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Can we avoid "stigma"?

I feel no shame or blame myself. I and my oxygen are highly visible to the outside world daily, walking, shopping, using public transport etc but that doesn't mean that COPD is unaffected by stigma. There are still many outside of the worldwide …

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DO YOU NEED HELP GETTING IT TOGETHER ? 

I want to elaborate on ourdiscussion about the depression that is so common among those of us withchronic diseases and our caregivers.Irecently posted an article called “DEPRESSION IS A TOUGH ROAD TO WALK…FOREVERYONE!”In that writing, I discussedthe …

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It's 2017! What are you going to do to honor yourself?

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! 2017. Who knew?I don’treally do resolutions…if there is something that I want to do, need to do, Iusually just go ahead and do it.If Ican do something without harming someone else, if I can afford it, I see noabiding reason not to do it …

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AND OUR ROLES CHANGE....

+ During the years after my diagnosis, I wore out three treadmills. In the online support groups such as EFFORTS, I became known as one of those exercise nuts who was constantly preaching the value of keeping our bodies in good shape to counteract …

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What do these people have in common?

If you have been around the COPD community for long, you have heard the names of Bill Clark, John Walsh, Jean Rommes, Jan Cotton, Val Chang, Karen Deitemeyer, John Linnell, Kandy Blankartz, Edna Fiore, and Linda Watson.  (I know that I am …

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