Struggling to breathe

COPD: A disease that slowly squeezes the life out of your lungs.

I DIDN’T even know there was a disease called COPD. It’s terrible and I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. It’s very frustrating as I can’t do half the things I used to do. On a really bad day, just trying to get from my bedroom to the living room in my apartment makes me very breathless, and I have to sit down to rest. My breathing just gets tighter and tighter. I worry about how things will be in 10 years’ time as there are still so many things that I want to do ...”