Emphysema / COPD Personal Stories
When your ability to breathe is severely compromised, life changes dramatically. Read the accounts of those who suffer with emphysema or COPD.
Christine's Quit Smoking Story
Christine Rowley, former Guide for About.com Smoking Cessation suffered from emphysema. From Christine: "Things might be very different today, had I not begun smoking as a teen. I feel that I became a nearly hopeless nicotine addict in a very short time."
Christine Rowley, former Guide for About.com Smoking Cessation suffered from emphysema. From Christine: "Things might be very different today, had I not begun smoking as a teen. I feel that I became a nearly hopeless nicotine addict in a very short time."
Living with Emphysema
Former Smoking Cessation Guide, Christine Rowley shares with us what life is like when you have to live with emphysema. "Truly, I pray a smoking-related disease NEVER ever happens to you."
Former Smoking Cessation Guide, Christine Rowley shares with us what life is like when you have to live with emphysema. "Truly, I pray a smoking-related disease NEVER ever happens to you."
Gaylene's Quit Smoking Story
From Gaylene: "A trip to my doctor confirmed my worst suspicion. I had emphysema. Without being told, I knew I had to stop smoking."
From Gaylene: "A trip to my doctor confirmed my worst suspicion. I had emphysema. Without being told, I knew I had to stop smoking."
Kery's Lungs Show Early Signs of Emphysema
From Kery: "On Wednesday morning, I got a call from the doctor's office. The nice nurse told me that the results were back. The pneumonia was gone, but I had some early evidence of EMPHYSEMA. I almost fell over. I am only 31 years old."
From Kery: "On Wednesday morning, I got a call from the doctor's office. The nice nurse told me that the results were back. The pneumonia was gone, but I had some early evidence of EMPHYSEMA. I almost fell over. I am only 31 years old."
Larry's (ElDubyaKay) Quit Story
"Here it is Christmas Eve day 2006, and tomorrow morning around 9 am PST it will be 4 months since I put out that ONE cigarette I had been in search of for the better part of 50 years (the last ONE). How in the world could ONE stinking cigarette be so elusive, so hard to find?"
"Here it is Christmas Eve day 2006, and tomorrow morning around 9 am PST it will be 4 months since I put out that ONE cigarette I had been in search of for the better part of 50 years (the last ONE). How in the world could ONE stinking cigarette be so elusive, so hard to find?"
Larry's One Year Milestone
"People ask if I quit smoking cold turkey or did I use a quit aid. I tell them my quit aid for the first week or two was a debilitating illness brought on by 50 years of smoking."
"People ask if I quit smoking cold turkey or did I use a quit aid. I tell them my quit aid for the first week or two was a debilitating illness brought on by 50 years of smoking."