COPD

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When mom died in 1979 from Emphysema, I recognized my own problem in her symptoms but denied it. My denial came to an end until I was admitted to hospital in Sept. 1993 with a Emphysemic pneumothorax (collapsed lung) and I was told I had COPD. I had 7 more of these collapses, before my doctors insisted my only hope was to have an operation to remove the bad lung tissue that was causing my collapses. I was warned that the operation itself was very hazardous. I elected to have it and they remo...Read the full article