor is flabbergasted by my results. I haven’t had any other testing done and I don’t have any noticeable symptoms yet. I guess I am just looking for some support, maybe a little hope. I feel really alone. My husband thinks I am being over dramatic and I don’t want to scare my family. I don’t know how I can cope with the unknown, or the constant fear of things progressing unexpectedly. Any advice or experiences would really help me right now. I don’t want to be disrespectful in any way because I know most of you are going through your own struggles. But, I just don’t know where to turn. I feel lost. And to add to the anxiety, where I currently live we are being totally over run by forest fires and it’s covered in smoke outside which is just causing me to feel even more trapped and worried. I know I need to calm down and stop worrying but I can’t, I’m a worrier. It’s hard for me not to catastrophize. I’m hoping to find some strength here. You all helped a lot on the few comments I received on my last comment. Your time and wisdom is so very appreciated.
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