Start to care for yourself. With COPD it can be difficult, depressing, tiresome, BUT, it will be rewarding if you learn how to take charge and how to manage the disease by making good choices. Study to learn what they are. roxlyngcd@comcast.netA personal best for me today on the treadmill: 5K (3.1 miles) in 45:02. Five years ago it would have taken well over an hour-closer to 2 hrs...IF I could keep going that far. Starting out I walked less than 20 minutes, which granted, compared to some is a lot. Whatever you do...don't compare to others, but do speak out with pride when you achieve a new record, you deserve to crowe and be praised after working hard to keep moving.

What Is COPD?http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Copd/Copd_WhatIs.html

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/COPD-SELF Management pdf. A Workbook to manage your COPD :http://groups.yahoo.com/group/COPD-ALERT/files/COPD-SELF%20MGMT/YourCOPDWorkbook

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Exercise Your Lungs���Exercise is an integral part of the treatment of COPD,��� says Dr. Barry Make. Regular physical activity has numerous benefits for people with the lung disease.���For starters,it reduces shortness of breath, which means patients can do more and go further without getting short of breath,��� Make says. ���This really improves their quality of life.���http://www.americanprofile.com/article/28655.html

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Find Meds that work for you: SUGGESTED SEQUENCE FOR USE OF MULTIPLEINHALED MEDICATIONShttp://www.emphysema.net/inhaler_sequence.htm

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QUIT SMOKING:You may benefit from quit-smoking support programs and/or counseling during your quit attempt. The GETQUIT Support PlanCHANTIX is just one prescription medicine to help adults 18 and over stop smoking.https://www.get-quit.com/content/index.jspkeep trying to quit, find what will help YOU to quit.

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Choose a healthful diet:Substance Found In Fruits And Vegetables Reduces Likelihood Of The FluScienceDaily (Sep. 3, 2008a recent human study found that people who took quercetin suffered fewer illnesses following three days of exhaustive exercise compared to those who did not.http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080903080858.htm