Hello I would like to clarify, I don’t smoke, but I have in the past many many years ago only for a short period during college when I was going through depression for about five years I had a lot of mental health problems at the time but we are talking at least a decade ago, if not more
I’m currently very very afraid of my future as I don’t know anything about emphysema my emphysema was found by accident by a CT scan. All of my lung function tests were normal at the time
According to my doctor, the top two lobes of my lungs are infected, but the rest of my lungs are healthy. She said the infection is moderate in the upper two loops. But told me not to worry about it she’s given me no
My question is, can you live a long, healthy life with moderate emphysema if the rest of your lungs are healthy
Because everywhere I’ve seen online says life expectancy is about five years and now I’m very scared. I won’t see my daughters grow up.