COPD

[livingwith]

iworked for many years repairing appliances .I worked with freon and asbestos, i helped my brother-in-law in the world trade center spraying asbestos, After retiring i worked for myself and had eight men working for me repairing hotel rooms and worked at the owners estate in these years i was exposed to drain cleaners ,wood strippers pesticides and other harmful products. I have had copd for the last6 years but had to stop working 3 years ago Inow have barrel chest and very severe copd and can&#...Read the full article

[tmflanigan]

Mike, no one knows when there last day on earth will be. Instead of worrying about your life expectancy, begin living today, the best and happiest way that you can live under the given circumstances, which I am sure is very depressing. When I am feeling down, and having my own pity party, I think of others who are worse off than I am, like people who don't have water, which I do have, both to drink and to bathe in, because there are people around the world that have to walk miles for a jug full of dirty water, as well as food to eat. There are children everywhere who have cancer or other serious diseases and never had a childhood, who have to be in a hospital day in and day out and have painful treatments and surgeries. You see, there is always someone worse off than you, so you need to be grateful for the life that you do have, and not worry about when it will end. Even though life may not have treated you so kindly or fairly, if you compared it with other lives...it also treated you better than many other lives. Try and keep your spirits high and a smile on your face. Smiling will always help you feel instantly better (try it, you'll see) and remember the old cliche' is true, laughter is the best medicine. So begin living your life and enjoy every moment, every breath you can take.